Editing Talk:Co-counselling (section)

==Article deficient in theory==

Currently the article is missing some of the main points of the theory behind Re-Evaluation Counseling, i.e. its distinctive notion of intelligence, a decent explanation of chronic patterns, of balance of attention, etc.  I hope to get to these.  [[User:Jjshapiro|Jeremy J. Shapiro]] 13:52, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

I think the problem is that the CCI people feel they can claim "co-counselling" or "co-counseling" as something belonging to them, whereas the term was originally coined by Harvey Jackins, founder of Re-evaluation Counseling (RC). John Heron (a UK psychotherapist) founded CCI in the 70s and ran it essentially as a sort of reaction or criticism of RC. The people in RC regard the CCI people as splitters and wasters whereas the CCI people regard the RC people as authoritarian. Result is that no sensible discussion between the two appears to be possible. In more recent years a number of RC'ers became upset by their reading of Jackins' "Gay Policy" (actually just a restatement of his view that all sexual distress, including gay distress, should be discharged on and that people did not have to accept a rigid identification or sexual position as intrinsic) and either joined CCI or "gave up" on RC. This led to a fresh wave of Jackins-bashing, but the main RC organisation continues and is much larger and more idea-driven than CCI. Interestingly, the CCI accusations of sexual misconduct directed against Harvey Jackins were never proven and the one case they often point at, a teacher in Seattle in the 70s, later claimed she had made the whole thing up. By contrast, a number of former CCI people I know of have complained of sexual distrust and confusion within CCI arising out of a willingness to cross over from counseling into sexual relationships. Case of the pot calling the kettle I think. <small>&mdash;''The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by'' [[User:81.159.45.25|81.159.45.25]] ([[User The kettle is black on sexuality within co-counselling International. The cathartic process of "trembling" to release fears is bogus and very dangerous, as it may cause adrenalin surges in the brain and body- that maybe addictive, as adrenalin is addictive and the cycle of trembling and feeling more fearful, may induce more shaking to try and control the fears. So this corrupt and dangerous cycle of shaking and fear may stay forever with the "client." The adrenalin surges may induce life-long sexual difficulties: one may not have sexual intercourse if fearful. Co-co can create a false sense of freedom that is simply unacceptable in modern society. talk:81.159.45.25|talk]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/81.159.45.25|contribs]]) 23:42, 21 January 2006 UTC.</small><!--Inserted with Template:Unsigned-->