Your client claims that she was sexually abused at the age of 5. She had forgotten about the incident and only recently has the memory been recovered. A Freudian psychotherapist would explain this lapse as an example of

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Freudian psychotherapists would explain the forgetting of traumatic events as repression, a defense mechanism where the mind unconsciously blocks out painful or traumatic memories to protect the individual from psychological harm.

Your Client Claims That She Was Sexually Abused at the Age