Christian Porter s rape accuser wrote in her statement detailing her claims that she gained a better understanding of her memories by using a discredited form of therapy.
The Attorney-General, is on mental health leave this week and has strongly denied raping the woman when they were both teenagers in 1988.
The woman said while she had always remembered about the alleged events, she only really understood her memories after her psychologist introduced her to recovered memory theory.
The details emerged as Mr Porter was defended by Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce, who slammed what he called a salacious inquisition and called for a confidential inquiry.
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Having made an incendiary film about toxic masculinity in Promising Young Woman, Fennell seems stunned to hear how often sexual assault has been in the news in Australia this week.