Corboy, these would be useful suggestions if those who were asked to attend such programs had any idea that these sorts of things existed. The trouble is that, as happened with me when I took part in an LGAT, I wouldn't have dreamed that the "training" was going to involve what it did.
You assume that your employer is not involved with something like this and you assume that the training will not involve abuse of any kind. Imagine working for a "normal" organisation that wanted you to go on a "normal" training. It would seem strange to anyone other than a person who had been through an LGAT to ask, "They're not going to scream at me, are they? They won't ask me to talk about the time my uncle molested me, will they?" A "normal" employer would think that these sorts of questions were crazy. It's only after being exposed to one of these trainings that anyone could have the foresight to be vigilant going forward.
You assume that your employer is not involved with something like this and you assume that the training will not involve abuse of any kind. Imagine working for a "normal" organisation that wanted you to go on a "normal" training. It would seem strange to anyone other than a person who had been through an LGAT to ask, "They're not going to scream at me, are they? They won't ask me to talk about the time my uncle molested me, will they?" A "normal" employer would think that these sorts of questions were crazy. It's only after being exposed to one of these trainings that anyone could have the foresight to be vigilant going forward.