Licensed U.S. doctoral-level psychotherapists randomly sampled
from the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
(Surveys 1 and 2, n = 145; Council for the National Register of Health
Service Providers in Psychology, 1992) and British psychologists
sampled from the Register of Chartered Clinical Psychologists (Survey
2, n = 57; British Psychological Society, 1993) were surveyed
regarding clients' memories of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). The 3
samples were highly similar on the vast majority of
measures. Respondents listed a wide variety of behavioral symptoms as
potential indicators of CSA, and 71% indicated that they had used
various techniques (e.g., hypnosis, interpretation of dreams) to help
clients recover suspected memories of CSA. Across samples, 25% of the
respondents reported a constellation of beliefs and practices
suggestive of a focus on memory recovery, and these psychologists
reported relatively high rates of memory recovery in their
clients.