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Remarkable work. I'm doing a paper on narrative therapy in couples therapy, and it opened my mind to what this is.

It’s concerning to me that the counselor doesn’t seem to register the fears the mom has about her son attending an IFB church. He acknowledges them, but only on the surface and it seems to me that he pretty quickly aligns the narrative in favor of trusting the son enough to let him attend the church. The IFB isn’t just your ordinary Baptist church. Though most churches won’t fully accept queer people, the IFB is much more homophobic and misogynistic. Women can’t wear pants, you can’t play cards, or swim with the opposite gender. The mom’s comment about the church’s history of abducting and abusing children could be in reference to the troubled teen industry that exists within IFB circles, which are known to be exploitative and abusive. Just look up the stories of people who have previously been sent to their troubled teen centers. The mom’s concern isn’t just over her son attending a church, it’s over her son wanting to attend an organization that many believe to be cult-like and which has a history of extreme homophobia and control.

Thank you for this video on this brilliantly executed technique.

Abducted and tortured? Any links?

Beautifully done, very heartening and inspiring to see the skill of the therapist and collaboration with the clients. Very team oriented and yes, the reframe was great too! Loved this

Feminism is not a therapy, it's an ideology. This is nothing more than a corrupt group with an agenda to impose their beliefs on others while calling therapy.

Hey I'm a second wave feminist!

I love this and found this enlightening I also can relate, this video presented the empowerment, self disclosure and allow them to share the similar expereiences that we all at one point endure in our society for those who cant relate watch again speak to different people engulf yourself and maybe then you can grasp the concept.

this was such an amazing session to watch, it's certainly given me a change of perspective on my own life

Let him go to church Jesus christ is real! He loves you to lesbians

This is one of the most inspiring sessions I have watched, there is so much to learn from this therapist.

terrible therapy theory. i will never use this

That was very, very informative. Thank you!

Really liked this video. Very helpful in learning Narrative Therapy

Thanks for posting this session. I'm a clinical mental health counseling grad student and I found this very informative and inspiring. And i LOVE that mom.

She is speaking so fast...though...in introducing the program. A great demonstration of feminist family therapy.

I'm American so I can say it...Americans are so selfish and so self involved...they need therapy for everything! This tragic!

It's very honest and important that the therapist said she can learn from the family. 1. She's learning what they think & need. 2. We continuously learn insight from each other, that we apply to our understanding of each other."

Is he 'just jotting down a few notes" or is he "getting them verbatum as [they] say them"? It can't be both. That kind of dishonesty would raise my alert with a therapist in no time flat. Be consistent, honest, and don't downplay what you are doing. Also, those women are right that their son is being victimized and indoctrinated and they need to learn and teach their son about "love bombing" that religious people do to get new members.

Therapists should not be allowed to wear Hawaiian shirts.

What an insightful and loving family. Nothing like seeing a skilled clinician conduct a meaningful session.

Externalizing the problem which he has identified as fear. Watch you can hear him make fear an entity in itself.

This an awesome video! thankful or the patients allowing their lives to be viewed so transparently and dr. bitter for this video.

More, please.

Wonder what happened in the church - if he went....

wonderful

This is great! It is hard to find interventions and examples of what feminist family therapy looks like!

Wonderful! Zesty and juicy! thanks Diane.

Are there more excerpts from Dr. Bitter? I like his style.

Thanks!

thanks for putting this up. Good to see a demonstration of FT.

Fantastic.

thanks for posting this. also thanks to the participants who have allowed their very personal life story to be put out there. john's comment about being heckled at school about have a same-sex parental relationship resonated with me.

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