Prayer Ministries create false memories
that the ministries are VERY unlikely to share:
Prayer Ministry Creating False Memories Harming Families
"Sozo" (new name is "Theotherapy") uses techniques refined by recovered memory therapy debunked in the 1980's to "heal" and "free" clients by creating false memories. This article reveals a horrid personal experience. (archive,2006)
Faith Baptist Church in North Yarmouth Maine
The story of how a church was impacted and terrorized by TPM. A person who left the church was later accused, lost his wife and was then jailed before being exonerated by authorities. (archived, 2006)
Kim Clough describes the counseling process as "walking into a guillotine". She says, when talking about the actions of the perpetrator, that "It is hard to forgive something you don't know about." (archived, 2006)
Reports of False Memories by Prayer Ministries Increasing
False Memory Foundation reports Prayer Ministries are increasingly generating false memories and accusations (archived, 2005) .
Reports of False Memories by Prayer Ministries Increasing
False Memory Foundation reports Prayer Ministries are increasingly generating false memories and accusations (archived, 2005) .
Therapist using TPM found guilty of malpractice and client realizes memories are false just prior to losing husband and family.
Prayer therapist encouraged a patient who "channeled" with an ancient Egyptian goddess named "Amon" and "Blessed Virgin Mary". St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge sentenced therapist to 30 months in state prison. No expression of regret from the 58-year-old hypnotherapist. (archive, 1998)
Client describes time with a psychiatrist, fully trained and practicing Theophostic Prayer Ministry for 5 years. The client states "At best, I wasted my time with him. At worst, he forced me to invent non-existent things from my past in order to cleanse me and relieve me of non-existent psychological pain."
Law Firm Specialized in Repressed Memory Cases alerted to Prayer Ministry
Law firm warns public about malpractice by Theophostic Prayer Ministry.
Consecrated Religious Shamed by Theophostic Prayer Ministry
Law Firm Specialized in Repressed Memory Cases alerted to Prayer Ministry
Law firm warns public about malpractice by Theophostic Prayer Ministry.
Consecrated Religious Shamed by Theophostic Prayer Ministry
Faustina is a consecrated religious living in a service community. Faustina shares how Theophostic Prayer Ministry nurtured false memories and shame.
Publicly Reported experiences with "repressed memories"
that Theophostic Prayer Ministry relies on:
that Theophostic Prayer Ministry relies on:
Narelle was a 47 year old mom in a stable marriage with a loving supportive husband and three children. She sought help for depression from a counselor who used a "Christian Prayer Ministry" called "Theophostic Prayer Ministry". She was trusting and excited and her entire family became involved and she was hopeful. After "digging deep" with her prayer partner she found she had memories of childhood sexual abuse. A year later Narelle realized the memories were false and retracted the false allegations against her parents. After retracting her therapist became upset, she lost her husband and then faced false accusations from her two oldest daughters. Her family was destroyed.
Alice sought help through a christian life coach counselor who first arranged for her to be medicated. While on medication Alice was led to imagine some initial state as a child such as: "you are in your room and it is dark then the door opens...". Alice would then complete the story often in a "blackout" state. Using this method the counselor and Alice created horrid repressed memories of abuse together. Alice confronted all her imagined perpetrators (mother, father and other family members). She then told her young daughter the horrid memories. Years later the daughter became suicidal, her husband left her, the life coach could not be paid (and so the sessions ended) and the medication stopped. Alice realized that the memories were less convincing and they began to fade. Six years after her initial accusations she went back to her family, apologized and worked to rebuild relationships. Alice was blessed that it only took six years because many are shamed and trapped by false memories over a lifetime. Reconciliation is reserved for those with humility, great courage and a gifted intellect.
Beth sought help from a Christian counselor for ongoing depression. The counselor wondered (aloud during a session) if Beth could have experienced abuse as a child. The counselor suggested that her problems may not be her fault. Medicated, comforted and led with suggestive scenarios Beth experienced "blackouts" where she detailed accounts of her father raping her and mother assisting. Her father lost his job and career due to accusations. Beth convinced younger sisters that the abuse was real and the family was separated. The youngest was taken by authorities who intervened to "protect" the remaining children. Three years later Beth came off the medication, got a new counselor (after moving) and became aware that the memories were not "real". After family reconciliation the family (Beth and parents) sued the therapist and won a large disclosed settlement. During the trial a medical exam verified Beth was always a virgin and was never abused as described.
Rosanne was medicated and counseled by an expert recovered memory therapist. "Repressed memories" of her father's incest were created . She announced her "memories" on her TV show in 1991. Rosanne then confronted her father and mother. The she demanded her sister agree with her accusation. When her sister told her she could not lie Rosanne fired her uncooperative and non-corroborating sister. She cut off any family who disagreed with her "memories". Rosanne was a rich popular television star and threatened legal action against them all. Over a decade later Rosanne got off medications, changed her therapist and slowly came to realize that the memories were never real and that they were actually pseudo memories. Two decades later Rosanne publicly acknowledged that she had made false accusations while being interviewed on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Rosanne shared with millions in the audience that "it was the worst mistake of my life."
