Aug. 24th, 2020
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Aug. 24th, 2020 02:59 pmI'm just gonna pull this out of the lengthy analysis it came from: https://polyfrazzlemented.dreamwidth.org/40446.html
"There is a recurring refrain in [The Haunted Self] that trauma survivors may not be able to distinguish the "safe" environment of the therapy office from the danger they experienced in the past, and that this is a sign of their psychopathology. For example, the authors state that "EPs that engage in defensive reflexes may even begin to perceive the therapist as perpetrator, thus lose the ability to differentiate the therapist and their abuser(s).
"Onno van der Hart, the first author of The Haunted Self, lost his license in 2019 for abusing a client. Van der Hart kept this client in the first stage of trauma therapy, not allowing her to process her trauma because he claimed she wasn't ready, for 21 years. He carried on an extensive personal correspondence with her, told her she was special and that they had a deep connection, touched her every session (with long embraces), and broke her wrist."
"There is a recurring refrain in [The Haunted Self] that trauma survivors may not be able to distinguish the "safe" environment of the therapy office from the danger they experienced in the past, and that this is a sign of their psychopathology. For example, the authors state that "EPs that engage in defensive reflexes may even begin to perceive the therapist as perpetrator, thus lose the ability to differentiate the therapist and their abuser(s).
"Onno van der Hart, the first author of The Haunted Self, lost his license in 2019 for abusing a client. Van der Hart kept this client in the first stage of trauma therapy, not allowing her to process her trauma because he claimed she wasn't ready, for 21 years. He carried on an extensive personal correspondence with her, told her she was special and that they had a deep connection, touched her every session (with long embraces), and broke her wrist."