XPost: sci.psychology.psychotherapy, alt.psychology, sci.psychology   
   From: equsphotogphr@hotmail.com   
      
   dank wrote:   
   >   
   > What motivates psychologists who hypnotize clients and brainwash   
   > them by implanting false memories of childhood abuse?   
      
   First, it isn't just psychologists who practice false memory   
   brainwashing.   
   It is done also by using puppets to get children to point to places   
   where adults have touched or other by social workers and other   
   counselors.   
   If the child doesn't point to a certain point where they were supposedly   
   touched, then some will take the lead and place the child's hand or   
   finger in the place where they were supposedly touched by the adult or   
   other.   
   Other types of this hand over hand technique is done with patients who   
   can't speak and are being taught to point to things on a keyboard on   
   their wheelchairs or other attempting to get them to 'indicate' whether   
   they want a glass of water, point here for yes, and point there for no.   
   It is generally used by persons who are 'overzealous' and seek to find   
   answers from person whose vocabulary isn't completely formed or are   
   silent and can't speak.   
   They basically implant in the child's brain the areas that they want to   
   have them address in order to file a lawsuit.   
   Sorry but I don't recall the name of this behavioral technique at the   
   moment.   
   >   
   > Has anyone done a psychological profile on these sick persons?   
   > Are they delusional and really believe the memories they implant   
   > are authentic?  Were they molested themselves and believe they   
   > are performing a public service by causing innocent people to be   
   > accused of rape?  Do they simply enjoy the sense of power they   
   > get from totally fucking with a person's sense of reality?   
   >   
   > I can understand a UFO-believer brainwashing someone to remember   
   > being abducted by aliens, but in those cases there isn't any   
   > accusation of a heinous crime against a real person (the aliens   
   > conducting the anal probe are imaginary).   
   >   
   > Oh, and has any psychologist ever been convicted for causing a   
   > client to file false charges based on an implanted memory?   
      
   I think that there are other cases other than the McMartin Pre-school   
   case but they may not be related to childhood sexual abuse.   
      
      
   > What   
   > is the law regarding this practice?  I remember that the McMartin   
   > pre-school case ended in acquittal, but I don't remember any   
   > charges ever being brought against the psychologists who   
   > "interviewed" the children and assured prosecutors that their   
   > wild tales of hot air balloons and giraffes were true.   
      
   It isn't just psychologists who practice these techniques.   
      
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