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BAN
DANGEROUS
JUNK THERAPY AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
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"While some
therapists have
advocated the use of so-called coercive holding therapies and/or
"rebirthing
techniques", there is NO scientific evidence to support the
effectiveness of
such interventions.
- American Psychiatric Assn,
2002
The UPA, as well as a number of other professional organizations,
maintains that
there is NO scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of such
interventions [holding therapy]. .... there is a strong clinical
consensus that
coercive therapy techniques (holding therapy) are, in fact,
contraindicated and
potentially DANGEROUS, constituting a form of physical and/or emotional
child
ABUSE.
- Utah Psychological Assn.,
2003
"Of all tyrannies,
a tyranny
exercised for the good of its victims, may be the most oppressive.
Those who
torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so
with the
approval of their own conscience."
- C.S. Lewis,
1952
[As quoted by Beverly James in Handbook for Treatment of
Attachment-Trauma
Problems, 1994]
"I do not condone or
support
Holding Therapy because there are abusive elements associated with its
practice. I'm sure there is a better way to accomplish things."
-Dr. Russ Seigenberg
Documents
Sense of US Congress: "No" to Adoption
Quackery
House of Representatives votes 397-0
calling for ban...voodoo science...prevent another tragedy...
American Academy of Pediatrics warns
against "Attachment Therapies"
...should be avoided...no empirical
support...associated with serious harm...death
Behavioral Health co. considers 'holding therapy' a "non-established
treatment"
...lack empirical
evidence...questionable scientific basis...potential for serious harm...
US Department of Defense deems 'holding therapy' unproven
Military Health System refuses to pay
for 'holding therapy'
Aetna Insurance won't pay for 'holding therapy'
...experimental...investigational...not supported by peer-reviewed
medical literature...
Attachment Therapy and Pseudoscience in Psychology
...holding therapy has been linked to
the deaths of children...adoptive parents misled into holding theapy
...retraumatizing already damaged children, making them scared,
depressed and hopeless
Foster Parent Describes "holding therapy"
...wrapped in blanket...child becomes
angry, VERY angry...so mad it's frightening...
When The Foster Care System Endangers Children
...substandard...untested...unsafe...illegal...torture
More Children Dying in So
Called Treatment
International
Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (page 4)
Science Matters
"...Criminal...
Outrageous... Evil... Quackery... Antiscience..."
Insurance company excludes
holding therapy
Magellan Health
Services deems treatment "experimental." Requires therapists to "do no
harm"
"holding therapy" or "attachment therapy" contradicts research on
attachment
Sometimes fatal and
contraindicated according to Family Therapy journal
British Association of Adoption &
Fostering
warns "unsuspecting adopters" to question holding therapy
Critical of
such "radical
interventions" which lack "proper evaluation"
Illinois DCFS rejects
Holding Therapy
Holding Therapy or Rage
Reduction Therapy are not currently accepted clinical practice. These
treatments are not approved by DCFS for treatment of RAD
The Etiology of a Social Epidemic
By Pat Crossman, LCSW
- September 2004
"On probation: State disciplines Twining counselor"
Attachment Therapist/Middle
School Counselor disciplined for using "restraint therapy"
Center is sued over therapies
suit alleges physical
restraint and forced water drinking were recommended as disciplinary
measures
Scientific American: Death by Theory
Attachment therapy is based
on a pseudoscientific theory that, when put into practice, can be deadly
"Holding Session" leaves 7 year old boy permanently brain damaged
Holding sessions induce
children's false statements of Satanism & murder
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Policy statement on Restraint
Violent Therapies:
The Rationale behind a Potentially Harmful Child Psychotherapy
Jean Mercer-Scientific
Review of Mental Health Practice
Journal of Attachment & Human Development
Special issue dedicated to holding therapy
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Policy Statement
denounces holding therapy and other coercive techniques
November 2003
NEW - Early Holding Therapist, Robert Zaslow, uses restraint and forced
water
license revoked by
California Board of Medical Examiners
Robert Zaslow, Attachment Holding Therapy pioneer, license revoked
- following allegations of
restraint and forced water
No Evidence For Attachment Therapy
Jean Mercer, PhD
Attachment Holding Therapist's Conviction Upheld
State of Colorado - 8/23/03
Attachment therapy using deliberate restraint: an object lesson on the
identification of unvalidated treatments
Jean Mercer, Journal of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
Court denies appeal 'Rebirthing' therapist to remain in prison
8/29/03 - Rocky Mountain
News - By Peggy Lowe
Leading Attachment Therapist "Researcher" Cancelled
-Texas Social Workers
withdraw CEUs
Another Utah Attachment Holding Therapist ordered to Cease and Desist
July 10, 2003
license revocation is front page news in Oregon
-Keith Alvin Reber in the
Baker City Herald
Attachment Holding Therapist's License Revoked
July 22, 2003
Description, History, and
Critique of Corrective Attachment Therapy
Matthew L. Speltz, PhD,
University of Washington School of Medicine
National Expert Dr. R. Chris Barden's Responses to Sen. Hellewell's
Questions and "Statements"
National Expert R. Chris Barden, Ph.D., J.D. 's Questions for Senator
Hellewell re: his Conduct, Statements and Knowledge
Utah Attorney General's Office Documents the
Horrors of "Holding Therapy"
Files Charges against
"therapists"
Utah Attorney General's Office Documents the Horrors of "Holding
Therapy"
amended April 14, 2003
Utah Holding Therapist's License Revoked
12/4/2001
Utah Division of Child and
Family Services and Division of Mental Health support APA position
statement
and exclude coercive holding
therapies from any service they "provide, support, or fund"
Statement of the American
Psychiatric Assn
AGAINST "holding therapy"
June 2002
Statement of the Utah
Psychological
Assn AGAINST
"holding therapy"
1/17/2003
Statement of the Utah
Children AGAINST
"holding therapy"
Statement of the Utah
Counseling
Assn. & Utah Mental health Counselor's Assn
AGAINST "holding therapy"
The Utah Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy AGAINST "holding therapy"
Feb 2003
Statement of the National
Assn of Social
Workers - Utah Chapter AGAINST "holding therapy"
12/3/2002
Statement of the New
Jersey
Association for Infant
Mental Health AGAINST "holding therapy"
2/7/2003 - Jean Mercer
Ph.D. Professor of Psychology
Utah Public Mental Health
System, Treatments
for Reactive Attachment Disorders in Children
Practice Guidelines, Updated 11/13/01 .... "No coercive methods of
treatment
will be approved..."
