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The model in this form of self help is to sit in a sweat lodge for a length; up to two hours as told in the report. I suspect this type of therapeutic treatment; which is in no way new; is based on the idea of creating an obstacle then overcoming that obstacle. Followed by praise for the success will create a genuine since accomplishment.
This sense of accomplishment is then used to encourage the participant to work through other obstacles, these obstacles being the root of the participants "problem".
I suspect that this type of progressive therapy where controlled obstacles are created and then subsequently over come are both quick and fairly effective. So long as the participant accepts the obstacle as a challenge and not a trivial exercise. Only when it is perceived as a real obstacle can a genuine sense of accomplishment be felt.
The necessity to "buy in" or except the obstacle as genuine leads retroactively to the ritualism and dogmatic talk surrounding such treatments. This "talking up" is necessary for the simulation to be successful, similar if not identical behavior is used in military training to push recruits to, through, and beyond obstacles and challenges.
In the case of the article, sitting in the heat is a real obstacle. That requires discipline of the participants. The obstacle is truly challenging in that respect, the purpose to endure the obstacle is symbolic. Symbolizing that the participant can indeed be successful. The obstacle is stretched to encompass the participants entire life or at least the problem being faced. This then creates the confidence to admit/except the problem, determine how to correct it, and then finally execute the correction.
*For a person to be successful they must believe themselves to be genuinely successful.
*Selling belief in a simulated obstacle makes necessary the 'preachy' selling and talking up the happens before, during, and after an event.
*This type of therapy is likely very successful for issues that the participant has the ability and resources to handle.
*If the participant's problem is beyond their ability to control a different treatment will be necessary, with a focus of excepting that some events are beyond control.
~Is it fair to suggest that when used at the wrong time therapies of this nature would empower a participant to acts of vigilantism, or crime(violent crime)?
~Has/Is this method of encouragement used in religion as a means to reinforce belief in its teachings?
The model in this form of self help is to sit in a sweat lodge for a length; up to two hours as told in the report. I suspect this type of therapeutic treatment; which is in no way new; is based on the idea of creating an obstacle then overcoming that obstacle. Followed by praise for the success will create a genuine since accomplishment.
This sense of accomplishment is then used to encourage the participant to work through other obstacles, these obstacles being the root of the participants "problem".
I suspect that this type of progressive therapy where controlled obstacles are created and then subsequently over come are both quick and fairly effective. So long as the participant accepts the obstacle as a challenge and not a trivial exercise. Only when it is perceived as a real obstacle can a genuine sense of accomplishment be felt.
The necessity to "buy in" or except the obstacle as genuine leads retroactively to the ritualism and dogmatic talk surrounding such treatments. This "talking up" is necessary for the simulation to be successful, similar if not identical behavior is used in military training to push recruits to, through, and beyond obstacles and challenges.
In the case of the article, sitting in the heat is a real obstacle. That requires discipline of the participants. The obstacle is truly challenging in that respect, the purpose to endure the obstacle is symbolic. Symbolizing that the participant can indeed be successful. The obstacle is stretched to encompass the participants entire life or at least the problem being faced. This then creates the confidence to admit/except the problem, determine how to correct it, and then finally execute the correction.
*For a person to be successful they must believe themselves to be genuinely successful.
*Selling belief in a simulated obstacle makes necessary the 'preachy' selling and talking up the happens before, during, and after an event.
*This type of therapy is likely very successful for issues that the participant has the ability and resources to handle.
*If the participant's problem is beyond their ability to control a different treatment will be necessary, with a focus of excepting that some events are beyond control.
~Is it fair to suggest that when used at the wrong time therapies of this nature would empower a participant to acts of vigilantism, or crime(violent crime)?
~Has/Is this method of encouragement used in religion as a means to reinforce belief in its teachings?
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