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I began my amature research into the causes of the crisis in the Catholic Church in Spring 2002. Here is the latest book I’ve just finished, which gives more clues; I recommend this awesome, eye-opening expose for parents concerned about “self-esteem” and “values clarification” and “sex education” curricula in our public and Catholic schools:
In depth book details William Coulson and Carl Rogers destroyed an order of nuns in L.A. by introducing them to encounter groups. Dr. Coulson, a conservative Catholic, recanted his theories and tours the country (as of 1989) to apologize for what he has done. What he says on the tape is chilling because if you have children and adolescents in school you will recognize teaching methods which have hung on since the 1960’s. Teachers still train in “self-actualization”, “human potential”, etc.
“Too much psychology” in our schools, says Coulson, is endangering our civil society in the United States.
“Milton has done a real service in tracing the catastrophic excesses of post-war [WWII] psychology.” Wall St. Journal “Vivid portrayals of the major players in the humanistic psychology movement.” Publishers Weekly.
I saw Milton on C-SPAN’s BookTV discuss her book and took notes. One of the things she said gave me the shivers, “Teachers are afraid to be authority figures or if they do know how, they get no support.”
The book is about the social consequences of therapy. It exposes Maslow’s anti-religion and self-actualization movement. He was a friend of Timothy Leary. “Maslow wanted to undermine Judeo-Christian values. Maslow didn’t realize we grow and become better people by sacrificing and doing good for others.” Maslow liked “creative rebellion.” Hence the problem with teachers being authority figures. I’ve seen this up close and personal. Teachers dress like their students, even in Catholic schools.
In her book, Milton describes the “players” in detail. Carl Rogers was the guru of the human potential movement. Along with Fritz Perls (Gestalt therapy), Rogers facilitated and promoted encounter groups. In the early 1960’s, his research assistant was William R. Coulson, and “as a candidate for a doctorate in philosophy at Notre Dame, Coulson had chosen to write his theses on Carl Rogers’ theory of human nature. Rogers not only cooperated, he had found a place for Coulson on his staff, and the Roman Catholic philosophy student had become so enthusiastic about Rogers’ work that he changed fields.”
“Rogers saw early on the potential of encounter groups to shake up institutions and challenge the legitimacy of authority. In 1965, he began to search for an institution, preferably a school system, willing to commit itself to an intensive course of group work. An article that he published in the journal Educational Leadership came to the attention of the Los Angeles-based Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary through a relative of one of the nungs, who happened to have been one of Rogers’ associates at the University of Wisconsin.” (page 138 to 146 covers the demise of the order via encounter groups, lesbian behavior, and rejecting the authority of the archbishop of Los Angeles.)
- THE ROAD TO MALPSYCHIA: Humanistic psychology and our discontents. JOYCE MILTON. 2002. Encounter Books.
In depth book details William Coulson and Carl Rogers destroyed an order of nuns in L.A. by introducing them to encounter groups. Dr. Coulson, a conservative Catholic, recanted his theories and tours the country (as of 1989) to apologize for what he has done. What he says on the tape is chilling because if you have children and adolescents in school you will recognize teaching methods which have hung on since the 1960’s. Teachers still train in “self-actualization”, “human potential”, etc.
“Too much psychology” in our schools, says Coulson, is endangering our civil society in the United States.
“Milton has done a real service in tracing the catastrophic excesses of post-war [WWII] psychology.” Wall St. Journal “Vivid portrayals of the major players in the humanistic psychology movement.” Publishers Weekly.
I saw Milton on C-SPAN’s BookTV discuss her book and took notes. One of the things she said gave me the shivers, “Teachers are afraid to be authority figures or if they do know how, they get no support.”
The book is about the social consequences of therapy. It exposes Maslow’s anti-religion and self-actualization movement. He was a friend of Timothy Leary. “Maslow wanted to undermine Judeo-Christian values. Maslow didn’t realize we grow and become better people by sacrificing and doing good for others.” Maslow liked “creative rebellion.” Hence the problem with teachers being authority figures. I’ve seen this up close and personal. Teachers dress like their students, even in Catholic schools.
In her book, Milton describes the “players” in detail. Carl Rogers was the guru of the human potential movement. Along with Fritz Perls (Gestalt therapy), Rogers facilitated and promoted encounter groups. In the early 1960’s, his research assistant was William R. Coulson, and “as a candidate for a doctorate in philosophy at Notre Dame, Coulson had chosen to write his theses on Carl Rogers’ theory of human nature. Rogers not only cooperated, he had found a place for Coulson on his staff, and the Roman Catholic philosophy student had become so enthusiastic about Rogers’ work that he changed fields.”
“Rogers saw early on the potential of encounter groups to shake up institutions and challenge the legitimacy of authority. In 1965, he began to search for an institution, preferably a school system, willing to commit itself to an intensive course of group work. An article that he published in the journal Educational Leadership came to the attention of the Los Angeles-based Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary through a relative of one of the nungs, who happened to have been one of Rogers’ associates at the University of Wisconsin.” (page 138 to 146 covers the demise of the order via encounter groups, lesbian behavior, and rejecting the authority of the archbishop of Los Angeles.)
