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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => Straight, Inc. and Derivatives => Topic started by: thepatriot on March 08, 2004, 04:15:00 PM
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I think all staff had way too much power in Straight, to think that a person with no more education than being in the program made them some type of therapist is a total joke, and explains why a lot of people ended up so fucked up by their experiance in straight.
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I guess a staff member coming from front row to the front of the group was supposed to have a positive impact on us. I believe the philosophy at the time was ?peer-to-peer counseling? and the thinking was who else could understand a druggie better than another druggie. Were we supposed to put peer counselors on a pedestal and revere them as counseling gods and goddesses? I remember when I was at the Austell Road location Straight got some sort of accreditation, which I believe meant the program met certain medical standards and that licensed, educated & trained therapists were going to be running the show. Now, I wonder, was Straight more fucked up when peer counselors were at the helm or when these so-called professionals came in?