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From: Andrew Phelps <phelps@cwnet.com>
To: RadPsyNet-Members@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed Apr 28 7:49 -0700
Subject: [RadPsyNet-Members] Re: Needs
Hi
Your point is well taken, but it should be noted it parallels the point that led the "client/survivor" movement to COP OUT ON TORTURE in the 70s. They said, "torture is too hard to talk about."
Today with the "Ethical APA" and their challenge to "dog torture" a.k.a. the learned helplessness of the American Psychological Association, the conversation is changing. That includes lived experience in the areas labeled as "depression" and "schizophrenia." Since this is work in progress, your caution is again, well taken.
However, the upcoming Boston PsySR Conference "Towards a more socially responsible psychology" (link
HERE) is targeted at working on this kind of dialogical breakdown."Pain and less pleasant company" is a good way to engage the problem. Overall it relates to what the client/survivor movement is calling "the psychology of lived experience."
Andrew Phelps
On Tue Apr 27 15:50 -0700, Ilo sent:
Ideally, Stu, we would all have the kinds of relationships that give us authentic connections. However, this kind of necessitates that we find people who are willing to deal with our painful depressing expressions and other less than pleasant company. We do well not to depend on others, to learn to befriend ourselves effectively.