Patrick Barrasso, who founded Balance Continuum of Treatment in Arizona, together with Molly McGinn, an expert on learning and the founder of Bloomtree Learning Communities and Treehouse Learning Communities in Arizona discussed adolescent rites of passage with Lon Woodbury on L.A. Talk Radio. Lon Woodbury, the host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, is the owner and founder of Woodbury Reports, Inc. He has actually consulted with family members and struggling teens since 1984.
Visitor History
Patrick Barrasso is the founder and Executive Director of In Harmony Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program, as well as the founder of the In Balance Ranch Academy. As a psychotherapist with over 25 years of extensive training in teen and adult drug abuse and mental health treatment, he has actually given lectures at the U.S. Journal Training National conferences, as well as at FACES, an acronym for Family and Addiction Conferences and Educational Seminars, speaking on a wide variety of teen treatment subjects, especially the difficulties of conquering teen substance abuse.
Dr. Molly McGinn is a learning specialist who has owned her own consultancy for 17 years. She designs and facilitates leadership and management skills training programs for global companies. Dr. McGinn holds a MA and Ph.D. from UCLA in Cultural Anthropology. She taught at the Academy of Science in Sichuan Province in China for two years as well as in Tibet after the Chinese takeover. She is fluent in Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish and English.
Adolescent Rites of Passage
The interview began with Patrick explaining teen initiation rites as something practiced by tribal societies. Ceremonies helped young people mark the difference between childhood years and adulthood. But more than just a ceremony, an initiation rite demarcates the shift from one state to another. Basically, it's symbolic of the death of childhood and the birth of adult years. Ceremonies of passages have to be unique and affirmative to leave familiar habits behind and learn brand-new habits.
Patrick mentioned that there were three phases in this process. The initial stage marked a complete surrendering of the old lifestyle. The second phase marked crossing a threshold, a change that involved significant confusion. Lastly, the third and final stage marked incorporation, which was clearly a time when the new maturation was being welcomed.
Molly described rites of passages from her point of view as an anthropologist. She emphasized the role of mentors to assist youth. Mentors guided the initiation rites. Considering the fact that modern-day society frequently lacked elders to help youths, young people tended to start their own rites of passages by seeking membership in street gangs.
The show ended with a common agreement that if formal adolescent rites of passages were introduced in our existing culture, it would make a massive change that would give young people a much greater understanding of their new adult roles and responsibilities.
Visitor History
Patrick Barrasso is the founder and Executive Director of In Harmony Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program, as well as the founder of the In Balance Ranch Academy. As a psychotherapist with over 25 years of extensive training in teen and adult drug abuse and mental health treatment, he has actually given lectures at the U.S. Journal Training National conferences, as well as at FACES, an acronym for Family and Addiction Conferences and Educational Seminars, speaking on a wide variety of teen treatment subjects, especially the difficulties of conquering teen substance abuse.
Dr. Molly McGinn is a learning specialist who has owned her own consultancy for 17 years. She designs and facilitates leadership and management skills training programs for global companies. Dr. McGinn holds a MA and Ph.D. from UCLA in Cultural Anthropology. She taught at the Academy of Science in Sichuan Province in China for two years as well as in Tibet after the Chinese takeover. She is fluent in Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish and English.
Adolescent Rites of Passage
The interview began with Patrick explaining teen initiation rites as something practiced by tribal societies. Ceremonies helped young people mark the difference between childhood years and adulthood. But more than just a ceremony, an initiation rite demarcates the shift from one state to another. Basically, it's symbolic of the death of childhood and the birth of adult years. Ceremonies of passages have to be unique and affirmative to leave familiar habits behind and learn brand-new habits.
Patrick mentioned that there were three phases in this process. The initial stage marked a complete surrendering of the old lifestyle. The second phase marked crossing a threshold, a change that involved significant confusion. Lastly, the third and final stage marked incorporation, which was clearly a time when the new maturation was being welcomed.
Molly described rites of passages from her point of view as an anthropologist. She emphasized the role of mentors to assist youth. Mentors guided the initiation rites. Considering the fact that modern-day society frequently lacked elders to help youths, young people tended to start their own rites of passages by seeking membership in street gangs.
The show ended with a common agreement that if formal adolescent rites of passages were introduced in our existing culture, it would make a massive change that would give young people a much greater understanding of their new adult roles and responsibilities.
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