Talking of dodgy coaching/therapy recruitment devices, is anyone as troubled as I am about “Belief Coding™️“? Any “therapy” that insists on a trade mark symbol gives away its money making agenda.
It was started by an ex Apprentice contestant who is an influencer and uses her own tragedy and recovery story to sell this system. It seems to recruit people via an expensive training to become an “accredited” belief coder at which point you can go out and ‘cure pretty instantly’ the following (that I’ve seen mentioned): complex PTSD, major depressive disorder, BiPolar disorder, eating disorders, anxiety in all its forms (OCD particularly mentioned), PND and post natal psychosis, a number of personality disorders, neuro diversity, phobias. No need to do any more than pay up for a certificate in Woo which cherry picks from other therapeutic approaches with an evidence base and claims the evidence base of the borrowed approach as their own.
The ex-Apprentice person has managed to recruit a few mental health nurses who are telling their client base that it works far better than anything on offer in their day jobs in the NHS and there is some concerning advice to cease meds. It’s also concerning because it is selling the cure among a vulnerable group and inviting them on board via an expensive training, as a solution to their woes in the long term. Lots of people asking how they can raise the funds to do the BC course as it’s their “last hope” for their MH and getting told to find the money or they’re a “loser” or “don’t really want recovery” 😟