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RE: Kink Friendly Therapy - 2/1/2006 1:08:26 PM

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Since it feels like the thread is hyper-scrutinizing one person and because I am procrastinating from doing work I decided to do about ten minutes worth of googling to figure out a few things:

- the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS) is not a venture or affiliated with Gloria Brame

- IASHS is not accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (http://www.chea.org) which is the main gateway of accreditation for Colleges and Universities

- IASHS is accredited by the California state Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (http://www.bppve.ca.gov/)

Since it seems like none of the people (myself included) who posted on this subject are actually looking for a therapist, it seems a little weird to continue it.

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RE: Kink Friendly Therapy - 2/1/2006 1:23:46 PM

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Wildfleurs, I only responded to the OP that mentioned Gloria. I also remarked that I and others read her stuff and enjoy it. I really don't think it matters as far as her writing ability About the IAHS thing, it is not accredited by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation, as you said. That is really what people refer to when they say an accredited institution. In other words if you go there and think you can transfer your credit or whatever to your local colleges, think again.

Basically the California State Bureau thing will accredit any private school created online or whatever on about anything, but also warn you that the credits are non transferable to an accredited institution. For people who say that is where they obtained their PhD only tells me that they don't have one from a real university. If someone has a degree from such an institution I don't mean to denigrate your work, but I was confronted directly on this.

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RE: Kink Friendly Therapy - 2/1/2006 1:24:09 PM

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ORIGINAL: ExistentialSteel

Elegant, if you really think that The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality is accredited by any association of colleges or graduate programs, you are the one making assumptions and in a big way. I know it isn't.

From their FAQ page:

Is the Institute an accredited academic institution?
The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality is fully approved for graduate education in Sexology by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education of the State of California.

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RE: Kink Friendly Therapy - 2/1/2006 1:25:35 PM

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Yeah, Gloria Brame's degree is probably phony from an unaccredited institution. The institution is more than likely the name of something she started.

Perhaps if you followed the links you would learn something...that the institution she received her degree from has known accredation and is not one of her ventures.

Research, not assumptions, make one more knoweldgable.

Elegant, if you really think that The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality is accredited by any association of colleges or graduate programs, you are the one making assumptions and in a big way. I know it isn't.

Not only do I know, bit I can provide you with the knowledge.

<i>The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality is approved and accredited by the State of California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education. This organization is similiar in scope to Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools .

The Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education - part of the California Department of Consumer Affairs regulates approximately 1,800 schools serving an estimated 400,000 students</i>

Perhaps it is not the accredation that you prefer but please shoe me how this is not an accredation?

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RE: Kink Friendly Therapy - 2/1/2006 1:35:18 PM

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I am deleting this message. It was an unnecessary comment.

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RE: Kink Friendly Therapy - 2/1/2006 1:36:04 PM

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Edited to say Elegant is a peach. No argument from me. Archer ain't so bad either.

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RE: Kink Friendly Therapy - 2/1/2006 1:39:23 PM

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edited to fix this one too and since I have to leave something, how about this: The whole thing is about nothing. All education is good..how about that? Smile

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RE: Kink Friendly Therapy - 2/1/2006 3:41:13 PM

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So back to the discussion of therapy.

Choosing a therapist is tricky business, but, in my opinion, you can't base it solely on credentials. Its definately something to think about, but, if you never actually meet the person you won't know if they are someone you feel comfortable talking to.

When I was looking for a therapist I found a very helpful article which describe all sorts of things to look for when making your first phone call, to your first visit, etc. Unfortunately I can't find it now. But when I just did a search I found many articles that could be used in the same way.

Also, unless you are seeking therapy to talk specifically about "lifestyle" issues you dont necessarily NEED a kink friendly therapist. I went to a grief therapist for a while to deal with the loss of 3 family members within 6 months of eachother and we even talk about communication issues in my relationship. We tried once to talk in terms of the M/s-ness of my relationship, but she seemed a little lost, so I didnt bring it up again. I found her to be a very useful resource despite knowing little to nothing about kink.

Another thing to consider is that therapists dont know about everything, they specialize in certain fields, so you may want to see more than one (not necessarily at the same time though) to deal with different issues. For example, my slave is seeing a "vanilla" therapist to deal with depression issues, but for couples councilling we will probably see a kink friendly therapist.

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