As far as I know, they did not cultivate therapists. We were supposed to look to the leaders for family therapy type help. Married couples with problems would join the group, then be advised by the Kamps as to family dynamics, usually the Kamps would then split the couples up and redistribute them into other relationships.
Trina claims she channels a centuries old medical doctor Dr. Duran, her channeling sessions are b.s. of course, with some cold readings thrown in, along with hot readings, since she cultivates quite a gossip information web.
Their cultivation of attorneys works well for them, but even then they can't win all cases, especially when they have protested the use of the word cult to define them. When I did a deposition of my experiences with them, Steven Kamp and his in house cult member attorneys showed up, his appearance was not needed or planned, but I could tell it was done in an attempt to intimidate me. The two people taking the deposition even let me know they could see this was being attempted, they expressed sympathy, in a professional manner.
When I was part of the group, Steven Kamp's right hand man was Steven Rensch, an attorney, as far as I know he still is. Rensch was described as a minister of the church, he was a rather stern inner circle figure. One time we were told that he was taking on an extra important case, so we were instructed to go sing, pray, something like that, to help him.
This group did have a midwife member too, which was handy for them, since they encouraged a population boom.
The main fields they seemed to focus on was law, sports, and chess. They ran their own school for awhile, can't tell if it is still ongoing. Originally they were based in Mesa, Arizona, eventually they moved to their properties in Tonto Village, Arizona.
Speaking of population boom, I believe this was done to keep their own income going, so they could ensnare several generations, keep families involved.
They recruit people by telling them that they are recognized as part of the spiritual family of Dr. Duran. I remember a photo collage being made to represent this supposed spiritual family, I contributed a photo, I imagine that is long gone now. :)
One of the many ways they worked to keep me in line is to remind me to not behave like someone who had earlier left under murky circumstances. I was never told exactly what had happened. This was normal, for my questions to not be answered, and for questions to be seen as somehow bad.
Along with cutting off the hair of all women members, Trina also at one point decided that everyone should stop smoking. I arrived shortly after the hair cutting, I myself did not smoke, but some of the women allowed me to leave our house on a bicycle and buy them cigarettes at the corner store for them. This was a break for me, a tiny bit of freedom.
With the example of Trina and Steven Kamp, people were encouraged and stressed into becoming gossipy, bitchy, sarcastic, elitist, and snide. I found myself getting gossipy and did not like that.
I still remember washing the hard wood floor of the Kamp house/ "church sanctuary" in hot Arizona summer heat, air conditioning off, on my hands and knees with a fellow cult member, and being told that we needed to do this without complaining, so that the energy and vibes would be positive.
Trina wanted our homes very clean before she did her channeling sessions there, this included bleach washing down all the walls in the house.
We were told that Dr. Duran would tell us our true purpose in life, but when I asked straight out for that information, I was mocked and made fun of.
In my early naive days in the cult, in order to be a good member and learn more about my supposed spiritual family, I asked how many households there were (most members lived in homes clustered in a particular neighborhood), and quickly learned that apparently I was not supposed to ask those types of questions.
Because I pretty much had to flee, some of my belongings were packed in boxes and left behind. I tried unsuccessfully to have them returned to me, finally a male friend of mine advocated and called them, I did get some belongings back. Most they had sold at their continual garage sales. This was common - when new people joined their possessions were looked over, much was sold at the garage sales.
I had a collection of journals I had kept over the years, I was encouraged to get rid of those, and did so.
Here is an example of their chess endeavors
http://americanchess.net/ace-program/mission-statement/ This is written by a group member, and I recognize many of the names of the young people, some of which I took care of as children back in the mid 80s.
This part is especially poignant to me, it may sound innocent, but I know how much people are restricted and controlled in this group, being allowed special privileges is a huge deal:
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Many of the children in Tonto Village had started playing chess on a daily basis; Rumors about Dallas, Danny and Harper getting to “go to McDonald’s and Burger King on those chess trips” started to fly