I don't wish to fight with Tim or Marc about this. They are free to use
the MOL as they see fit. I do think that they were a bit dramatic in
some of their remarks, but ... .
The chats I posted to the CSG-L network was my way of exploring the MOL
with the help of comments from people on the CSG-L. I was comfortable
doing this and hoped others found them interesting.
I don't feel that I have learned to do the MOL in a skillful enough way
to even evaluate its therapeutic usefulness. If I can present Bill
Powers with a series of chat posts which do not result in big error
signals in him, then I will feel comfortable enough to go to the next
step.
Before one can give the MOL a fair test, let us all make sure that we
are doing it correctly. I wish I had Tim and Marc's confidence
(hutzpah?) and am very impressed that they have been able to acquire the
MOL skill without supervision from Bill Powers, or Dick Robertson who
is the clinician with the most years of experience in applying PCT to
therapy situations.
In the near future, I will start doing the MOL exercise again, and go
for a second round of chats.
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From: David Goldstein
Subject: MOL as a Therapy
Date: 02/06/98