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CHAPTER 4
RESTORING PERSONAL INTEGRITY
John Drakeford's Integrity Therapy is a good psycho-
logical model for restoring one's personal integrity. It is
more in line with Judeo-Christian principles than secular
psychology. The seven principles of Integrity Therapy para-
phrased are:
1. Each person is responsible for his own ac-
tions.
2. Guilt is not a sickness--it is the result of
wrongdoing.
3. Sinners hide their sins.
4. Openness with "significant others" is the
first step toward normality.
5. Socialization is aided by properly relating to
a small group, which exercises supportive and cor-
rective functions.
6. Restitution in a positive, appropriate frame-
work is required.
7. One should help others in similar need by tak-
ing the message of integrity therapy to them.
(Drakeford, INTEGRITY THERAPY, pp. 9-10).
One should not start an Integrity Therapy group without con-
tacting Dr. Drakeford. There is also the legal liability of
counseling without a state license. However, one can benefit
from the biblical and scientific knowledge that Integrity
Therapy has to offer.
Integrity Therapy uses strong managed group pressure to
build ego strength. Confession of irresponsibilities while
the group is in session is encouraged. Then the group
assigns the individual plans of action to be carried out and
reported next session.
Integrity Therapy works with the existing value system
of the individual and does not actively seek to revise his
conscience content.
Mental, emotional and physical problems are not all the
result of personal sin. However, many are and these problems
can be cured or helped by proper therapy.
Violated Conscience
The individual. . .is in a state of tension
between his conscience and his unregulated urges.
While he lives by his values, he is symbolically
at one with his fellows. But once he fails to
live by his values, he symbolically separates him-
self from his society. The action is internalized
by repression and the unworthy experience in the
unconscious throws up symptoms. (Drakeford, INTEG-
RITY THERAPY, p. 10).
When one gets into trouble by violating his conscience,
guilt results. Guilt then produces psychic pain, but that
is not all it produces. Other symptoms include trouble with
physical organs, emotional problems, offenses, thought prob-
lems, sensory problems, behavior problems and dream re-
sponses.
Integrity Therapy can restore an individual who has
violated his conscience:
Plan of Restoration
The distressed individual. . .seeks help from
the therapist. . .who opens his life, evoking a
response of transparency. The individual is intro-
duced to the group of "significant others" where
he learns to make restitution and proceeds to
become a part of the therapeutic enterprise.
(Drakeford, INTEGRITY THERAPY, p. 11).
Integrity Therapy has proven itself in the successful
treatment of both minor problems and difficult problems such
as homosexuality. For the documented cure of a practicing
homosexual, see Drakeford's book. (John Drakeford, FORBIDDEN
LOVE (Waco: Word Books, 1971). I met this former homosexual
while working in Drakeford's group therapy as a graduate
student. He had remarried at that time.
Integrity Therapy has refined confession within the
psychological realm. We now move to a biblical approach to
confession.
END