Carmine is in Jail [04/17/2008 17:19:12]

So. Carmine Baffa, the NLP trainer I used to work for, has been charged with raping teenage girls and ABC is posting ten-year-old quotes from me praising the guy in glowing terms.

A lady from the AJC contacted me and asked what I thought about him, and about the charges.

I told her that I was surprised.

I'm not surprised that he's involved with his clients. NLP practitioners are to real psychiatrists what acupuncturists are to real doctors. There's no professional licensing or regulation, and no ethical rules about not dating patients. In fact, they're not even patients. Just clients. The lady he was involved with when I met him had been a client.

But real psychiatrists have those rules for a reason. When someone puts their emotions in your hands, there's a huge responsibility. What he did is just plain messed up, and despite my low opinion of the guy, I'm surprised he crossed that line. Especially with a 13 year old. If he really did that (and it's certainly possible), I'm glad he's in jail.

Anyway, I posted a long disclaimer above my 1998 review of Carmine's traning.