APSAT Training–What They Are Teaching

Sorry Diane sloppy was my way of saying at 11:00 pm at night – they didn’t give a fuck anymore who and how badly they destroyed – you said it much better:)

Minwalla seems very cautious as he articulates his stance for the trauma model, both as an element in the SA treatment and the partner treatment. It is essentially an activist stance, informed by his background as a sexologist first, and his seeking to honor the human rights of all people, marginalized partners, sexual minorities, LGBTQ, etc. in order to address the profound damage that male sexual privileging does to the whole world. I have a sense that his approach can be felt to be antithetical to many “mainstream” interpretations, but at the same time, in order to get traction for his research, he has to “play nice” with some people he wouldn’t ordinarily align with . I have noted since first looking at his website, for example, that he no longer has a “resources” page that recommends other people’s books. I think he is trying to draw a bright line between respecting certain aspects of traditional Carnes model for SAs, and challenging Carnes et al to move forward (which I don’t see Carnes has done at all). He is putting his money where his mouth is. Don’t legitimize someone whose stance you don’t believe in. It dilutes your message, and delegitimizes the work you are trying to do. If you don’t believe in your heart of hearts in the truth of the trauma conceptualization, then your “techniques” will be ineffective and harmful. That’s where the therapists who give lip service to partner trauma while still holding on to their co-dependency, foo god only knows what cranes inspired BS, are falling down. We see through this. Take a side, goddammit! Man UP!