Remembering Candace
“Jeane tried everything for Candace — doctors, counselors, drugs. Finally, in April, she brought Candace west to Evergreen for two weeks of a controversial psychotherapy called rebirthing.
Therapists curled Candace into the fetal position inside a flannel sheet and pushed against her from all sides.
She gasped for air. She begged them to stop.
She cried out that she was dying. They said go ahead.
And then she did.”
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In April 2000, two therapists were accused of killing 10-year-old Candace Newmaker during a "rebirthing” session.
In a press release dated July 16, 2002, the APA president, Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., said, “Re-birthing techniques have no place in psychiatric treatment. These extreme methods pose serious risk and should not be used under any circumstances.”
Untested, unapproved, and very unfortunate for one little girl.
Therapists curled Candace into the fetal position inside a flannel sheet and pushed against her from all sides.
She gasped for air. She begged them to stop.
She cried out that she was dying. They said go ahead.
And then she did.”
—Carla Crowder and Peggy Lowe, “Her Name Was Candace,” October 29, 2000, Rocky Mountain News
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In April 2000, two therapists were accused of killing 10-year-old Candace Newmaker during a "rebirthing” session.
In a press release dated July 16, 2002, the APA president, Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., said, “Re-birthing techniques have no place in psychiatric treatment. These extreme methods pose serious risk and should not be used under any circumstances.”
Untested, unapproved, and very unfortunate for one little girl.
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