Chuck,
I am not the best person to answer your questions about Quest, but I know that I have seen others posting about that organization here. If you don't get an immediate response, just keep checking back.
Rick Ross goes over the elements of coercive persuasion in detail, in his book, "Cults Inside Out."
There is a quick rundown on a thread about consent forms, as well, in which I posted about elements that were obvious to me, based on Margaret Singer's criteria for thought-reform. (This will probably come up on that specific post, but you might be Interested in scrolling back and reading the entire thread. It is about Landmark, but these groups have more similarities than differences):
[forum.culteducation.com]
I am not the best person to answer your questions about Quest, but I know that I have seen others posting about that organization here. If you don't get an immediate response, just keep checking back.
Rick Ross goes over the elements of coercive persuasion in detail, in his book, "Cults Inside Out."
There is a quick rundown on a thread about consent forms, as well, in which I posted about elements that were obvious to me, based on Margaret Singer's criteria for thought-reform. (This will probably come up on that specific post, but you might be Interested in scrolling back and reading the entire thread. It is about Landmark, but these groups have more similarities than differences):
[forum.culteducation.com]