Education

Bylaws & Guidelines

The bylaws below (click HERE for a printable version) were modified from "The Twelve Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) with deep respect and admiration for the effectiveness of A.A. in sustaining its founding principles.

1. Our common welfare should come first.

2. For our group purpose, the Catalyst Code of Professional Ethics is the ultimate authority that maintains “the work” in our communities. Our representatives, the people who speak on behalf of Catalyst, are but trusted servants. They do not govern. They either adhere to the Catalyst Code or become personally liable.

3. The only requirement for exploring Catalyst is a desire to explore "Forward Healing," the ability to step well into each new phase of life, for the improvement in quality of life.

4. Each Catalyst practice should be autonomous except in matters affecting Catalyst as a whole.

5. Each Catalyst facilitator has but one primary purpose - to deliver the message of Catalyst through touch and education to the people who choose to explore it.

6. A Catalyst facilitator ought never endorse, finance, or lend the Catalyst name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.

7. Each Catalyst practice ought to be fully self-supporting, in that each facilitator sustains his or her own practice through fair compensation for services.

8. Facilitators uphold the integrity of Catalyst, which should remain forever a system of analysis and facilitation: that is Thriveapeutic (not therapeutic); that is an adjunct and complementary approach; that does not diagnose symptoms, conditions, diseases, or ailments; that does not prescribe medication; that does not disapprove of the practice of allopathy or other forms of healthcare; that does not discourage someone from seeking medical or psychiatric attention; and whose facilitators are properly trained in Catalyst, Thriveapeutics, and Forward Healing; that exists to enhance “Quality of Life;” that clearly communicates the objectives and limitations of Catalyst, which shall remain forever a unique and distinctive branch of Thriveapeutics, not a “healthcare” or “alternative healthcare” practice.

9. Catalyst, as such, ought never seek outside accreditation; but its facilitators may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.

10. Catalyst has no opinion on outside issues; hence the Catalyst name ought never be drawn into public controversy.

11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion. Catalyst facilitators must be extremely gentle and non-manipulative while offering Catalyst sessions and communicating the possible benefits to prospective participants.

12. Service work is the foundation of Catalyst, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities and to never claim Catalyst superior over other approaches.