Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Facility Question and Answers
Peninsula Village Q/A thread
milkblood:
wherever
i might be gonef or a few days
im not sure
Che Gookin:
The group therapy sessions at Three Springs, where I worked, were conducted using a routine format. The person who was doing the topic would speak for a period of time, the group would give him feedback, and then the counselor would give feedback.
At PV what was the group therapy session routine?
What role did the counselor/youth worker play in these sessions?
What role did the therapist play in these sessions?
stoodoodog:
--- Quote from: ""Crash Test Dummy"" ---
At PV what was the group therapy session routine?
What role did the counselor/youth worker play in these sessions?
What role did the therapist play in these sessions?
--- End quote ---
If one can sift through the postings on the PV thread in TT, I think this question has mostly been answered between Free and some of the other posters here and there.
Anonymous:
this is from 1999-really creepy back then and even worse now. A cauldron of change?
Treatment begins in a locked unit, the Special Treatment Unit, or STU. This period of treatment typically lasts six to eight weeks and is an extremely intense therapeutic experience. STU is unlike most other locked unit programs and is specifically designed to address resistance and introduce patients to our group-oriented treatment approach, which uses peer pressure to create positive change. Upon completion of the STU phase, patients move to cabins, living in groups of eight to ten. Each cabin is a self-contained treatment unit with its own staff where patients live and work together for the duratio of treatment. As each cabin works to become a therapeutic community, it serves as a cauldron of change, forcing patients to face and work through the problems that led them to the Village.
Peninsula Village is frequently able to reach patients no one else has been able to help. The chief reason Peninsula Village is successful with hard-to-reach patients is its reliance on a group oriented treatment approach. Most Peninsula Village patients have trouble dealing with adult authority figures, but they are quite responsive to peer pressure. Peninsula Village uses this to the advantage of treatment of the adolescent. From the moment of admission patients are members of a group, and it is the other group members -- the patient's peers -- who pressure e patient to work and grow. Peninsula Village staff are trained to create a therapeutic atmosphere so that group members can bring peer pressure to bear on any individual patient's problems.
Treatment is guided by a team that includes psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, nurses teachers and each unit's staff. All team members work to create strategies that will maximize the group's chances of making a positive impact on the patient. The success of the Peninsula Village programs shows the effectiveness of this approach.
Anonymous:
so what strange brew is being stirred up in the cauldron of change these days?
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