Ginny was influenced by Rosanne Barr accusations on TV and went to a counselor who she thought could help her recover memories she "felt were there". She gained images under hypnosis, but was still not sure. She met a friend who was supportive of her "repressed memories" and began to develop a network of supporters. After 5 months she began to doubt her "repressed memories" and wrote letters of retraction to her friends. Her "friend and supporters" now avoid her but she has reconciled with family.
Meredith during her research and writing about childhood sexual abuse also read a "Do it Yourself Therapy" book. She then accused her father of abuse. Ten years later she realized her dreams and memories never actually happened. She has many friends who did the same thing.
Jaye sought help for depression. A psychiatrist who was also an "expert" in "repressed memories" arranged for hospitalization. Over a period of many months the doctor and hospital provided care, isolation from toxic family, suggestive counseling, medication and restraints that were needed during the nurtured emergence of horrid memories of abuse and torture by her father . When the insurance ran out Jaye was discharged. The medications stopped. The mind cleared and the "repressed memories" faded. Jaye then realized that the memories were never true and that her father was a good man.
Leslie listened to a christian woman incest survivor from Washington state who spoke on women being abused as children and how their lives show it. Leslie saw herself and her disappointing life as evidence of such abuse. She experienced "regression therapy" that sparked horrid body memories and additional recollections. Encouraged by her counselor, she wrote a letter to her father indicating that she had forgiven him. Her father became distraught at the false accusations despite her intention to forgive. Her father and family challenged her memories. The therapist also shared doubts with Leslie about the memories. Her pastor and his wife challenged her memories. Finally she came to realize the accusations were not true.
Patty was guided by a psychiatrist to "recover repressed memories" in order to help her deal with trauma that was never repressed. Patty was hospitalized, medicated and told what she had said in a "blackout" during therapy. Then she wrote a letter confronting her father. She became aware that the memories were false when she talked with a friend who went to the same hospital and also was given repressed memories by the therapists doing the same abusive treatment to her. The "repressed memories", which were all false and never happened, robbed her of a year of her life.
Lisa experienced difficulties with her 9 year old son. She sought help through therapy. The therapist thought Recovery of Memories would help. She was hospitalized and taught how to manage her "flashbacks". Six years later Laura has suffered separation from her family, hastened her mothers death, disrupted her marriage and pained her entire family. None of the repressed memories were real.
Amy had been in the mental health system for five years and diagnosed with schizophrenia. When she developed reactions to the medication, she ceased the medications and sought alternative treatment though a therapist who used recovered memory therapy. She developed "repressed memories" of sexual abuse and actually was happy to no longer be classified as schizophrenic. She read the book "True Stories of False Memories" and realized her memories were also false.
Aimee shares how she is a survivor of what she now calls "bogus repressed memory therapy". She explains "Don't you think its kind of odd and suspicious that all of a sudden after a therapist tells you that you are D.I.D and have repressed memories, you suddenly remember all kinds of horrible abuse that you suffered as a child. Don't blame yourself if this has happened to you, these therapists know how to make you actually believe this crap because they get you dependent on them.
Debbie married as a teenager and that husband abandoned her. She became depressed. A friend arranged for her to see a doctor to get medication and said "your symptoms could be caused by deeper problems from your childhood" and she helped Debbie recover horrid "repressed memories" (really pseudo memories). Debbie overtime developed reactions to medications, had blackouts, experienced body memories and began drinking heavily. She "cut off" anyone that refused to agree with her accusations no matter how bizarre. Years later, after another failed marriage, her "pseudo-memory" friends no longer spent time with her. She stopped the medications and someone gave her a book "True Stories of False Memories". She realized, as the medication waned and the fog cleared, that her "repressed memories" were actually false. Slowly she reconnected with her family.
Elizabeth experienced what she thought was depression over a period of many years. Then she saw a life coach therapist who thought childhood sexual abuse would explain her ongoing depression. The therapist life coach got her medicated then helped her "recover" what she called "repressed memories" of abuse by her mother. The adamant denial of her parents was taken as proof of their guilt. She cut off her family and her true friends (who could not agree to what they knew to be a lie) and forced her children into isolation from cousins, uncles, aunts and grandparents. Five years later she decided she was never getting cured of depression and quit her therapist. Over time, away from her therapist and off the medication she came to realize that none of the recovered repressed memories were real.
