I did appeal and never got any response from Mary Ellen Elia. Check this out. I found 12-step extortion written into NYS Law on professional licensing. §6510-b Temporary surrender of licenses during treatment for drug or alcohol abuse. There is a section that enables 12-step professional extortion, point for point [my interpretations] 1. Your license … Continue reading 12-Step Extortion Written into NYS Office of Professions Law
AA refers you to rehab. Rehab refers you to AA. It’s a closed loop system with (seemingly) no way out if it doesn’t help, which will in fact lead (as they predict) to jails, institutions, and death. The way to solve this problem is for two-hatters to face their problem and get honest. This can … Continue reading How it Works – Alcoholics Anonymous and Professionals
On 5/22/14, I called up my therapist, an LCSW, to ask for an appointment. I had spent over five months jumping through 12-step rehab/addiction treatment hoops required by her and David Olsen to get back into ‘non-addictions’ therapy. I did not realize that she was a ‘two-hatter’ (a professional who also sees it as her … Continue reading Samaritan Counseling and Alcoholics Anonymous Coercion
update Jan 20 2020: Samaritan Institute is now called Solihten Institute. They are still not accountable. When I was terminated from Samaritan Counseling Center in Scotia NY, I complained that the termination was apparently an act of religious discrimination by a counseling center that claimed to be sensitive to religious issues (They call it ‘faith-based … Continue reading 12 Step Coercion is Emotional Abuse (Why I want Samaritan Counseling / Samaritan Institute LCSWs to be investigated by state licensing boards)