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Holly's therapy began in 1989, when she was suffering from bulimia. Her worried mother Stephanie consulted Marche Isabella, a family counselor, who told her -- inaccurately -- that up to 80% of all bulimia cases are caused by childhood sex abuse. After a few months of therapy with Isabella, Holly began having flashbacks of her father abusing her. Eventually she claimed to have remembered a dozen incidents of abuse and rape between the ages of five and eight. Later Holly asked to be treated with sodium amytal, which she hoped would elicit the truth. Isabella enlisted psychiatrist Dr. Richard Rose...
...after the drug treatment, Gary Ramona came to the hospital for a meeting arranged by Holly. He claims he found a daughter still groggy from the sodium amytal. Holly sleepily accused him of raping her, he said, and then Isabella and his wife Stephanie urged him to "confess" for Holly's good. The next day, Stephanie served Gary with divorce papers. Rumors of abuse reached the Robert Mondavi winery, where Ramona was a $400,000-a-year vice president. He charges that as a direct result he was dismissed within the year...
Ramona's attorney, Richard Harrington, called on expert witnesses to discredit Isabella's and Rose's therapeutic techniques. Harvard bulimia expert Harrison Pope presented a paper stating that there is "no relationship" between childhood sexual abuse and the development of bulimia. Martin Orne, a University of Pennsylvania psychiatrist who pioneered research of hypnosis and sodium amytal, wrote in a court brief that the drug is "not useful in ascertaining 'truth' . . . The patient becomes sensitive and receptive to suggestions due to the context and to the comments of the interviewers." Dr. Lenore Terr, a prominent defender of recovered memories...
...Isabella Stewart GardnerMuseum through August...
...facts and anecdotes about Gardner's life that a visitor couldn't learn just from seeing the collection. The exhibit is small enough that the diversity of the objects isn't overwhelming, but provides a cohesive picture of Gardner's life. Although the museum itself is a testimony to Isabella Stewart Gardner's taste and insight, this special exhibit complements the collection by giving us a glimpse into the personal life of Mrs. Gardner...