Open AccessTherapist Concerns and Process Issues in Grappling with Functional Autobiographical Amnesia
Author(s) -
Ravikesh Tripathi,
Srikala Bharath,
Geetha Desai,
Seema Mehrotra
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.119480
Subject(s) - amnesia , psychology , autobiographical memory , dissociative , salient , psychotherapist , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , computer science , recall , artificial intelligence
Dissociative amnesia is relatively rare form of the dissociative disorder. This paper aims at describing the salient features of a case of functional autobiographical amnesia in a young adult and the approach adopted in the psychological management of this case. The case highlights concerns of the therapist at various stages of the therapy process.