ABSTRACT
The recording of traumata in memory is a larger matter than the simple registration of events of personal diminishment or devastation. The complex of traumatic material includes not only subsystems of restoration but also those designed to prevent the re-experiencing of the original injury. Two of the most important of these modes of defense involve ``accommodation'' and ``avoidance.'' Their manifestations in conversation and in forms of relatedness contribute to a larger view of transference than that which arises solely from the memory of the trauma itself. Examples of accommodative and avoidant behaviors are apparent in the illustrative vignette which opens Chapter 14.