Statement of the Substance
Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(An Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Charles Curie, Administrator, SAMHSA Statement, January 28, 2003
Statement of Foster Success
AGAINST "holding
therapy"
Heidi Edwards, Celeste Edmunds,
Michael and Barbara
Feaster, Melissa Rhea
Critique of research on
Attachment
Therapy
By Randolph and by Myeroff
et al.
R. Christopher Barden,
Ph.D., J.D., LP
Resume
Holding therapy is child
abuse
Juror in the Candace
Newmaker trial
Statement from victim of
"Holding Therapy"
2/12/2003 - Heather Key
Statement of Carol Tavris,
Ph.D. AGAINST "holding
therapy"
Statement of Curt Canning, M.D. AGAINST "holding therapy"
2/12/2003 - President, Utah
Psychiatric Association
Former educational director
Bill McCall speaks out against AGAINST "holding therapy"
Statement from
Robert Kinscherff, Ph.D., Esq. Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical
School AGAINST "holding therapy"
2/13/2003 - Lecturer in Law, Boston
University Law School
Director, Forensic Psychology Track, Massachusetts School of
Professional Psychology.
Statement of Prof.
Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D., Editor, The Scientific Review
of Mental Health Practice AGAINST "Holding Therapy"
Statement from the Utah PTA
against "holding therapy"
Attachment holding therapist disciplined
Attachment holding therapist ordered to cease and desist
Statement of Professor Richard
McNally, Harvard University Department of Psychology AGAINST "Holding
Therapy"
Jan Hunt, M.Sc., Director of Natural Child Project
and Author of "The
Natural Child" statement against "holding therapy"
Be wary of organizations that tell you your child has "attachment
disorder"...
-SaferChild.org issues
warning regarding coercive techniques
Restraint is lethal!
-Investigative report shows
numerous positional asphyxiation deaths
US Dept. of Justice study gives attachment therapy a failing grade
-Deemed "concerning"
"questionable" and having "substantial risk"
Death by Therapy
-The New Age counselors who killed a little girl and the "child
welfare" regime that enabled them
A Brief Treatise on Coercive Holding
- Beverly James (LCSW),
Handbook for Treatment of Attachment-Trauma Problems, 1994
In The Media
Orem therapist lost license over
controversial methods
Center is under fire in wake
of Killpack death - 8/7/2003
"Be Wary of Attachment Therapy"
Shannon-Bridget Maloney
"Legislators should ban holding therapy"
3/2/03 - Daily Herald - Rep. Michael J.S. Thompson,
R-Orem
"Holding Patterns: Legislators spare no rods"
2/13/2003 - Salt Lake City
Weekly
State requests lifting
gag order-5 new cases
against Utah "Holding Therapists"
2/10/2003 - Deseret News -
Geoffrey Fattah
"Senate, ban holding therapy"
2/5/2003 - Deseret News
editorial
"House rejects holding
therapy"
1/24/2003 - Deseret News -
James Thalman
"Holding
therapy life-threatening"
11/20/2002 -
Deseret News editorial
"Restraint
therapies deliver only torment"
9/21/2002 - Deseret
News - Marjorie Cortez
"Man knows perils of holding therapy"
7/15/02 -
Deseret News -
Geoffrey Fattah
"Holding
therapy time line"
1/31/2002 - Deseret
News
"Rage reduction therapy:
help or abuse?"
U.S. News - October 24, 1996
"The cuddles that kill"
Children are abused, and held so
tightly they can't breathe - with the consent of authorities.
CHRISTOPHER REED reports on the controversial American therapy that
killed Candace Newmaker.
Minnesota Court of
Appeals: Parent uses "Holding
Therapy" - loses custody of child
8/26/1997
Denver Rocky Mountain News:
40+ Articles
covering the Death of Candace Newmaker
National Association of
State Mental Health
Program Directors Position Statement
7/13/1999
Statement of the American
Hospital Assn,
the American Psychiatric Nurses
Assn, the American Psychiatric Assn, and the National Assn of
Psychiatric
Health Systems AGAINST coercive restraint ("holding therapy")
The Dangers of Holding
Therapy by Jan Hunt, M.Sc.
Attachment Holding therapist
disciplined for bizarre behavior
"The Taking of Logan Marr" by PBS's
Frontline
Search Google News for
"holding/restraint therapy"
Legislation
Utah House Bill 5 - "Prohibition
of Coercive Restraint Practices"
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson
Misc. Links
"Attachment Therapy on Trial" -
The Torture and Death of Candace Newmaker
By:
Jean Mercer,
Larry Sarner,
Linda Rosa
Now available at the Orem
Library
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