This article discusses the current state of research on false memories and memory manipulation, as well as the therapeutic applications of this research. The article describes studies demonstrating the susceptibility of memory to change and influence to establish the feasibility of memory manipulation. Current and proposed applications of memory modification are described through coverage of research in the field. Ethical concerns of such research are discussed as well as potential topics for future research. The use of mnemonic elasticity is considered a valuable resource that has great potential for current and future interventions. The Therapeutic Implications of False Memories and Memory Manipulation Research has demonstrated the vast implications of false memories for eyewitness testimony and therapeutic recall. However, there is also great potential for positive applications of this research. The plasticity of memories could have significant therapeutic implications. False positive memories could be created as well as traumatic ones neutralized. Cognitive psychology and neuroscience researchers are currently investigating these possibilities. This article will discuss the current state of research on therapeutic memory manipulation. Literature Review False Memories The malleability of memories has long been established through research conducted in a variety of contexts. The best-known context in which the individual predisposition to the development of false memories has been documented is that of eyewitness testimony. However, research on false memories has also focused on their implications in everyday life and in a variety of clinical contexts. This basic research is important because… halfway through the article… amplifier drugs are context and country dependent. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25(5), 675-681. doi:10.1002/acp.1740 Pitman, R. K., Milad, M. R., Igoe, S. A., Vangel, M. G., Orr, S. P., Tsareva, A., & ... Nader, K. (2011). Systemic mifepristone blocks the reconsolidation of signal-conditioned fear; Propranolol prevents this effect. Behavioral Neuroscience, 125(4), 632-638. doi:10.1037/a0024364Spiers, H., & Bendor, D. (2014). Enhance, delete, accept: Manipulation of hippocampus-dependent memories. Brain Research Bulletin, Torregrossa, M., & Taylor, J. (2013). Learning to forget: Manipulating the processes of extinction and reconsolidation to treat addiction. Psychopharmacology, 226(4), 659-672.van den Hout, M., Eidhof, M., Verboom, J., Littel, M., & Engelhard, I. (2013). Blurring of emotional and nonemotional memories due to straining of working memory during recall. Cognition and emotion,