Maria entered therapy because of a job-related stress issue and left that therapy a suicidal wreck. Maria states "Repressed memories stole five years of my life and generated falsehoods that separated me from my father, my mother, my sisters, my brothers. It separated my children from cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents and great grandparents. My productivity suffered. Medical costs were piled on top of my counseling fees. I blame my life coach therapist Karen Meynert for what happened. She systematically led me down this road of blame and shame that hurt me, impoverished and fractured my family, hurt my extended family and stole from my children."
Laura went into counseling for an eating disorder. Her counselor told her she needed to look for things "buried with deeper roots". Over the next 6 years the counselor and she used visualizations, flashbacks, medications and hospitalizations to generate vivid, real memories. Laura read an article in the paper on "False Memories". She began to doubt her counselor. She then spoke with another (good) counselor who said "The memories are real, honey, but not reality." She settled a lawsuit out of court against the original therapist.
Olivia had a nervous breakdown and went to counseling with an "American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors" member named Tricia. Tricia arranged for medication, introduced her to "do it yourself therapy" books" and provided suggestive counseling sessions. Soon vivid detailed "repressed memories" emerged and based on the horrid memories she cut off her family. Olivia's older friends challenged her memories. While a camp counselor she had a child (in her care) tell of actual abuse. That 10 year old girl did not "repress" as Olivia had thought she should have. Olivia decided to quit her "recovered memory therapist" (Tricia) and go to another counselor. The new counselor heard that the memories were created in therapy and declined to counsel her. In 1993 she came to the realization that her "repressed memories" never actually happened. She reconnected with her family.
Michael was admitted to the hospital in 1990. His "repressed memories" were recovered with counseling sessions, dream analysis, discussion of vivid nightmares and sessions over a period of 18 months. While in the hospital he and others shared "repressed memories" and "terrifying dreams" and formed a friendship. Micheal was released in 1992 and returned to his family. He realized the memories were false and retracted so his hospital friends "cut him off". He encourages compassion for the clients.
Paul lived in a small Washington state community, loved his family, was faithful to his wife, active in his church, worked as a sheriff's deputy and was involved in local politics. Paul sent his daughter, Ericka, to a church sponsored camp where she heard "Heart to Heart" (a talk on sexual abuse) and during prayer a "prophet" indicated that she had been abused by her father. Ericka did not recall any abuse but she and her sister underwent "recovered memory therapy". Soon horrid detailed "repressed memories" were created in the therapy. Paul was accused by his daughters and jailed. No medical or physical evidence suggested by the stories were ever found. In addition medical, forensic and psychological experts hired by the prosecution thought Mr. Ingram was innocent. To obtain a conviction police used harsh interrogation methods including sleep deprivation, lengthy interviews and repeatedly reminded Paul that a trial would torment his accusing daughters. In a video tape after hours of grilling Paul broke down in tears and admitted he must be "guilty" because he knew that his "daughters wouldn't lie". A confession meant no evidence, no expert testimony and no trial were needed to imprison Paul. During sentencing Paul stated that he wanted to spare his daughters the emotional ordeals of a trial. Paul later attempted to recant the confession (and one of his daughters did too). The courts rejected recanting of the confession. Paul served his full 20 years in prison.
Mike experienced vivid real hallucinations and memory of alien abduction and had video tape captures vivid depiction of the event (his false claim). The False memory was a real memory created by sleep deprivation.
Vince attended group support meetings, used "Do it Yourself Therapy" books, wrote 180,000 words self exploratory journal then had an unlicensed hypnotherapist to help recover "repressed memory". He still doubted his "memory". His journey ended when he was exposed to reading material from the "False Memory Syndrome Foundation" and rejected his false memories as fabricated under therapist and peer pressure.
[The Personal Stories above are further detailed at this site.]
[The Personal Stories above are further detailed at this site.]
Often due to shame and fear tragic family breakups caused by pseudo memories go unreported. Pseudo memories are false memories often called "repressed memories" by the uninformed, incompetent or deceptive practitioner. TPM is focused on creating these false memories. This "Prayer Ministry" explicitly relies on what psychologists, counseling professionals and experts know will CREATE false memories. A variety of methods associated with "Recovered Memory Therapy" (abbreviated RMT) are used heavily.
Conclusion of extensive Examination and Study:
"Although quick and permanent results are promised by this (TPM) approach, it also holds the potential for irreparable damage to relationships and families by the unearthing of allegedly buried memories of the past sins of others. All that glitters is not gold, and all that claims to be "light" is not necessarily God's light. The theophostic approach does not withstand scrutiny under the searchlight of God's eternal Word."
"Although quick and permanent results are promised by this (TPM) approach, it also holds the potential for irreparable damage to relationships and families by the unearthing of allegedly buried memories of the past sins of others. All that glitters is not gold, and all that claims to be "light" is not necessarily God's light. The theophostic approach does not withstand scrutiny under the searchlight of God's eternal Word."
ALL Pictures are of life before false memories were recovered.
She is satisfied and happy with our hike overlooking Phoenix
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