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| Jump to Survey | More trash cans would not be 'that' much of an additional cost, and it is a one time cost... neither would be emptying the trash cans (if it all) more often, both could easily be done without too much trouble. | | Jump to Survey | No, it is distracting and kids would be eating it all day long, noisy wrappers and trash everywhere. (I am assuming that you mean eating it during your lessons) | | Jump to Survey | Not to turn this into too much of a novella, I come from a place where I sought enlightenment throughout the 1980's, when I was in my 20's...in the heart of the metaphysical mecca of Los Angeles. As I was so young, grasping on to the evolving theories and such was relatively easy...as I did not have a lot of life issues (yet) to contend with. But those were very important learning years for me and like a sponge, I soaked up every bit of self realization that I could. More or less, this was an emerging movement and so many of us were traveling on the same journey and spoke the same language. We learned from other spiritual guru's and then went about the business of applying these ideals to our daily lives. I say 'we' because I was not alone in this quest for self discovery. But we (students if you will) found motivation within each other and we could soar to dizzying heights in reveling about the next 'new' spark of wisdom. These were socially formative years for me. Due to this exposure, over such a long period of time, I understand all of your most complex explanations relating to higher consciousness, self actualization, the reverberations with others and can communicate on levels beyond the obvious. In fact, like a journey through space, it is a trip into infinity where you are constantly challenging your limits...only to discovery that there are layers upon layers of consciousness and it is pretty safe to say that most of the real world operates within the basic parameters of what is considered the norm. All you have to do is sit through a behavioral psychology class designed for a therapeutic modality to see just how basic our thoughts, as well as vocabulary, really are. Those never exposed to alternative psychology usually become the cookie cutter therapists that are stereotyped in the arts and media...detached and eternally pensive, nose to the grindstone and are forever dependent on the DSM-V for all of their conclusions, all of the answers...all of the explanations. And, though I misunderstood you at the time, you said that (on some level) you can pigeon hole anyone to fit whatever criteria that you wish...and more often than not, it is just that kind of guessing game. If you do not fit the criteria for BPD, then then turn the page and maybe you can be fenced into a schizo-effective dx. There are ruffly twelve core therapeutic models ranging from CBT, BT, DBT, REBT, Empathic approach, confrontation approach, Gestalt therapy, and a host of others. We are free to choose whatever modality works best for us. It stands to reason that the less life experience that you have, the more rigid you are going to be in your approach. So, are you doing your job and guiding your client? Both? Neither??? And it is this mentality that the client walks into, expecting services rendered, expecting an 'expert' assisting them....putting their inner most thoughts into your hands. All I can say is that you better know what you are doing or you are going to have a very dissatisfied customer and there will be very little personal progress. Of course, on paper...there will always the indication that progress is being made. Your treatment plan depends on it. Depending upon your insurance (or lack of), these therapy sessions can go on forever with the simple progress note: 'Stable' attached to an insurance reimbursment form. State medicaid clients make up the bulk of on-going therapy situations. The state (any state) pays so little in billable units, that for any agency to stay afloat....clients are seen in bulk for very long periods of time. There are some agencies that bill only for 'group' sessions, without the client of ever getting individual attention. This too, KR, is how the mental health system operates in America...today. I am not saying that there is no benefit to our present system...because there is, for all of the reasons that I have previously posted or I would not be able to do this job. But one must know where the limits are. Whether I agree or disagree is irrevelant as I still have to work within these parameters. Because of this rigid system, all of these other alternatives to western psychiatry have popped up everywhere. These methods are not alien to me as I lived through them all in the 1980's/1990's...I didn't do into social services until I was 40 years old. So I do not discard them as nonsense, as some of these same principles have shaped my own philosophies of life...too. This is where I am not similar to Southern Yankee. He is a 26 year old boy who has lived in school throughout his entire life and his insight is limited to text books and what he sees on the news/Internet. This black and white concept that you speak of. I look at your beliefs (in this post) and, on ther most part, I agree in theory (some of our core beliefs differ)...but they have no place in our current mental health systems. Because they are complex and elusive, it would be impossible to build a practice on 'free form: I am...you are...we are... therapy', thus, sitting on the mountain top is reserved for a different kind of conversation, not better than, nor worse than....just different. If you tried to encapsulate the essence of your beliefs and present them in a consistent workable manner...they would lose their strength. Your methods are best utilized where one is free to wonder and explore the far reaches of the universe...with philosophical and theological flavors. Maybe, a conversational French class (learning words & phrases without detailed foundation) comes closer to the existential beliefs on the mysteries of our lives, and French One (grammatical rules and sentence formation) is closer to how I see the value of therapy today. In closing, you stated that your aim was to take me on a journey...but it is a journey that I have already been on and have come back from. It is due to what I know from my complex past, that I am able to embrace a simpler form of communication today. This is the reason I fit so well into my current occupation. |
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