Wow - Institutionalized Persuasion, By Marcus Chatfield- just Wow
I just got this book - it is unbelievably well written - a well defended thesis.
It is a must read for all program survivors - seriously - and it is also a must read for those advocates that were not in any program.
Marcus Chatfield has written a book that delves into the history, the how's , the who's and the whys as it pertains to these destructive coercive programs that existed and still exist in todays society.
Every Judge , Education consultant, social worker and psychologist should read this book before they even begin to tell parents what they should do -or are going to do with their children. Mr. Chatfield has clearly laid out that this is not the answer,- nor should it have ever been the answer- in dealing with children and issues pertaining to children's welfare.
Marcus Chatfield has added another tool that can be used by those who are trying to expose and shut down this abhorrently cruel " troubled teen industry" .
This book proves that what program survivors of "any program" went thru wasn't therapy - it was in fact torture- and it is sick , inhumane and criminal that these practices are still used today, in this scam of an industry. ( Shame on the Federal Department of Justice for allowing this to continue ).
This book is so good that I will be reading it again and probably again - it validates program survivor's stories of the insanity that we went thru, and explains things in such a way that it will touch each and every survivor on a very personal level.
Again an unbelievably well written book - that lays out the sickness of these "programs ", with a clinical bent , yet written so that every person who will read the book , Institutionalized Persuasion, can understand - simply an amazing book .
Thank you Marcus Chatfield.
peace and Wow (again)
Matt Hoffman
Elan survivor '74 to '76