Satanic Ritual Abuse: Principles of Treatment

by Colin A. Ross

Book Overview

In recent years the subject of satanic ritual abuse (SRA) has incited widespread controversy focused primarily on whether or not such abuse actually occurs. Much like child sexual abuse, SRA was initially dismissed as an isolated or even imaginary phenomenon. Although there is increasing evidence that ritual abuse does take place, clinicians working with individual patients cannot be sure whether they are dealing with fact or fantasy. Dr Colin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802073573
• ISBN13: 9780802073570
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A MUST READ for any therapist dealing with ritual abuse

Dr Ross is a world leader in the field of Dissociation Identity Disorder, which he prefers to call by its previous name: Multiple Personality Disorder. In this ground breaking book, he reveals his working assumption that only 10% of his MPR patients' memories of Satanic Ritual Abuse are true memories. Hopefully, any therapist who reads the book will approach their clients' Ritual Abuse memories with a dose of skepticism.