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Charles R. Kelley – Now I Remember – Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse 1994 R-memories (recovered memories) concern memories or fantasies of painful or frightening events that many have happened and been pushed out of conscious awareness for years or decades. They can also be imagined into existence, disguised as a true memory or they may be a mixture of truth and fantasy. This unique book untangles the confusion. Drawing on the experience of those who have been sexually abused and of those who have had false memories of such abuse, it shows the R-memories can be true as remembered, can be garbled versions of what actually happened, or can be objectively false, i.e., pseudomemories. Child abuse is widespread and devastating to victims. False memories of abuse can also be devastating, both to the remember and to those falsely implicated by the memories. Incorrect judgement about R-memories do harm, whether false memories are treated as true or genuine memorise as false. This book presents the facts without compromise, yet with consideration for all parties involved. K/R Pubs, 1994 review on amazon: Dr. Kelley gives a balanced discussion of recovered memories of sexual abuse as well as the phenomenon of recovered memories in general. In the book he covers all aspects of the topic, including the nature of memory, personality types more prone to false memory production (confabulation), how genuine recovered sexual abuse memories can be best dealt with therapeutically, and appropriate responses for therapists when encountering recovered memories in their clients.Dr. Charles Kelley was a student of Wilhelm Reich and a founder of his own version of depth emotional release bodywork psychotherapy he calls “Radix Education.”I would recommend this book to anyone in the fields of social work or psychotherapist likely to be dealing with clients with possible recovered memories of various kinds, from sexual abuse to alien abduction. The book is not too technical so as to be accessible to the educated general reader.Please pledge in the proposed GB: Reichian Therapy/Orgonomy Books GB