A much-needed and valuable book written by clinicians experienced in working with individuals suffering from the trauma of recovered memory.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is one of many possible treatments proven to be helpful to people who have experienced sexual and physical abuse and neglect in their childhood.

It has not proven possible to predict reliably who will respond to which specific psychotherapy. Different individuals will benefit from different approaches and treatments at different stages of their lives, depending on their wishes, circumstances, and level of support and need.

There is considerable scientific evidence of effectiveness and a considerable body of accumulated clinical experience...

Shattered but Unbroken is an edited volume focusing on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which combines the narratives of survivors of ritual abuse with academic contributions on the causes, correlates and interventions applicable to DID.

The book is divided into two distinct parts. Part I begins with the missing memoir of Anna, a survivor of ritual abuse. Anna chose not to publish her memoir for fear of retribution from her perpetrators. The plight of Anna is interwoven between all the contributions in the book, be they life writing or academic contributions. So too are...