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*I'm sorry if you felt that I was trying to undermine your work. I value your research and information very highly. I wouldn't argue with your conclusions, as to the effect of LGATs on the nervous...
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Hi kdagI don't think you were trying to undermine my work. I've looked at the evidence... all of your posts... and so I would never jump to that conclusion based on "gut feel", "thin slicing"...
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Haha - fair enough. I'm not finished with your book yet, but I finished reading your PhD, shortly after you posted it here. Yes, I would highly recommend it, (in fact I did).No offense meant, and the...
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Hello All, from a sunny garden :-)Ok I know where I am with this, and it is good to see that Oprah is not being endorsed. Sadly, and other than those who have been used to support the show and who...
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When someone emerges after having taken the advanced courses offered by an LGAT, they're no longer your friend, your son your daughter, your teacher or trustworth therapist or business...
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Hi corboyI don't disagree that there have been some highly manipulative LGAT trolls on these boards (I can't speak about other cult-like groups, as this has been my focus), and you've clearly had far...
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Apologies for this long post (it's a cut and paste from pages 256-265 of my PhD), but - given the previous discussion about "trusting your gut" - I think that it's important to articulate the way that...
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In this video, I explain Thought Reform ("Brainwashing"), how these conditions are present in LGATs like est, Landmark, Lifespring, etc., and how these organisations lie through their teeth about...
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facet,I would not say that the book uses hypnosis techniques. It has been years since I read the entire thing. As i recall from reading the excerpt, the book describes what might be considered a...
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Thanks Kdag, I will certainly go on to read the book after your further sharing.I did read the excerpt, though then looked for some reviews on it and read that hypnosis was a theme, so I dropped it...
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Sorry for the sidetrack, (again), John Hunter, PhDBack to what you're saying, "Landmark, like LGATs before it, does not explicitly state, “Do not think, and do not challenge what is being said,...
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facet,I read the book when it first came out. I have read that he has added to it. I liked the original version. I can't vouch/don't know what was added later.Personally, I don't worry about being...
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Hi Kdag,It’s ok, I know that you are not trying to get me to not take care of myself, and besides, doing that is my responsibility anyway so I wouldn’t lay that on anyone else, no worries at all.I’ll...
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Dear John, I wrote in generalizations. The ones I was thinking of were the persons who have not only taken the LGAT introductory seminar but have gone on to do the advanced courses offered by that...
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I'm sorry you went through that, corboy. Nothing hurts more than betrayal by those we love and trust.
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I'm mostly over it now.My awareness of cults was far above average and I still got seduced.Was bummed out by parental death that left me guilt ridden, no family, living in own apartment for first...
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Yesterday I explained the conditions of thought reform as they apply to LGATs:[www.youtube.com]Today I made a video which explains other insights from social and cognitive psychology, as they apply to...
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In this video I explain "reciprocal connections" and why LGAT leaders insist on APPLAUSE at strategic points during the training. (This would fall under what Lifton (1961) calls "MYSTICAL...
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In this video I provide evidence for the effectiveness of thought reform ("brainwashing"):[www.youtube.com]
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Large Group Awareness Traing (Finkelstein, Wenegrat & Yalom, 1982).The 1982 article entitled "Large Group Awareness Training" by the authors above, from Stanford University's department of...
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