The "Childmyths" blog is a spin-off of Jean Mercer's book "Thinking Critically About Child Development: Examining Myths & Misunderstandings"(Sage, 2015; third edition). The blog focuses on parsing mistaken beliefs that can influence people's decisions about childrearing-- for example, beliefs about day care, about punishment, about child psychotherapies, and about adoption. See also http://thestudyofnonsense.blogspot.com
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
A Survivor of Holding Therapy Tells His Story
Please go to http://anyachaika.wordpress.com/2011.04/05/a-first-hand-account-of-holding-therapy-in-the-uk and read one boy's experience of holding therapy and other disturbing treatment. The author of this piece is a young man now and is preparing to fight against the use of "fringe" mental health treatments in the United Kingdom.
As always Dr. Mercer, thank you for keeping the use of these fringe therapies in the spotlight.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for reading. These things haven't gone away.
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