Cathy Kezelman
Cathy Kezelman is an Australian former mental health worker.[1][2][3][4]
Career
[edit]In her autobiographical book Innocence Revisited, she said that she had managed to recover her memories of her father and grandmother sadistically sexually abusing her. She wrote that, while in a therapy session, "The process of recovering these memories made me more fragile than ever". In response to the book, her brother Claud Imhoff, a social worker, said that "I can categorically state that those events never happened", and said that she had "simply ignored the professional guidelines and not mentioned anything about the dangers of false memories" in the book.[5][6]
Kezelman has worked as the head of Adults Surviving Child Abuse and the Blue Knot Foundation.[4][3][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Monfries, Melissa (2010). "Book Review: Innocence revisited: A tale in parts". Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology. 10: 144.
- ^ a b McCarthy, Joanne (2016-01-14). "Federal response to child abuse redress scheme due by end of January". www.newcastleherald.com.au.
- ^ a b "How wearing a face mask can be triggering for trauma survivors". SBS News. 2020-08-03.
- ^ a b "More child abuse survivors aged over 60 seeking help: group". ABC News. 2015-10-26.
- ^ Guilliatt, Richard (2017). "'Those events never happened'". The Australian.
- ^ Whitbourn, Michaela (2017-09-30). "Child abuse activist Cathy Kezelman hits back over 'false memory' claims". The Sydney Morning Herald.