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My reaction to the assigned article is one of confusion. I am not sure why we read the article. I believe that if I had more experience and more education then I would have been more interested in this article and its message. I am not sure the value of memories of childhood sexual trauma in general. I would imagine that after I get my MSW, I will understand how repressed memories fall into the therapy process. I did like reading was that is it important to work in a collaborative approach and also work towards a treatment goal (Prichard, 1997)

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