Treatment helping alleged sexual abuse victims also denies them justice

According to ABC News, victim-survivors of sexual abuse are caught between two needs: healing and justice. A mental health treatment called EMDR is helping survivors recover from trauma. But some say it's creating barriers to pursuing legal recourse. That tension—between personal recovery and legal accountability—is now prompting calls for the legal system to fundamentally rethink how it handles cases involving trauma survivors who've undergone this therapy.

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