A More Accurate Perspective on Human Behaviour
I have been involved with Re-evaluation Counselling for forty-seven years. My background is in psychology. RC has offered me a more accurate perspective on human behaviour than any of the theories and practices I studied in my training.
RC augments my ability to listen to the painful feelings of others, which is crucial as I work with “mental health” system survivors and people currently in prison. It has been the most effective component of anti-racist, anti-sexist practice I have come across. As a white woman, RC theory on ending white racism has increased my ability to identify my own and structural racism; taught me to challenge racism in a pro-human, non-blaming, accessible way; and enhanced my closeness with People of the Global Majority.
I was born just after the Holocaust to a German Holocaust survivor. Despite my mother’s obvious love for me, her experience coloured the messages I received about the world: “You can’t trust anyone,” “Everybody hates you.” RC has given me a context within which to make sense of my struggles and to eliminate the hold the “transgenerational transmission of trauma” has had on my life.
RC is situated outside of the world of therapy and pathologised “mental health” narratives. I use it confidently for myself. I offer it in all my social and professional interactions, and it is up to [is the decision of] individuals whether they accept my offer.
Folkestone, Kent, England
(Present Time 205, October 2021)