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In Lieu of Therapists, Benchmark Opts for "Coaches"

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psy:

--- Quote from: "Guest" ---I think most where genuinly concerned and wanted to help us out.
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Yeah, but even the best of intentions can be disastrous when there isn't the training.  It's also illegal to sell services such as "counseling" or "behavior modification" (both terms from benchmark's 2001 website) when one is not licensed to practice those services.  As I understand it, to this day, while Benchmark sometimes refers to outside licensed professionals for things such as prescriptions, they employ no licensed personnel directly (other than the "coaches" now... which anybody can claim to be if you've ever seen the episode of Penn and Teller's "Bullshit" on "Life Coaching").

psy:

--- Quote from: "Guest" ---Some of us where so negative that it was hard to be around us
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But what does that really mean ("negative")?  Does it really have an objective meaning or is it just something a program labels something it doesn't like.  It's like "evil" or "bad".  It all depends on the point of view.

psy:

--- Quote from: "Guest" ---They told my parents right off the bat that they where people who had delt with our issues, and though they had psychologists (brian was one when i was there) they where not certified.
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That was not the case with my parents.  I'm very surprised they would tell your parents that right off the bat.

Anonymous:

--- Quote from: "psy" ---
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---They told my parents right off the bat that they where people who had delt with our issues, and though they had psychologists (brian was one when i was there) they where not certified.
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That was not the case with my parents.  I'm very surprised they would tell your parents that right off the bat.
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Well, i did come earlier. I just remember there selling point was that they where people who have delt with the issues i had and got better so they knew what to do. Infact dina always said 'i wouldn't ask you to do something that i haven't already done myself'. Even on there site they have councelers and psych's.

psy:

--- Quote from: "Guest" ---I've had a bad therapist, and would of traded him for the worst of the staff (IMO Tom) any day.
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But you could, and probably did (quit him). You had the choice in that situation.  The therapist works for you and if he does a bad job you can fire him.  The situation is reversed in the case of staff in which they have authority over you.  And not just authority over what you do, authority over who you talk to, what you can say, what you can read, and by controlling all that, what you can think.  Their intent was to change how you think without your explicit knowledge and consent.  I believe that is wrong, even when it is done for the best of intentions.

It's different than education when you know what you're getting and are free to reject and accept.  If you disagreed and expressed disagreement at Benchmark you were "negative" or what have you and given "consequences" (punishment).  You had to accept everything they said and ordered unconditionally if you wanted to ever progress.  Big difference than therapy.

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