This session examines what happens when people become dependent on complex service systems that often reinforce patterns of devaluation and wounding. In contrast, we explore why freely-given relationships cannot be replaced by programs or professional services.
The key takeawayis to understand the critical need for freely-given relationships and how the institutional assumption—that a professionalized service should exist to address every human problem—can undermine what families and communities can do for themselves. Guiding principles are essential to sustain authentic, life-giving relationships.
“They constantly try to escape. From the darkness outside and within. By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.”
