This has been going on in the APA for a very long time, and is the reason for the existence of the APS. If everyone lets their membership to the APA lapse in protest, maybe something will happen, but given that the APA is actually an industry guild rather than a professional society, it is doubtful.
Paul Okami ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Brandon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:43 AM Subject: Re: APA President-elect > There is this split in the APA between those who believe that > practice should be guided by data and those who believe that practice > should be guided by anecdote. > I'll leave it to the list members to decide which group has become > dominant, but I'm letting my membership lapse. > > At 5:28 AM -0500 12/3/04, Allen Esterson wrote: > >I have no reason to doubt that Gerald Koocher, president-elect of APA, has > >many admirable qualities, but a Google search brings out what to my mind > >is a worrying association with people who promote some doubtful views > >about supposed memories of childhood sexual abuse, including satanic > >(ritual) abuse, arising in the course of psychotherapy. I have in mind > >particularly > >one individual, David L. Calof, a contributor to a special issue of the > >APA journal "Ethics and Behavior" (Vol. 8, No. 2, 1998): "The Science and > >Politics of Recovered Memory", based on the the proceedings of a symposium > >chaired by Gerald Koocher. See http://fmsf.com/ethics.shtml > > > >In relation to this symposium Dr Koocher is quoted as referring to > >"skilled, thoughtful, well-trained clinicians" who "are too often tarred > >with the same brush that should be reserved for the quacks of > >psychotherapy." However, David Calof, a contributor to this very > >symposium, has acknowledged that his highest qualification is a High > >School diploma. See the transcript of Calof's testimony in the case of: > >Robin Avis et al V. John Laughlin et al at King County Superior Court, > >State of Washington, given on 2 February 1998: > >http://www.stopbadtherapy.com/experts/calof/calof.txt > > > >I suggest TIPSters note particularly Calof's testimony in relation to a > >book published in collaboration with Mary Lee Lou, and ask if this is the > >kind of psychotherapist that should have participated in the symposium > >chaired by Dr Koocher, the proceedings of which were published in the APA > >journal "Ethics and Behavior". Judging by his testimony at the King County > >Superior Court, Washington State, David Calof seems to be precisely the > >kind of therapist who deserves to be "tarred with the same brush that > >should be reserved for the quacks of psychotherapy". > > > >See also information about Calof's two videos, "Rage Reduction: Working > >with Difficult Alters", available at the bargain price of $295 for the > >pair: > >http://www.cavalcadeproductions.com/david-calof.html > > > >See also an interesting commentary on the special issue of "Ethics and > >Behavior" cited above at: > >http://www.geocities.com/therapyletters/science.htm > > > >Some comments on the this publication from the point of view of the False > >Memory Syndrome Foundation can be found in a FMSF newsletter: > >http://www.fmsfonline.org/fmsf99.127.html > > > >Allen Esterson > >Former lecturer, Science Department > >Southwark College, London > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >http://www.human-nature.com/esterson/index.html > >http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=10 > >http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=57 > >http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=58 > >http://www.psychiatrie-und-ethik.de/infc/1_gesamt_en.html > > > >--- > >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > "No one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by > underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain > people." -H. L. Mencken > > * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University * > * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * > * http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
