For a light and easy no obligation introduction to
Re-evaluation counseling, come join us in the meeting
room at the Windsor
Park Library 5833 Westminster Drive in East Austin. Learn
more about RC and bring a friend. Contact Selwyn Polit at 926-7876
for more info email: selwyn@austintx.com.They
are usually held every other month alternating on Wednesdays evenings
and Saturday mornings.
On-line Newsletter: Access to the on-newsletter
requires membership in the community and a valid annual subscription
to the newsletter. Subscriptions cost only $15 per year, which is
about $1.30 per month. Please send your check to Andrea Blum 3309A
Westhill, Austin, TX 78704. If you don't have the current password,
please contact Andrea Blum at 444-9469 ablum@prismnet.com.
Please note: As with any RC offerings, scholarships are available.
Area Reference People
Check out below for the person you can contact in your
area if you want to get hooked up with RC. They are identified by zip
code.
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North Austin |
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| Zip Codes:78717, 26 - 29, 50, 53, 54, 58, 59, 78613,
34, 41, 53, 60, 64, 81 |
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South Austin |
| Christi Bacot
263-0353
christi@chipp.com |
| Zip Codes: 78704, 30, 32 - 39, 41, 44 - 49 78610,
19, 20, 45, 52, 69 |
About
Re-evaluation Counseling
Re-evaluation Counseling is a process whereby people of all ages and
of all backgrounds can learn how to exchange effective help with each
other in order to free themselves from the effects of past distress
experiences.
Re-evaluation Counseling theory provides a model of what a human being
can be like in the area of his/her interaction with other human beings
and his/her environment. The theory assumes that everyone is born with
tremendous intellectual potential, natural zest, and lovingness, but
that these qualities have become blocked and obscured in adults as the
result of accumulated distress experiences (fear, hurt, loss, pain,
anger, embarrassment, etc.) which begin early in our lives.
Any young person would recover from such distress spontaneously by
use of the natural process of emotional discharge (crying, trembling,
raging, laughing, etc.). However, this natural process is usually interfered
with by well-meaning people ("Don't cry," "Be a big boy,"
etc.) who erroneously equate the emotional discharge (the healing of
the hurt) with the hurt itself.
When adequate emotional discharge can take place, the person is freed
from the rigid pattern of behavior and feeling left by the hurt. The
basic loving, cooperative, intelligent, and zestful nature is then free
to operate. Such a person will tend to be more effective in looking
out for his or her own interests and the interests of others, and will
be more capable of acting successfully against injustice.
In recovering and using the natural discharge process, two people
take turns counseling and being counseled. The one acting as the counselor
listens, draws the other out and permits, encourages, and assists emotional
discharge. The one acting as client talks and discharges and re-evaluates.
With experience and increased confidence and trust in each other, the
process works better and better.
