The testimony of political repression as a therapeutic instrument.
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The use of testimony--tape-recorded by the therapist and revised jointly by therapist and patient into a written document--as a therapeutic technique with former prisoners and with relatives of prisoners of the Chilean military government is described and evaluated. The testimony, aimed at facilitating integration of the traumatic experience and restoration of self-esteem, was found effective in providing symptomatic relief for certain patients.
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Testimony therapy was created by Lira and Weinstein to treat traumatized survivors of the Pinochet regime in Chile and was successfully applied in an uncontrolled trial to Bosnian refugees in the United States.
“we based our approach on testimony therapy, a method of therapy created by Lira and Weinstein (published under the pseudonyms Cienfuegos and Monelli, 1983) to treat traumatized survivors of the Pinochet regime in Chile and successfully applied in an uncontrolled trial to Bosnian refugees in the United States (Weine, Kulenovic, Pavkovic, & Gibbons, 1998).”
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- Authors
- Cienfuegos, A. J., & Monelli, C.
- Venue
- American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
- Published
- 1983-01
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 43-51
- ISSN
- 0002-9432 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0025
- OpenAlex
- W2130555686
- Cited by
- 400
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Memory, violence, and history
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- witness testimony, political repression, Pinochet dictatorship, former prisoners, trauma integration, self-esteem, symptom relief, treatment options
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Chile, Death, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Political Systems, Psychotherapy, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Tape Recording, Torture
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