I personally had a repressed memory and it was uncovered in therapy. I am lucky that my mom is still alive and was able to verify the memories.
It's obvious to me from the snark in her tone like the word "pristine" and the rest of the article that she is a shill for defense attorneys.
Seems like her attitude towards "repressed memory" is an overly literal reaction against colloquially popular definitions of repressed memories. Perhaps her attitude is for the best because by not believing in the notion of repressed memories we prevent ourselves from having them? Still, isn't that some form of repression?!
That was my experience. There were some embarrassing and traumatic events when I was a child. Throughout the rest of my childhood there were frequent reminders of the events. If I brought the events up later to my parent's they wouldn't acknowledge them, and they strongly discourage me from discussing it. These were significant events that led to my parent's divorce and I repressed them. When I recalled them later it was very emotional.
With regards to research and scientific proof... I don't know how you would prove it. How can others verify my experience. It's not easily repeatable. Even if it were repeatable... how could you prove something like that in an ethical way without traumatizing people.