Patrick Barrasso, Creator of In Harmony Continuum of Care, Az, and Molly McGinn, Learning Expert and Creator of Bloomtree Learning Communities and Treehouse Learning Communities, Az. were guests on this weeks L.A. Talk Radio show. They discussed adolescent rites of passage with host Lon Woodbury. Lon is the owner and creator of Woodbury Reports, Inc. He has been helping family members with adolescents since 1984. He is the host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens.
About the Guests
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 explained that there were three phases. The first stage marked separation. The second phase marked crossing a limit. This was a time of considerable unrest and confusion. Finally, the third stage marked acknowledgement, a time when the brand-new maturation was accepted.
Molly explained ceremonies of initiation from her standpoint as an anthropologist. She highlighted the role of mentors to assist youth to experience the initiation rites. Because contemporary culture usually did not have seniors to initiate youths, youth often tended to launch their own rites of passages by joining 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.
About the Guests
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 explained that there were three phases. The first stage marked separation. The second phase marked crossing a limit. This was a time of considerable unrest and confusion. Finally, the third stage marked acknowledgement, a time when the brand-new maturation was accepted.
Molly explained ceremonies of initiation from her standpoint as an anthropologist. She highlighted the role of mentors to assist youth to experience the initiation rites. Because contemporary culture usually did not have seniors to initiate youths, youth often tended to launch their own rites of passages by joining 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.
About the Author:
Lon Woodbury, the founder of L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
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