Comments by Susan Swim, PhD, LMFT

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  • Hi anotherone, We are not re-branded. We are not a residential program. I do not think anywhere in our website speaks to that. Families, as we referred in the writing, often are in dialogue with us daily or may come to the ranch during the week when the need is there. There is no set program for anyone—it is not a one size fits all—as I have heard of over the years. it is individually tailored by the “clients” and their families. There is no coercion. Instead there is freedom for all of us.

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  • Hi anotherone, Yes we are outside of the tti umbrella. We only know about the tti because our clients have come to us after residential umbrellas. We do not partner with anyone. I can understand, to the best I can, the concerns because we have heard many narratives about horses being used in these formats. Anyone can continue to ask questions or if they wish to dialogue with us off line at [email protected]. We welcome dialogue. But I also see these comments here as a place to safely dialogue as well. Everyone I have talked to, who have been involved in treatment they have found violent, has their own narrative and we hope NISAPI is a place where these stories are honored and heard safely.

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  • Good morning from CA,
    This is Susan. Emma kindly read the comments to me last night. I shared with her last night that I was happy we could provide a format for conversations about very difficult themes. Some of our days are quite busy and I did not have time to comment. I will try the best I can to represent your ideas and ours. Now I See A Person Institute is a nonprofit with no ties to the Troubled Teen Industry other than we hope to help prevent people from entering into it. We are not up to date with the abbreviations but I assume RTC’s are residential treatment programs. We are not and I have not been affiliated with anything like this for almost 4 decades. As some of you have read I was trained in a much different manner and Now I See A Person continues to do this the same way. We see people not clients, we see trauma and suffering and not labels, and we want to try our best to help collectively find ways for the trauma to cease as well as the suffering. We wish to see people live their best life that they want.

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  • Dear QFT,

    We would love you to visit Now I See A Person Institute via zoom. My mentor used to say 4 decades ago no ideas are original but a composite of previous dialogue and relationships. This particular colleague that uttered this quote was working with First Nation teens out of his car, having dialogues while observing the beauty of Canada. Again thank you for your comment. To talk or email us our information is on http://www.nowiseeaperson.com. Thank you!

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  • Dear Eric, Thank you for your reflections. We would welcome you to visit virtually Now I See A Person Institute! Your right about being the opposite and we have over ten years of research reflecting phenomenal transformation. We are writing a book chapter about alcoholism and how the word assigned to teens and young adults often creates a journey they cannot escape (Wittgenstein, Culture and Value). Again we would love for you to visit virtually our website http://www.nowiseeaperson.com has all our contact numbers. Thank you, Susan

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