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Says who? Says Us! Frank Kashner, LICSW, MAR, CU. A Site for Change Psychological, Social, Economic, & Political. Lassie?. Psychological. More people are suffering from helplessness and hopelessness The rise of the 1% comes at a cost to the 99% Loss of jobs, homes, sense of efficacy
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Says who? Says Us!Frank Kashner, LICSW, MAR, CU A Site for Change Psychological, Social, Economic, & Political
Psychological • More people are suffering from helplessness and hopelessness • The rise of the 1% comes at a cost to the 99% • Loss of jobs, homes, sense of efficacy • Gain of uncertainty, worry, despair
Psychological • Some practitioners focus on “accepting the things we cannot change” • Broadening the category of “things we can change” is crucial to psychological well-being • Expression of complaints & identification of needs are key first steps • Jobvent.com used to be a site that allowed complaints concerning employers
Social • We are social creatures. Social media shows that people interact richly on-line • Social media allow us to find others with similar interests • There are already web sites that
Economic • 1% & 99% metaphor is about economics • Economic immiseration is growing • Money isn’t everything but it is significant
Political • Political includes politicians and party politics, but it also can include relations of power • $$$ in party politics today means ordinary people need other ways to gain power • One way is to find people with similar complaints • From complaints can come identification of needs can come action, in many forms
Concept Already Proven • Jobvent.com has already proven the concept • Anonymously, 10’s of 1000’s of people wrote complaints about 10,000 lousy companies • Glassdoor.com bought Jobvent, renamed it Jobitorial, and eliminated the complaints • Reviews of South Bay Mental Health can still be seen because I copied them