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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Experiential Processes (EST et al)
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Date: Fri, 13-Jul-84 22:22:52 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 13 22:22:52 1984
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It would seem to me that what all of these "therapies" attempt to do has
its basis in behavioral conditioning.  After all, you learned "wrong"
behaviors (and thought patterns, which are behaviors as well) through
the same process over an extended period of time (called "your life").
What they attempt to do is to perform a RE-conditioning of "right"-thinking
(for you, hopefully) behavior patterns.  The shorter timespan requires
more drastic techniques.  The behaviors you already know took a long period
of time to reinforce.  These people only have a few hours of your time to
undo them and to reinforce new ones.  The question is:  do they really
know what they're doing?  Do they have the smarts such that they know what
kind of effect such conditioning practices will have on an individual?
(Not just the originators of the therapy, but the "trainers" as well!!)
-- 
"Submitted for your approval..."		  Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr