Carl Harvey Jackins was the founder, leader and principal theorist of Re-evaluation Counseling.
10 Facts About Harvey Jackins
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Harvey Jackins was expelled from local 46 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, from the Building Service Employees' Union, and from Lodge 751 of the Aero Mechanics' Union for alleged Communist activities.
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Harvey Jackins took the Fifth Amendment and refused to name former associates.
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Harvey Jackins wrote RC's Guidelines and decided on all major issues.
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Harvey Jackins is said to have claimed that several governments were influenced by RC and to have thought that eventually religion will be replaced by Re-evaluation Counseling.
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Harvey Jackins called these effects "discharge", which he came to believe led to clear thinking or "re-evaluation".
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Harvey Jackins held that rational thinking was prevented by the accumulation of past hurts, which could be removed by repeated discharge through co-counseling.
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Harvey Jackins's claims were reported in the Seattle Sun and on a local TV station, KIRO TV.
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Harvey Jackins disbanded the group and forty-five members of RC resigned in protest.
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Harvey Jackins said that suggestions were welcome within the organisation but advised followers to ignore criticisms of RC leaders, which he dismissed as "attacks".