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1) This is the cover of Good Will Hunting. Many people argue Robin William’s portrayal of a therapist in cinematic history [despite strangling and threatening the client in that famous scene]. Still, look at where Robin’s character did his best work: #Outdoors 
2) This thread is about therapy outdoors as I was recently labelled as an “abuser”. I understand where this comes from my #research about survivors’ experiences in #WildernessTherapy. Good Will Hunting is not about Wilderness Therapy. They aren’t the same thing.
3) In 2020, I co-edited a book with Prof Nevin Harper titled Outdoor Therapies. This book examined #AdventureTherapy, #Nature-Based Therapy, Horticulture, #ForestTherapy, #Surf Therapy, #AnimalAssisted, &, yes, #WildernessTherapy.
"It goes to show that the kids that you abuse today, those are the ones that are going to kick you down tomorrow. We were abused by Agape but we weren’t scared.” @RobertBucklin8
Updates in 🧵
Ty @Batmanda4ever @ColtonSchrag @EmAdams83690418 + others too
missouriindependent.com/2022/09/08/cou…
Updates in 🧵
Ty @Batmanda4ever @ColtonSchrag @EmAdams83690418 + others too
missouriindependent.com/2022/09/08/cou…
Agape has a long history of alleged abuse.
"All 10 substantiated preponderance of evidence claims against Agape involved findings of physical abuse. Those 10 substantiated claims are the only ones reported by the state since 2006."
#endtti #shutdownagape
missouriindependent.com/2022/09/06/mis…
"All 10 substantiated preponderance of evidence claims against Agape involved findings of physical abuse. Those 10 substantiated claims are the only ones reported by the state since 2006."
#endtti #shutdownagape
missouriindependent.com/2022/09/06/mis…
A 1pm hearing today was set to determine the fate of #Agape but reports from @RobertBucklin8 and @Batmanda4ever indicate this has been moved to Monday morning. Will update as I learn more.
#troubledteenindustry #mopol #shutdownagape #endtti
#troubledteenindustry #mopol #shutdownagape #endtti
"Just because vulnerable young people are not being held in a detention center is no guarantee that they are receiving appropriate care."
@itscarolinecole @ParisHilton @aosimmons_law @OneLawma
#breakingcodesilence
#troubledteenindustry
#trappedintreatment
themarshallproject.org/2022/08/13/con…
@itscarolinecole @ParisHilton @aosimmons_law @OneLawma
#breakingcodesilence
#troubledteenindustry
#trappedintreatment
themarshallproject.org/2022/08/13/con…
@freep found that “a young patient was bitten, choked and taunted to kill herself," at a now-closed Detroit #troubledteenindustry facility that housed youth “who might otherwise end up in juvenile detention.”
We might not call it #incarceration but the #tti *IS* carceral.
We might not call it #incarceration but the #tti *IS* carceral.
In the #juvenilejustice system, things aren't any better. Youth in #Texas spend all but 30 minutes in #isolation and have resorted to using water bottles as toilets because there aren't enough staff to take them out of their cells. Texas' #childwelfare system is in shambles, too
Twitter: can you help me find this woman? She was my “Big Sister” (from Big Brothers Big Sisters) in early 2000s in Marin County, CA. She saved my life when I was an at-risk youth enduring extreme trauma and abuse.
I want to tell her thank you.
I want to tell her thank you.
Unfortunately I have trauma-related memory loss and I cannot remember her name. But largely thanks to her I made it through. I’ve since volunteered myself as a “Big Sister” to an at-risk youth & also tutored at-risk youth at a rehab facility to help others the way she helped me.
Because of some good advice on this thread: I left my contact info with BBBS so she can choose to contact me (or not if she doesn’t want to!). I am hoping she sees this post so she can contact me directly. No need publicly name her. Thank you all for your kind words & help!
Today I was called to the elementary school office to pick up my 10yo son. He choked another boy during an episode of rough-housing that turned into a fight. I was told he was being suspended for that day + one extra. (Vacation from school!) #LongThread 1/17
The new Vice Principal looked up my son's record + reminded him of the long list of previous bad choices he has made since kindergarten + let him know that these mistakes would follow him through middle school, high school + impact his future. 2/17
My child has brain damage. He has Reactive Attachment Disorder. In the most formative years of my child’s life, his brain has been damaged by hunger, neglect + abuse. He never developed properly. Many of the choices he makes are out of his control. 3/17
