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dang,get a load of this horseshit

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katfish:
Dr. Charles Huffine response to Kristie's article

The wilderness endurance and "intervention" therapies that involved
exhausting work and exposure to the elements has been totally
discredited as not helpful at all im mental health treatment and, in
fact, harmful or all to often dangerous as it may expose youth to
serious accidents or exposure or exhaustion related illness.

Behavior modification through level systems have been thoroughly
debunked as well. Level systems are common in all residential and
hospital programs, but are because they help to provide structure and
order in a setting that could easily get chaotic. It enables staff to
stay in control which is not at all a bad thing, but it is not therapy.
Cookie cutter behavioral programs applied to all kids cannot and does
not address the individual issues in any one kid. Behavior therapies to
be effective have to be tailored to a youth through an evaluation
process and the development of a collaborative relationship. Behavior
modification done in a good behavior therapy can be effective but never
as an imposition without the active participation by the youth being
treated.

Recovered memories are as controversial as anything in mental health. It
is true that the concept has its origins in Freud's work. Much of
psychoanalytic theory, even in its more elegant forms, is seen as a
relic of a byegone era and discounted as not relevant today. But we must
achnowledge that some adults, who have a wish to explore their own
psyches may get a great deal out of a true psychoanalytic therapy (lying
on the couch and everything). Using associative techniques and free
association some repressed memories may indeed come to the fore. But
they are very unreliable in content, even if they do accurately recreate
an emotional state one had had as a child over some traumatic event.
What we know is that unskilled practitioners with no real training in
psychodynamic therapy (soft derivative of psychoanalysis) can harm their
patients by evoking confusing and poorly understood feelings. When
patients are vulnerable and upset we know that any nudging at all from a
therapist can evoke a thought that is mistaken for a memory. This "false
memory," evoked by an over eager therapist was found to be common in
some of the famous trials of aleged cult sexual abuse perpetrators.
Recovering memories of abuse in children and youth became a rage by a
movement in Colorada a few years ago and which some were seriously
exploring ways to reach very troubled youth, many practiced holding
individuals to force memories to surface. Some practioneres of holding
therapy smothered or suffocated kids and they died. It was a real
scandle and criminal convictions were sought. All of us attempting to do
"deep" therapy are under very tight obligations not to lead or influence
or force an individual who may be subtlely or crudly rewarded for coming
up with a juicy memory. The drive to force such memories out of youth as
described by this girl would be considered malpractice and very harmful
by any professoinal group that I know.

Anonymous:

--- Quote ---On 2005-10-23 11:30:00, katfish wrote:

"Dr. Charles Huffine response to Kristie's article



The wilderness endurance and "intervention" therapies that involved

exhausting work and exposure to the elements has been totally

discredited as not helpful at all im mental health treatment and, in

fact, harmful or all to often dangerous as it may expose youth to

serious accidents or exposure or exhaustion related illness.



Behavior modification through level systems have been thoroughly

debunked as well. Level systems are common in all residential and

hospital programs, but are because they help to provide structure and

order in a setting that could easily get chaotic. It enables staff to

stay in control which is not at all a bad thing, but it is not therapy.

Cookie cutter behavioral programs applied to all kids cannot and does

not address the individual issues in any one kid. Behavior therapies to

be effective have to be tailored to a youth through an evaluation

process and the development of a collaborative relationship. Behavior

modification done in a good behavior therapy can be effective but never

as an imposition without the active participation by the youth being

treated.



Recovered memories are as controversial as anything in mental health. It

is true that the concept has its origins in Freud's work. Much of

psychoanalytic theory, even in its more elegant forms, is seen as a

relic of a byegone era and discounted as not relevant today. But we must

achnowledge that some adults, who have a wish to explore their own

psyches may get a great deal out of a true psychoanalytic therapy (lying

on the couch and everything). Using associative techniques and free

association some repressed memories may indeed come to the fore. But

they are very unreliable in content, even if they do accurately recreate

an emotional state one had had as a child over some traumatic event.

What we know is that unskilled practitioners with no real training in

psychodynamic therapy (soft derivative of psychoanalysis) can harm their

patients by evoking confusing and poorly understood feelings. When

patients are vulnerable and upset we know that any nudging at all from a

therapist can evoke a thought that is mistaken for a memory. This "false

memory," evoked by an over eager therapist was found to be common in

some of the famous trials of aleged cult sexual abuse perpetrators.

Recovering memories of abuse in children and youth became a rage by a

movement in Colorada a few years ago and which some were seriously

exploring ways to reach very troubled youth, many practiced holding

individuals to force memories to surface. Some practioneres of holding

therapy smothered or suffocated kids and they died. It was a real

scandle and criminal convictions were sought. All of us attempting to do

"deep" therapy are under very tight obligations not to lead or influence

or force an individual who may be subtlely or crudly rewarded for coming

up with a juicy memory. The drive to force such memories out of youth as

described by this girl would be considered malpractice and very harmful

by any professoinal group that I know.

"

--- End quote ---


Interesting ... perhaps someone should post this on the ST forum?  Bet the program dependent parents would appreciate knowing just how dangerous to their child's health and safety their "addiction" to programism is.

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