Betrayal Trauma

The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

Jennifer J. Freyd

  • Winner of the 1997 Pierre Janet Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing from the International Society for the Study of Dissociation
  • Winner of a 1997 Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in Psychology

1. Betrayal Blindness

2. Conceptual Knots

3. Context and Controversy

4. Why Forget?

5. Ways of Forgetting

6. Testable Predictions

7. Creating Connections

Afterword

References

Acknowledgments

Index

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Jennifer J. Freyd is Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon.