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On a personal note, and partly in response to Bill's inquiry of me regarding
my intentions with respect to MOL, I had been angry for several days because
a certain controlled perception was out of kilter. My own way of saying
that is to say that, "I was experiencing a perceived gap between actual and
expected conditions" (both of which are also perceptions).And so I pondered the concept of conflict between and among my supposed
hierarchy of reference conditions.
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What I don't know is exactly what I did or how it worked. And, frankly, I'm
not sure I really care. Perhaps the method of levels (MOL) is best left as
an exercise in reflective thinking that occasionally produces real
therapeutic benefits.
DW
Years ago, I was teaching a class of of young adults labelled mentally
handicapped. I was using an extensive curriculum with many units. When I
started a new unit, the students all rebelled: THIS IS MATH. WE CAN'T DO
MATH. I infomred them that is was NUMBERS and PATTERNS of NUMBERS. They
gave up protesting and enjoyed it and did surprisingly well.
Fred's piece also reminded me of a Canadian clinical psychologist who
develpped his own approach to therapy. Much of it was based on talking to
oneself .... finding the right words and relabelling. He had many followers
as it proved quite successful. Are reference levels for psychological
states intimately connected to language coding?
I wish you all a happy and healthy New Year and I hope this is the year I
meet many of you at the Vancouver PCT conference this summer.
David Wolsk
Victoria BC (a worthwhile side-trip once in Vancopuver)
David
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at 11:00 980101 David Wolsk remembered: At 14:26 31/12/97 +0000, Fred Nickols wrote: