Co-counselling

Co-counselling (also called Re-evaluation Counseling or RC) is a controversial grass-roots, low-cost form of psychotherapy which uses minimal training to teach its members some basic rules in the therapist/client relationship. Members then meet regularly in pairs to give each other peer-to-peer counselling, in turn playing the role of counselor and client, with equal amounts of time allocated to each. It is largely centred around the concepts of adultism and distress patterns, with therapeutic activity occurring during "emotional discharge" including crying, screaming, trembling, yawning, and laughing.

It was originally formulated in 1957 by the American Harvey Jackins, based on his own experiences as a therapist. The movement is split into Re-evaluation Counseling and Co-Counselling International.

External links

• Reevaluation Counseling (U.S.) home page
• Co-Counselling International (CCI)
• Independent co-counsellors and co-counselling organizations
• Desciption on the UK Association of Humanistic Psychology WWW Pages
• Criticism and concerns about co-counselling
• Re-Evaluation Counseling and Counseling on Early Sexual Memories

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