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Hyde's "independent" psych professionals

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Ursus:

--- Quote from: "heretik" ---If you are in for a penny you are in for a pound. They can't be independent either professionally or personally, in order to associate with Hyde they would have to believe in the methodologies Hyde uses to educate their troubled students. IMO..
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That's generally the way it seems to be with most programs. Sometimes when you poke beneath the surface a bit, you can actually find prior employment with that program or a similar one in these therapists' career histories. One would think that would present the potential for a problematic dual relationship or similar.

On the other end of the spectrum are those in the profession who claim that most (or some, or just they) have a higher standard of professional ethics and are able to prioritize the best interests of the client, namely the student, over the philosophical dictates of the program.

My guess is, realistically speaking, it's probably somewhere in the middle for most of Hyde's so-called independent therapists. On the one hand, you can go into a counseling commitment like that with the best of intentions, but... should the best interests of your client be at odds with or run counter to those of the program, and you stick to your guns, chances are, you won't be getting any more referrals from Hyde School.

That's a best case scenario, imo. It could be better, or it could be worse. I'm not really in a position to make an accurate assessment. Students who actually went through or are going through such an arrangement would be better equipped to pass judgment...

Ursus:
Back in the 1970s, Joe claimed that students in need of outside counseling were sent to a local psychiatrist. From the Time Magazine article, "School of Hard Knocks" (August 9, 1976), emphasis added:

Despite the large number of problem children, there are no psychologists on the school's staff, because Hyde teachers prefer to "use our gut feelings." When that approach fails, Gauld has referred students to Richard Evans, a psychiatrist in Brunswick, Me. Like many parents of Hyde students, Evans is willing to give the school the benefit of the doubt. Says he: "Frankly, I'm puzzled. But ordinary methods don't work with the kinds of kids going to Hyde. The school does make a real effort to reach these children. It is doing something no one else is willing to do."[/list][/size]

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---Back in the 1970s, Joe claimed...
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Despite being personally familiar with that time period in Hyde's history, I had never even heard of Dr. Richard Evans let alone heard of anyone having been sent to him ... until I ran across that Time article a few years ago.

Which is certainly not to say that it never happened. Obviously, Dr. Evans saw fit to comment on the arrangement. But it must have been a pretty rare or hush-hush event. (Or, alternatively, I could have just been oblivious to it.)

During the period of, say... a year and a half prior to the publication of that article, a number of kids experienced events while at Hyde for which common sense would practically mandate some outside counseling. Just off the top of my head, there was a rape of a student by a faculty member, there was the alleged hospitalization of an epileptic kid due to a bad acid trip, and then there was the forced evacuation of a number of students in the middle of the night due to the mansion going up in flames (the handiwork of some irate fellow students).

I believe the budding young arsonists may have received some outside psychological counseling, but that may have been due to whatever arrangement Hyde School settled on with their parents in lieu of criminal charges. As far as I know, none of the other kids affected by the above events, be they victims or perps, ever received outside counseling via the oversight of Hyde, let alone from Dr. Richard Evans.

This may have been just as well, since, during the time period in question, Dr. Evans was on Hyde School's Board of Trustees.

Geez. I guess Hyde School wasn't too concerned about possible conflicts of interest back then, not to mention the potential for emotional damage, abuse or exploitation in dual relationships, eh?

spacecadet:
I remember hearing about that fire shortly after I arrived at Hyde. You could still see the damage in the library. If I recall correctly, the firebugs in question thought that they could get Hyde shut down that way.

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "spacecadet" ---I remember hearing about that fire shortly after I arrived at Hyde. You could still see the damage in the library. If I recall correctly, the firebugs in question thought that they could get Hyde shut down that way.
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I've heard that as well, or that they thought they would get sent home early, as well as variations along those themes. It's also possible that they didn't intend on the fire getting quite so out of control as it in fact did, but that's strictly speculation on my part. I personally never (knowingly) met the pair, although others who have posted here in the past were present at the time...

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