CISMAI asked members to sign a consent form that required them to use an intervention protocol based on the premise that children’s behavior always displayed specific “psychological indicators” of abuse. “The more a child was damaged by abuse, the more his ability to remember and talk about it might be compromised,” reads point 5.1 of the association’s guidelines. In interviews with minors, psychologists must use an empathetic approach to help them talk about what they don’t have the strength or courage to say on their own.
