Scheme

Dr F.E.J. Gieles, The Netherlands

Helping people with pedophilic feelings

Scheme

	1. ‘Treatment’	2. Self-help	3. Real Therapy
Helper	Healthy, good and normal	A searching human being	Counselor, guide, human
Client	Sick, bad and deviant	A searching human being	Client, searcher, human
Aim	No Cure but Control	Help each other Find his or her own way	Client feels better and finds his or her own way
Method	Behavioral ‘therapy’ Plethysmography Behavior control Judicial pressure Cognitive ‘therapy’ Repeating words Group pressure Path analysis	(Group) interview Listening to each other Exchange of conscious feelings, experiences and ideas Mutual, tangible support In addition, support circles can be helpful.	Interview Acceptation of conscious and unconscious feelings Discovering how to live with those feelings
Results	Stress Alienation of the self Splitting families Some recidivism: 7.4%?*¹	Recognition of feelings Acceptation of feelings Comradeship Hope for the future Ethical codes Some recidivism: 6.25%?*²	Insight Acceptation of the self Growth of the self Consciousness Some recidivism: 18.8%?*³
Vision	Human as a mechanical being	Human as a social being	Humanistic psychology, dynamics of the psyche
Clients	Only people who are not able to communicate and to control themselves	People who are able to communicate, to listen and to control themselves	People who are able to communicate, to think and to control themselves
Survival	Play the game Stop Accept Take the good and forget the bad	Sometimes it’s too heavy for someone to listen to the troubles of others. Take a break, employ humor or split into subgroups	Going through a period of uncertainty and doubt, but in the end there is usually no problem
¹Alexander 1999 ²Kirkegaard & Northey, Gieles in lecture Paris etc. 2001 *³Alexander 1999