PhD on LGATs
The following link can be used to access a recently published psychology PhD thesis, which uses LGATs to explain the link between bipolar triggers and symptoms. It explains how LGATs generate their...
View ArticleRe: quote, unquote "Real Love" - $$$
One thing cult groups, like RealLove, are known for is their incessant reeling in of new adherents, or believers. This is, and always has been achieved by various means of ‘proselytizing’. Put simply,...
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Thanks for your posts, I've really enjoyed reading them. I think one of the things to avoid is black and white thinking. Reallove® is a mixed bag. It's got some really good ideas, some questionable...
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egoldstein,Thank you for making this available.It's going to take me awhile to read it all, (especially on my small cellphone), but it it great, so far. I am about 1/4 of the way through, and at this...
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Because thought reform is used as a framework through which to comment on stress-generation in LGATs, it is not specified in the table of contents. You can find the section on thought reform in LGATs...
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egoldstein,Thanks! It is tempting to skip ahead, but then i would be missing relevant parts like this:"2.4.6 Emotional allostasisIt is well established that physical and cognitive changes occur in...
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Dear Members,I am a senior executive coach who is researching the history and current practices of the International Coach Federation.The ICF has, mysteriously, become the de facto certification body...
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I love this explanation, (pages 382, 383):"Kahneman (2012) distinguishes between two basic systems that operate in our minds. System 1 (or“fast thinking”) “operates quickly, with little or no effort...
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egoldstein,I just finished reading. I feel that it was well worth reading in its entirety. The section that shows the stressors inherent in thought reform is on point, in my opinion, and i did observe...
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I'm glad it was useful. It is a lot to get through, but it seems that it's accessible to people without any specific training in psychology. Hopefully those who have had positive LGAT experiences, or...
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I'll post here what I did over on reddit:I go all the way back to 1975 with Werner and his minions. Like the CoS, Landmark got into the "life-coaching" racket in the '90s, but it seems to me that it...
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TYVM for your work. Understanding the mechanisms that induce the stress that leads to neural network rewiring is very useful for those developing medicinal and psychotherapeutic treatment strategies....
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With respect to ICF in particular, I can only say that while the number of ICF-credentialed LCs does seem to rival the hidden credentialling of LCs by the CoS (in Hollywood), the levels of...
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Meant 'surface' instead of 'service' in last post.Other thing, celebrity coaches the world over are now hawking the ICF, the Ph.D's founders of the field (legitimate, or formerly so), Marshall...
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In earlier discussions at CEI message board, some people asked about Non Violent Communication (NVC)[forum.culteducation.com]A former CEI participant, The Anticult wrote about problems with life...
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Thank you for this...We do have a sort of Hipocratic Oath in the coaching field, and, I, and many psychologists have expressed EXTREME concern as to the use of these 'technologies' in coaching. Note,...
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bakkagirl,I'm not qualified to say much here, but wanted to comment on this part:"Folks from Asian cultures have vastly different personal/ego boundaries, and responses to group experiences and...
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Thank you for this, very useful.As I said, I think this boundary-broaching technology has made its way into many coach training programs.It also colors the culture of ICF events, meetings, here.I...
View ArticleLGAT online
This is a continuation of my query regarding est, and Landmark 'technology' being channeled into coaching organizations, networks, program materials.I know it was the est minion's dream to deliver,...
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Dear not moses,Since you were associated with Erhard/est in early days, can you say whether John Rosenberg was the actual developer of est 'technology'. From what is stated in his bio, he seems to...
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