Ted
Gold Meritorious Patron
Absolutely, Pheno, it's done both in and out of sessions and nearly always results in naming a relative the person sees most, one with which the person disagrees. "Slight, gentle cause" is a bold lie. A 10 Aug does the opposite.
Rather than working out solutions, understanding different viewpoints or developing methods to become more in control of one's life, the person receiving a 10 Aug is taught that another person near and dear to him caused his condition without his awareness and that he/she is the effect of this. The entire premise is false and crippling.
Inability or lack of tools or a lack of information or confidence to deal with social situations or disagreements can certainly cause stress. Closed-mindedness can also be stressful. Most illness has a stress element, not a "who".
This isn't to say there aren't evil or whacked out people around, but often enough, the person getting a 10 Aug did something pretty bad or irrational and whacked out themselves to get the stressful, negative response. The person just hasn't solved it yet. 10 Aug solves nothing. The person is already aware of the conflicts in his or her life and needs to get on top of them, not label people as SPs. It's a cop-out.
Right on, JustSheila!
All too often the pc is just a wimp who gets pushed around by whomever or whatever. The named "SP" is just someone who is stronger but not necessarily ill intentioned.
Ted