Posted by so on May 19, 2005, at 23:28:21
In reply to Lou's reply to so-Ijoyyu » so, posted by Lou Pilder on May 19, 2005, at 21:21:29
> so,
> You wrote,[...I enjoy your...].
> Thanks for the compliment.
> Louyou're welcome. I haven't yet found the posts you referenced, and "probably" might seem a disingenuous answer to your querry, even if the reply were based on a recognition that ideas behind your questions are spot on far more often than not.
I did find, in my search, yet another thread where a member complained about capricious administration, specifically in regard to barriers against critical discussion of ideas within popularly accepted standards of civility. Curiously, that thread included a note by the psychiatrist that suggested he might see his administrative approach not merely as a method to maintain what would be considered a civil atmosphere by anyone else's standard, but also as a means to construct a setting in which his interventions have therapuetic value. If that were the case, support and education might be provided here by other members of the group, but therapeutic interventions are imposed by the administrator, who doesn't declare his therapeutic intent or methods in the site FAQ's. He wrote:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20050219/msgs/461642.html
"That use of 'BLOCK' was interesting, one way to look at it is that blocking the old story facilitates a new one..."
Another way to look at it, Lou, might be that some psychiatrists consider invalidating peoples' stories to have some therapeutic value. Sounds like a cognitive therapeutic approach to me, except in most cognitive methods, the therapist cautiously attempts to get the client to block their own ill-conceived stories. Therapists seldom find it their role to tell clients "No! That's not right! If you don't say it right, you can't come to therapy for three weeks."If that were what is taking place here, one way of looking at it could be that people's critical discussion of ideas aren't blocked because they are uncivil by any popular standard or becasue they are disruptive to the group, but because a therapist presenting as an adminstrator is experimenting with a unique therapeutic approach.
If you'll post a link, I'll take a look at the posts you mentioned.
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