Guidelines For
The Re-evaluation Counseling Communities
Adopted at the August 9-14, 2022
World Conference
held on Zoom
Preface to the Guidelines 2022
Consent for Young Person's Participation
Information on Guideline M.5. (Sexual Misconduct) for the RC Communities
A. The Re-evaluation Counseling Community
A.2. The Nature of Relationships in the RC Community
A.3. The One-Point Program of the RC Community
A.4. The Membership of the Community
A.6. Handling Difficulties in Relationships in the RC Community
B. Communication to Prospective Co-Counselors
B.1. Basic Method Is One-to-One
B.2. Choosing New Co-Counselors
B.3. Use of the Terms "Re-evaluation Counseling" and "RC"
C. Re-evaluation Counseling Classes
C.1. Basic Content of Meetings of Co-Counselors
C.5. Online Classes and Support Groups
D. Requirements for Re-evaluation Counseling Teachers
D.1. Certification of RC Teachers
D.2. Requirements of RC Teachers
D.4. Maintaining the Uniqueness and Consistency of RC Theory
D.5. Overcoming Culturally Enforced Distress Patterns
E. Structure and Leadership of the Re-evaluation Counseling Community
E.1. Structure of the Community-Leadership
E.2. Structure of the Community-Liberation
E.4. Structure of the Community-Organizing Locally
E.5. Formation of an Area and Selection of an Area Reference Person
E.6. Functions of the Area Reference Person
E.9. Growth of New Areas from Existing Areas
E.10. Regional Reference Person
E.11. Developing New Reference Persons
E.12. Unpaid Work in Service of the Community
E.13. Group Responsibility for a Leader's Re-emergence
F. Achieving Correct Positions and Making Decisions
F.1. Achieving Correct Positions on Issues
F.2. Draft Liberation Policies
G. Re-evaluation Counseling Workshops
G.2. Interpreting at Workshops
G.7. Teachers' and Leaders' Workshops
G.8. Multi-Regional and International Liberation and Commonality Workshops
G.11. Online, Hybrid, and Satellite Workshops
G.12. Considering the Carbon Footprint of RC Workshops
H. Re-evaluation Counseling Community Finances
H.1. Outreach Funds of the RC Community
H.2. Class Fees and Outreach Funds
H.3. Regional and Area Classes, Support Groups, and Playdays, and Area Gather-ins
H.3.A. Online Regional and Area Classes, Support Groups, and Playdays and Area Gather-ins
H.4. Class and Area Workshops and Daylong Playdays
H.4.A. Online Class and Area Workshops and Daylong Playdays
H.5. Regional and International Workshops and Gather-ins
H.5.A. Online Regional and International Workshops, Webinars, and Gather-ins
H.6 RC Classes, Programs, and Workshops Conducted Outside of the RC Community
H.7. Outreach Finances: Communities Outside the United States
H.8. Maintaining Outreach Funds
H.8.A. Maintaining Outreach Funds for Online Activities
H.9. Workshops Funded by International Outreach Funds
H.11. Leaders' and Organizers' Fees, and Expenses
H.13. Assisting the Re-Evaluation Foundation's Outreach Efforts
H.14. Outreach to All Groups Targeted by Oppression
I. Communicating about Re-evaluation Counseling Outside the Re-evaluation Counseling Community
I.1. Offering RC Practices and Insights Beyond the RC Community
I.2. Activities Outside the RC Community
I.3. Communicating about RC Outside the RC Community
J. Publications
J.1. Editing of and Responsibility for the Publications
J.2. Duplicating and Electronically Distributing RC Publications and Other Materials
J.3. Transcripts and Audio and Video Recordings of RC Workshops, Classes, and Webinars
J.5. Translations of Publications
J.7. Preserving Confidentiality when Writing About Others
J.8. Use of Pseudonyms/Anonymity by Authors
K. Electronic Communications, the Internet, and Privacy
K.2. The RC Community Websites
K.3. Local RC Community Websites
K.4. RC Community E-mail Discussion Lists
K.5. Handling of Personal and Sensitive Data by Organizers and Co-Counselors
L. Use of the Guidelines
L.1. Use and Modification of the Guidelines
L.2. Application of the Guidelines to the Global RC Community
M. Co-Counseling Relationships
M.1. The No-Socializing Policy*
M.2. Co-Counselors in Organizations Outside of the RC Community
M.3. Social Media and Communication Applications
M.5. Handling Oppressor Patterns including Sexual Misconduct, and Addressing Mistakes, Disagreements, and Criticism
M.5.A. Handling Oppressor Patterns and Addressing Mistakes, Disagreements, and Criticism
M.5.B. Addressing Sexual Misconduct in the RC Community
N. Psychiatric Drugs and Re-evaluation Counseling
N.1. Psychiatric Drugs and RC Community Members
N.2. Stopping Psychiatric Drug Use
N.3. Psychiatric Drugs and RC Participation
N.4. Psychiatric Drugs and RC Teachers
O. Disruptions, Attacks and Criticism of RC
O.1. Handling Disruptions in the RC Community
O.2. Handling Attacks in the RC Community
O.3. Public Criticism of RC from Outside the Community
Notes
III. Avoiding National Structures
V. Projects Aimed Outside the RC Community
Appendix of Lengthy Reasons
M.3. Lengthy Reason Electronic Communication
N.1. Lengthy Reason Psychiatric Drugs
Appendix
Forms: Examples of Completed Workshop Expense Forms
Form: Consent for Young Person to Attend RC Events