Ichibod Crane from Sleepy Hollow: Investigator!
Ichibod Crane is essentially the therapist and investigator in this story. He arrives in town (as a form of punishment for his know-it-all-ness in the eyes of his superiors, and his pushing new ways of investigating crimes instead of just seizing wrongly on the most obvious solution and perpetrator which was the custom) to figure out why there is a headless horseman terrorizing and beheading the townsfolk. Everyone is freaked out, hiding in their houses at night, but Ichibod is wondering why - what's behind it all (in addition to his own trembling and sweating and wanting to hide out under the covers)? There must be a reason of some kind! In fact, Ichibod discovers there is a trauma in the background and a man who is stuck in that trauma, trying to restore himself or at least find peace by finding his own missing head! And we all know what it means to lose your head! Very bad things can happen, unforgivable things even!! And, traumatized people sometimes compulsively do the same things over and over, the same patterns of behavior, hoping to find their way out, like a mouse in a bucket! And according to Dr. James Gilligan in his book, Vioience: The Deadly Epidemic, the horrible, criminal acts many engage in are actually their lousy way of telling their own story, perhaps the only way they know how to tell it. Of course, when you tell your story in that violent kind of way, people are very unlikely to catch on because of the horror of what you’ve done, not to mention their fear of you and their immediately casting you into the role of a notable villian whose behavior is completely and utterly outside the boundaries of any kind of decency. Thus, acts often get repeated. In Mindell’’s Process Psychology, he emphasizes that people keep repeating things until they believe they’ve actually been heard. When they don’t feel heard, they just keep saying the same things over and over, becoming increasingly emphatic with each repeptition!
As therapists, it is our job to recognize and intervene on these deadly patterns to prevent more lives from being ruined.
James Gilligan:……..apropos quote how poorly we judge what prevents people from committing violent acts
the stake in the heart/Gilligan know the criminal mind/both levels
Ichibod Crane is essentially the therapist and investigator in this story. He arrives in town (as a form of punishment for his know-it-all-ness in the eyes of his superiors, and his pushing new ways of investigating crimes instead of just seizing wrongly on the most obvious solution and perpetrator which was the custom) to figure out why there is a headless horseman terrorizing and beheading the townsfolk. Everyone is freaked out, hiding in their houses at night, but Ichibod is wondering why - what's behind it all (in addition to his own trembling and sweating and wanting to hide out under the covers)? There must be a reason of some kind! In fact, Ichibod discovers there is a trauma in the background and a man who is stuck in that trauma, trying to restore himself or at least find peace by finding his own missing head! And we all know what it means to lose your head! Very bad things can happen, unforgivable things even!! And, traumatized people sometimes compulsively do the same things over and over, the same patterns of behavior, hoping to find their way out, like a mouse in a bucket! And according to Dr. James Gilligan in his book, Vioience: The Deadly Epidemic, the horrible, criminal acts many engage in are actually their lousy way of telling their own story, perhaps the only way they know how to tell it. Of course, when you tell your story in that violent kind of way, people are very unlikely to catch on because of the horror of what you’ve done, not to mention their fear of you and their immediately casting you into the role of a notable villian whose behavior is completely and utterly outside the boundaries of any kind of decency. Thus, acts often get repeated. In Mindell’’s Process Psychology, he emphasizes that people keep repeating things until they believe they’ve actually been heard. When they don’t feel heard, they just keep saying the same things over and over, becoming increasingly emphatic with each repeptition!
As therapists, it is our job to recognize and intervene on these deadly patterns to prevent more lives from being ruined.
James Gilligan:……..apropos quote how poorly we judge what prevents people from committing violent acts
the stake in the heart/Gilligan know the criminal mind/both levels
Ichibod Crane is essentially the therapist and investigator in this story. He arrives in town (as a form of punishment for his know-it-all-ness in the eyes of his superiors, and his pushing new ways of investigating crimes instead of just seizing wrongly on the most obvious solution and perpetrator which was the custom) to figure out why there is a headless horseman terrorizing and beheading the townsfolk. Everyone is freaked out, hiding in their houses at night, but Ichibod is wondering why - what's behind it all (in addition to his own trembling and sweating and wanting to hide out under the covers)? There must be a reason of some kind! In fact, Ichibod discovers there is a trauma in the background and a man who is stuck in that trauma, trying to restore himself or at least find peace by finding his own missing head! And we all know what it means to lose your head! Very bad things can happen, unforgivable things even!! And, traumatized people sometimes compulsively do the same things over and over, the same patterns of behavior, hoping to find their way out, like a mouse in a bucket! And according to Dr. James Gilligan in his book, Vioience: The Deadly Epidemic, the horrible, criminal acts many engage in are actually their lousy way of telling their own story, perhaps the only way they know how to tell it. Of course, when you tell your story in that violent kind of way, people are very unlikely to catch on because of the horror of what you’ve done, not to mention their fear of you and their immediately casting you into the role of a notable villian whose behavior is completely and utterly outside the boundaries of any kind of decency. Thus, acts often get repeated. In Mindell’’s Process Psychology, he emphasizes that people keep repeating things until they believe they’ve actually been heard. When they don’t feel heard, they just keep saying the same things over and over, becoming increasingly emphatic with each repeptition!
As therapists, it is our job to recognize and intervene on these deadly patterns to prevent more lives from being ruined.
James Gilligan:……..apropos quote how poorly we judge what prevents people from committing violent acts
the stake in the heart/Gilligan know the criminal mind/both levels