What Does this Mean? (from new elders' manual) (page 2)

crazyblondeb

Brazen?? they are spending millions of dollars protecting these criminals!!

Now, they are just being stupid!!

After what i went thru, this just pisses me off!

I'm thinking i need to make a phone call next week!!

Black Sheep

WT 1988 10/15 p28&29 Rabbits on about demon possession, then chemical imbalance & medication, then talk therapies. Nothing about molestation.

Talk Therapies
In some cases, consideration may also be given to having the patient talk matters out with a trained professional. Perhaps a trusted family doctor who is personally acquainted with the patient can serve in this way. What, though, about accepting treatment from a psychiatrist or a psychologist? This would be a personal decision to be made with due caution. Therapists differ in their approaches to treatment. Some, for example, still practice forms of Freudian psychoanalysis, the validity of which is challenged by many in the mental health field.

Of even more concern is the fact that some well-intentioned practitioners have given advice that flatly contradicts the Bible. Failing to understand Christian principles—even viewing such as “foolishness”—some therapists have even concluded that following the Bible’s strict moral code is the source of a person’s difficulties!—1 Corinthians 2:14.

However, some practitioners, including psychologists and psychiatrists, offer forms of talk therapy that are not really psychoanalysis but are a means of helping a patient to understand his illness, reinforcing the need for medication, and ironing out practical problems. A Christian may find such therapies helpful, but he needs to get his facts straight before accepting treatment: Just what does the treatment involve? What kind of advice will be given? Does the physician understand and respect the beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses? If talk therapy is agreed to, ‘test out the words’ of a doctor instead of just accepting everything unquestioningly.—Job 12:11, 12.

For the most part, then, mental distress can be viewed as a medical problem—not a spiritual one. Understanding this fact, families, elders, and congregation members can better be of support to sufferers. At times distressed ones also need spiritual support. How the congregation can provide this will be considered in a future issue.

Black Sheep

w82 6/15 pp. 25-29 is an article on health

Black Sheep

w75 pp. 255-256 is a QFR, warning to be wary of 'help' from professionals who might be those terrible, bad athiests or agnostics, or might want to ask questions about your childhood

jamiebowers

Thanks for the citation, Black Sheep.

ziddina

I agree with Pistoff.... Cases of child molestation were th first thing that leapt to my mind when I read that Watchtower legalese...

But let's play with it...

What ELSE could a person mention in group therapy, that might embarrass the Watchtower Society???

Shunning???

Blood Transfusion issues...???

Elders whose consciences are disturbed by the "kangaroo court" judicial committees???

Hmmm.... Lots of reasons to attempt to silence the Rank&File...

Zid

Black Sheep

What ELSE could a person mention in group therapy, that might embarrass the Watchtower Society???

Not blabbing your 'secrets', especially in groups, is good advice whether it comes from the WT or not.

Confession is an old cult ruse to gain power over you, practiced by everyone from the Catholic Church to the WT to help groups like AA, so be careful who you share personal information with.

HappyDad

Bottom line is......they don't want you to be enlightened to anything that makes you think! If you learn to look into yourself and the bad things that happened to you.....you may well discover that you don't have to be a WT zombie anymore. That's what scares them! You just might point the (truthful and well deserved) finger at them as the source of all your problems and anxieties.

HappyDad

What Does this Mean? (from new elders' manual)

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