This was posted in the Mission Mountain Forum:
"Another aspect of behavior modification used by Mission Mountain School, called an ?intervention?, is a period of intense physical work, reduced sleep, stricter rules and more intense group therapy. It is used for breaking into an ?underground?, the secrets the girls would keep from the group in order to be sneaky or plan a run. During an intervention we would have very strict inspections of our work, work all day in the hot sun, and if someone was resistant, or we didn?t pass inspection, we would start the day over again. This was used to ?break? down our defenses so that we would share what was going on with us. When an intervention lasts long enough, one gets physically, mentally and emotionally worn out until there isn?t enough energy left to hide ?what?s really going on?. The longest intervention I was on at the school was 22 days."
http://wwf.avigation.net/viewtopic.php?t=16759How does HLAs Intervention compare? Is "working in the hot sun" all day really necessary to get to "what's really going on"?
That hasn't been my experience. Comments? I don't recall ever reading anything that resembled this in any of my counseling courses. Might someone be inclined to make something up to get off Intervention?