As frequently happens, this discussion has moved from a girl who was forced to stand before her peers and recount the details of a rape?. To a girl who sang i feel pretty and danced to it.
The original poster wrote:
I was told of a girl who, for her "Vulcan Challenge," was assigned by the
counselors to stand up in front of the entire student body and recount, in detail, being raped. Rape victims are sometimes not required to testify in open court, yet this poor girl was forced to relive this horrific event in front of everyone. Therapeutic? I don't think so. How is this benefitting this girl? "tell us your
'issues' and we'll violate your confidence and further traumatize you."
It?s not like these kids are playing charades with a group of caring friends, or divulging their deepest wounds to a trusted friend.
Who decides what the ?issue? is and presents the challenge?
Who makes the assessment that the kid is stable enough to divulge intimate details of a rape or any other abuse, or ready to challenge a long standing fear or insecurity?
Is it a requirement or a dare?
What happens if they refuse?
What happens if they crash and burn, and more humiliation is heaped on what already exsisted?
A therapist can challenge- encourage and support- a client to ride a roller coaster in hopes of helping him overcome his fear, but they can?t ?force? him. Kids in programs aren?t given this consideration. Why?
Is there research to support this ?therapy? or is it more of Wasserman?s ?experimental?, confrontational therapy like the infamous Profeets?
http://www.heal-online.org/cedu.htmonce in a profeet they made a black boy wash Michaels feet. Michael thought he was like God , he called him the N word while this person washed his feet. They would accuse the boys of performing beastility acts on the animals, I dont know for fact if that happened but I was told it did as a punishement for the boys. I was blamed for my mother's death. I actually grew up after that believing that my actions as a Teen caused her to die, when in all reality, I was acting out because when I was 5yrs old, i was in a foster home, and was molested continually. I never said anything, until it was too late. We would remain in these Profeets until everyone snapped and I never recall any food in there, we did get bathroom breaks and water breaks.
To the ex HLA counselor posting- what genre of therapy does this "exercise" come from? What were you taught in college about forcing patients to divulge sensitive material in front of their peers? How were you trained by HLA?