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A furor developed, and parents challenged the facilitators. Communication experts tested the process. They found that the facilitators passionately defended the technique. However, upon careful investigation it was found that even though the facilitators thought the children were doing the typing, they were not. The facilitators, completely unaware of the part they were playing, were actually responsible for typing the responses.
It became clear that the reports of sexual abuse were coming from none other than the facilitators themselves. The facilitators still could not believe that the typing was coming from their own unconscious, especially since they had no thoughts or fantasies of such things at the time of the typing, and many had never been abused themselves. It was especially puzzling that so many of these independent reports were similar.
Yet, the scientific facts could not be refuted. Even though some facilitators at first refused to believe the findings, with time, many of them realized the truth that we can be profoundly deceived by our own minds. The mind can and frequently does express itself deceptively and unconsciously in strange and destructive ways. Aer the surprising conclusion to this drama, the American Psychological Association wrote a response discrediting the technique.1
Dealing Effectively with Projections
Dealing effectively with our projections is a major part of psychological and spiritual growth, for once we stop projecting our mind onto the external world we will see only divinity. We can learn about detaching from our projections by examining how both therapists and patients deal with projections in the course of saichotherapy. The first step is listening with love and as a detached observer.
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