A person seeking aid or relief and memory-retreival for what they feel to have be a legacy of supression and trauma from possible Ritual Abuse, MKUltra, Mind-Control, or, UFO related events of childhood or since...
How would that person elect a savvy Therapist, or Hypnotic-Therapist, without running the risk that the Psychiatrist/Psychologist, is not in some way affiliated with, or part of the scheme, and, poised to manage damage-controll for their intersts, and, to favor the interests of their covert allegience, over the interests of the Patient?
This is an important question. The fact that therapists were implicated in the torture at Guantanamo and many members of their association defended their right to be there emphasizes the obvious- that just because someone is a therapist, or a therapist specialized in trauma, ra or mc, doesn't mean that they are trustworthy.
But, there's no way to get around facing this problem, because I seriously doubt that a person who's gone through extreme abuse and/or trauma based mind control, would be able to heal without help from other people, and the most important among these support people would be a qualified therapist.
Boy, I sure hope it doesn't seem pretentious that I'm quoting myself by copying my post from the MC and Delusions thread below. But it's the easiest way to begin to address Oyeboten's question about finding a safe therapist.
*I wrote the part about medications NOT TO TELL ANYONE WHAT THEY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT DO. Everyone can decide for themselves how they want to deal with this issue. But I wanted to mention it because for me it has been possible to go through horrific memories and dismantle sophisticated programming without taking drugs so I just wanted to share my experience that it is possible.
POST FROM MC and DELUSIONS THREAD:
* Important caveat: The following are my personal opinions. Everyone is different and the paths to healing are many. So please, take what you like and leave the rest.
Re: Therapy and therapists
I agree. it sucks that there are so many incompetent (and worse) therapists around. Finding a good one isn't an easy thing, but I do think that there are some bright spots compared to the recent past.
They may be few and far between, but there ARE therapists who understand how to help you dismantle the programming. To find one near you (just some ideas) I would contact leaders in the field (check out the book "Ritual Abuse in the 21st Century") and ask for referrals.
If there are no therapists of this caliber in your location, you could try to find a therapist who is a brave, good person, who wants to help you and is willing to do work to learn and get additional training about MC issues and programming from therapists in other locations.
There are other possibilities, like going to an in-house treatment program, but since I've never done that, I can't really say anything meaningful about it.
In the meantime, do everything you can to create more stability in your life. The more chaotic and unsafe your present day life is, the harder it is to deal with past trauma.
Very important point: If you've determined or strongly suspect that family members or others were mc perps- get away and stay away from them. I know it can be hard. As humans we are biologically programmed to bond with family members, but if you can't do this, it will probably be your undoing. There are lots of good and loving people out there, but if your family did this to you, they don't fall into that category.
You should also look very carefully at any relations that are deep and supportive like family is supposed to be, in order to avoid exchanging one toxic user for another - carefully monitor the choice of lovers, therapists, close friends, etc.
Self-healing
When I first started healing from this, I felt like I would have needed 2-3 hours of therapy every day, which of course was unrealistic. Instead, I learned and utilized many self-healing methods. I'll do another post about this, but some that I use are: qigong, EFT, TRE (Trauma Releasing Exercise) and 12 step programs which are free and provide an amazing support network. Also, I strongly believe that gradually weaning oneself off of the multiple addictions that most of us have adopted to cope with the pain is key.
Medications
I know that some people need to take medications and have been helped by them, but I've always avoided them and taken the natural route. The way I see it is that I have enough problems without adding addiction to pharmaceutical drugs to the list. Besides, drugs and alcohol burn up qi (life force or vitality) and I need my qi to deal with this very challenging problem. When memories are surfacing and I'm in pain, the only thing I've taken has been kava kava extract which relaxes me and helps me get through it.
Dirty Therapists
I think that avoiding paranoia is valuable, but I want to say something about dirty therapists because, unfortunately, they are out there. I have a survivor friend who is very committed to her recovery and healing and who I have a lot of respect for, who spent over ten years of her life being handled by her therapist. She would go to therapy in the day, when her workaholic husband was at work and end up spending many hours in another alter state, helping her therapist run a cult-related business.
She would probably tell you (and I asked her permission before writing this) not be blinded or bowled over by degrees, high fees or supposed "expertise" in trauma or ra recovery. Be alert for any signs of manipulation or attempts to trigger programming. When she first went to him she knew zero about programming, if she had known about it there were some super-obvious red flags. (He has a penchant for the Wizard of Oz and even had an Oz poster in his waiting room!)
Anyway, one thing you can do is to look for info on well-known therapists out on sites like this. If there is some sort of consensus that he/she may be dirty, or lots of controversy - stay away.