I say 'purported', because the accuracy of her quotations of the central figure in the story, Jeffrey Masson, became the object of a court case about journalistic accuracy that has been disputed all the way to the American Supreme Court. He spilled his guts to her, and alleges that she culpably misquoted him. And Masson was to be the keeper of the archives and could read any of them. First, he concluded that Freud was a liar and said so in such a way that it reached the front page of the New York Times . The Impossible Profession .
Some guys never learn.
He found some heinous act in the life of each of these people, judged all of their lives and works by this and pronounced them and all their works corrupt. Psychotherapy May be Dangerous to Your Mental Health . Maybe it is in the very nature of therapy to encourage abuse. I am convinced that Rosen was no exception, no aberration. It is the argument I am criticising.