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The Center for Feeling Therapy was a psychotherapy group which was referred to as a cult by various sources.〔Ayella, M.B. ''Insane Therapy: Portrait of a Psychotherapy Cult'', page 141〕〔Ayella, M.B. ''Insane Therapy: Portrait of a Psychotherapy Cult'', page 153〕〔Ayella, M.B. ''Insane Therapy Portrait of a Psychotherapy Cult'', pages 11-12〕〔Singer, Margaret, ''Cults in Our Midst'', Josey-Bass, 2003〕 It was founded in 1971 in Los Angeles. The Center was founded by former members of Arthur Janov's Primal Institute who were dissatisfied with what they felt were shortcomings in primal therapy.〔Mithers, C.L. ''Therapy Gone Mad'', page 55〕 The Center started as an offshoot of primal therapy, but quickly abandoned primal therapy and subsequently went through many theoretical shifts, including an emphasis on dream analysis. At its peak it had 350 resident patients and 2,000 members including various branches.〔"Cult linked to Val-David spiritualist disbanded after abuse allegations" GEOFF BAKER. ''The Gazette''. Montreal, Que.: Sep 26, 1995. pg. A.1〕 Over time, the Center became cult-like and extremely abusive to its members. The abuse consisted of physical assault, sexual humiliation, verbal assault, financial abuse, excessive demands for ritual, inadequate rest, and enforced physical labor.〔Mithers, C.L. ''Therapy Gone Mad'', page 352〕 The enforced physical labor was so severe that some members were permanently injured by it. After nine years, the members rebelled against the center, leading to its closure in 1980. Some of the former members later sued the founding therapists in what was the largest psychology malpractice suit in California. They were represented by Paul Morantz, who specialized in suing cults. The Center for Feeling Therapy was discussed in ''Therapy Gone Mad'' by Carol Lynn Mithers, a book based on interviews of 48 former patients of The Center for Feeling Therapy who shared diaries, notes and audiotapes with her.〔Mithers, C.L. ''Therapy Gone Mad'', page ix〕 Another book on the subject is, ''Insane Therapy, Portrait of a Psychotherapy Cult'' by Marybeth Ayella. == Founding == The Center for Feeling Therapy was founded in 1971 by three therapists from primal therapy, Joe Hart, Jerry Binder, Steven Gold who had been in the therapist training program at Janov's Primal Institute,〔 along with seven other people, two of whom had been certified as primal therapists.〔Mithers, C.L. ''Therapy Gone Mad'', page 60〕 Karle had contributed to a scientific study reprinted in Janov's second book.〔Janov, A. ''The Anatomy of Mental Illness'', pages 198-210〕 According to Mithers, :"Joe and Riggs would claim that the group had confronted Arthur Janov with their unhappiness and told him they thought patients needed to move beyond past pain to change their present lives. Janov would deny that, comparing any attempt by Joe and Riggs to improve his theory with interns correcting a senior surgeon's technique. Interns, moreover, who were really interested only in power, who he'd pegged as 'abreactors'—people who had emotional outbursts without truly feeling anything—and who were about to be fired anyway."〔Mithers, C.L. ''Therapy Gone Mad'', page 57〕 According to Mithers description of the founding therapists' initial mind set, :"...although they'd be following Janov's program, they would keep exploring ways to go beyond it. They already knew two things for sure: They would avoid the narcissism that had claimed Janov, by sharing the therapy's leadership. All decisions would be made collectively; that way, no one person's theories or ego would dominate. Even more important, all therapists would continue to get treatment from their peers. That way, the therapy would grow as they did."〔Mithers, C.L., ''Therapy Gone Mad'', page 60〕 The Center for Feeling Therapy initially followed Janov's method described in ''The Primal Scream'' by having the patient isolate him or herself for 24 hours prior to the initial three week intensive therapy. Joe and Riggs also extended primal theory using their own ideas. ''Going Sane'', the book published a few years later describing their "Feeling Therapy", was given very favorable reviews by some, notably: :"A group of very honest young therapists tell, with great candor and openness, about the new kind of therapy they are developing and the mutuality of relationship it involves." - ''Carl Rogers''〔on cover of paperback edition of ''Going Sane'' (1975)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Center for Feeling Therapy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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