Open AccessHow Are Memories of Entrapment in Abuse Born?
Author(s) -
Andreas Laddis
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
frontiers in the psychotherapy of trauma and dissociation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2523-5125
pISSN - 2523-5117
DOI - 10.46716/ftpd.2019.0017
Subject(s) - neutrality , psychology , dissociative identity disorder , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , identity (music) , philosophy , aesthetics , epistemology
This month, Frontiers presents a collection of articles related to the paper Colin Ross published in our journal last year (Ross, 2018). That article’s purpose was “to discuss the similarities and differences between maladaptive daydreaming and dissociative identity disorder (DID), and then to discuss possible implications ... in the treatment of complex cases of DID, particularly those with ... reported histories of satanic ritual abuse....[to consider that] maladaptive daydreaming, combined with the principle of therapeutic neutrality ... can help in the management of counter-transference...” (p. 161). The term “therapeutic neutrality” refers to the therapist’s judgment about the veracity of memories of satanic ritual abuse (SRA).