a panel to help resolve interpersonal issues that arise in or around REACH or the communities it was created to serve.
It’s unfortunate, if not very surprising. that those have arisen. I hope whoever ends up on the panel has some training in Active Listening, if not a practicing therapist. This is especially important in groups where logical and formal thinking is prized, and emotional thinking is discouraged. This can lead to suppressed emotions that are eventually channeled through other means, usually subconsciously motivated cognition. One common pattern is “Subconscious: this guy gets on my nerves”, “Semi-conscious: I am getting agitated, this is irrational, I need to stay calm”, “Subconscious: He is saying something and I feel irritated”, “Conscious: it’s must be what he is saying”, “He is not worth listening to and should not get as much time to talk”. The original reason for this conclusion is long gone by that point, and it takes some effort to tease it out and to figure out what can be done about it.
It’s unfortunate, if not very surprising. that those have arisen. I hope whoever ends up on the panel has some training in Active Listening, if not a practicing therapist. This is especially important in groups where logical and formal thinking is prized, and emotional thinking is discouraged. This can lead to suppressed emotions that are eventually channeled through other means, usually subconsciously motivated cognition. One common pattern is “Subconscious: this guy gets on my nerves”, “Semi-conscious: I am getting agitated, this is irrational, I need to stay calm”, “Subconscious: He is saying something and I feel irritated”, “Conscious: it’s must be what he is saying”, “He is not worth listening to and should not get as much time to talk”. The original reason for this conclusion is long gone by that point, and it takes some effort to tease it out and to figure out what can be done about it.