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From: John Velez <jvif@spacelab.net> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 01:33:26 -0500 Fwd Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:41:34 -0400 Subject: Re: Researching Abduction Cases >Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 11:26:24 -0700 (PDT) >From: Jim Deardorff <deardorj@ucs.orst.edu> >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net> >Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: Researching Abduction Cases >> Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Researching Abduction Cases >> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 97 21:35:50 -0000 >> From: Paul <pwedel@neptune.on.ca> [Paul Wedel] >> To: "UFO UpDates - Toronto" <updates@globalserve.net> >> >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 14:31:00 -0500 >> >To: updates@globalserve.net >> >From: John Velez <jvif@spacelab.net> >> >Subject: Researching abduction cases >> >Abduction research -must be- taken out of the hands of amateurs >> >and para-professionals. Not so much for the sake of the research >> >itself, there are many 'amateurs' that can do as competent if not >> >better job than some pros, but for the sake of the well being of >> >those individuals reporting. [...] >> >John Velez, Abductee Union Rep. >> Hey Johnny, >> [...] >> With respect to as many abductee's as possible coming forward >> (a.m.a.a.p.c.f) I believe the initial phase of that will not >> occur unless some brave, brave people agree to move en masse (en >> englais, c'est "as a big forceful, credible group chewing hard >> gum and wearing stirrups). [...] >One more opinion -- a compromise?: >I think that UFO abductees should indeed be encouraged to go to >mainstream psychologists/psychiatrists for treatment or >uncovering of memories, but *only if* they have strong assurance >that the practitioner under consideration is considerably more >open minded and considerate than average. At IF we have a large list of resource people (MHP's) that are scattered across the country. I wish we had more. I made it a point to call and speak with each and every one. I wasn't about to refer people to MHP's I hadn't met or spoken with myself. I always followed up each referal to make sure that the individual was satisfied with the guy/gal he had been sent to. I have maintained an ongoing dialog with most of them so it's easy for me to monitor them and how they were doing. But I agree with you 100% MHP's must be selected carefully. As long as no-one is imposing any belief systems on anyone everything is cool. >Otherwise, there is just no point in seeing a "hard-nosed" >mainstream psychologist who will think the abductee is >hallucinating, fabricating, or whatever. There is no changing >such a person's belief system, which has no room for existence of >aliens, short of most of his trusted colleagues becoming >enlightened first. Such a person will simply make life more >miserable for the abductee. Ja mon! Again, I agree. >But I know of no definite way to learn about which >psychologists/psychiatrists in which locations might be >open-minded enough to be prepared to confront an abductee for the >first time and ask himself/herself, "Maybe this really happened! >I need to treat it seriously, and start reading up on any related >literature about it that I can find." When I refer someone nowadays I e-mail them a copy of the MIT Code of Ethics for abduction researchers and tell them to present a copy to the therapist at their first visit. You can read/download a copy at the AIC (Abduction Information Center) website. -Which is only partially up BTW- http://www.crossfields.com/~aic/code.html >Regarding whether abductees should come forward en masse, and >thereby perhaps gain more attention and credibility, I don't >think this would work, as they would all be categorized into one >group and characterized as "nutty" or some such by the press. >However, if it were one of those million-person affairs, it would >then likely gain the attention of a few brave, open-minded >reporters and succeed partially. Jim, I pray that I can never muster one million abductees! -That- would be truly frightening. If there -are- a million of us, then God help us all. John Velez John Velez jvif@spacelab.net
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