safe writing done here--and only here?

At the Point of Need interests and excites me because of the research methods it describes, because it emphasizes peer-group influenced learning, because it makes interacting with ESL students seem less intimidating, and because it emphasizes reflective teaching. I wonder, though, whether it has much to say to writing centers that work with students primarily by appointment or drop-in. As was implied by therapy and master class metaphors, a protracted relationship appears to be an essential part of what Nelson describes.