Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
What about "Carlbrook School"?
Oscar:
We pretty much know what happened to Joseph Burns but what did happen do Brendon Patrick Deasey?
Ursus:
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--- Quote from: "formerstudent06" ---I said that because if you really were abused, then only a professional can help guide you through that pain, not some fucking kids,
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Hmmmm, but the programs are always telling us that "kids can help kids". That pesky "peer counseling/therapeutic community" thing again.
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Nail. On. Head.
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--- Quote from: "formerstudent06" ---...many of which are bias in the sense that they also feel they were abused.
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Holding the opinion that you were abused makes you biased? Why would that not apply to the converse?
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Yup. Touché olé!
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--- Quote from: "formerstudent06" ---You guys need to learn some psych for fuck sake. I was just urging people to find an objective point of view, not my own, or anyone else in this forum. An objective professional who has been trained to navigate through people's issues (not a carlbrook staff, but a completely unaffiliated entity that you trust). But obviously seems like a lot of you don't want to do that.
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Many of us have....and it's a good suggestion but....we've also found that being able to talk to others who went thru the same or similar places was as helpful, if not more because someone who has actually been thru the programs knows what happens behind closed doors.
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Not to mention that some psych professionals are even of the opinion that therapeutic communities and "positive" peer culture modalities are the latest greatest asset to humanity. Sorry, but that is part of what really messed me up to begin with, and anyone whose mind is already closed to how that can happen, is not liable to be of much help to me.
Whooter:
--- Quote ---Holding the opinion that you were abused makes you biased? Why would that not apply to the converse?
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I think he did when he said “Not Carlbrook Staff”. Anyone who has touched a program has a bias. The child whose life was turned around will give their program rave reviews. The child who didn’t do well or was abused would be biased because of it and tell you that the program was ineffective and abusive. A staff member will give his or her own biased opinion of the school or industry.
All the opinions are equally important but the point that formerstudent06 was trying to make (I think) is to allow an unbiased professional navigate the feedback, one who can make an unbiased, professional opinion or assessment of the situation. They would be better equipped to see the bigger picture and accept both sides of the issue equally and therefore be able to come to a better conclusion.
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formerstudent06:
"Anne Bonney wrote:
formerstudent06 wrote:I said that because if you really were abused, then only a professional can help guide you through that pain, not some fucking kids,
Hmmmm, but the programs are always telling us that "kids can help kids". That pesky "peer counseling/therapeutic community" thing again."
- the programs are telling us that kids can help kids, yes. Are these not the same programs that certain people in this forum have accused of being abusive? And kids can help kids, sure, but without the supervision of a professional, whats to stop the kids from sending other kids in a direction that is actually harmful, not beneficial. The reality is that kids are not trained. That is all that I was saying. If there were a professional administrator in this group that was keeping an eye on the direction of conversation, then I would agree that kids helping kids would be appropriate in this place.
Anne Bonney wrote:
formerstudent06 wrote:...many of which are bias in the sense that they also feel they were abused.
Holding the opinion that you were abused makes you biased? Why would that not apply to the converse?
- people who believe they have been abused, especially ones who actually were, usually harbor a profoundly deep anger, which is not always directed in a positive way. It is not uncommon for someone who was abused to attempt to exact revenge on the perceived abuser, which is the feeling that I have gotten from several posts in this forum. When I say biased, I mean that certain individuals could be speaking from a place of uncontrolled anger, such as calling people pedophiles, making outrageous statements, or any sort of toxic remark toward another person. I would agree that people who have been abused can actually share a common perception, which could bring them closer, understand each other better, and be a positive connection on the road to healing. I am just cautioning people about the "banding" together of frustrated, angry victims of abuse without the direction of a professional who can recognize when things start to get uncontrolled.
Ok I'm done with this place. For the people that it helps, I'm glad that it helps.
Pile of Dead Kids:
--- Quote from: "formerstudent06" ---Pile, you really are fucking sick. The worst I ever felt abused there was by the student's, ones just like you. I will no longer take part in this forum.
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Liar.
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