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dabcult
KIND A FREIGHTENING HOW YOU BRAINWASH YOURSELF IN THINKING
" Grace and Light is truly the only salvation in this WORLD "
Yes. I'm sure she "brainwashed herself". Perfectly reasonable explanation, especially from someone
purporting to be a therapist who helps others deal with past cult trauma. Forgive me if I'm skeptical. Then again, as you say you have your "own set of rules" and you "follow your heart" rather than a set of ethics set down to protect patients.
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dabcult
THE THERAPIST MUST HOLD THE POWER ....IF NOT ANOTHER THERAPIST AS TO BE CHOSEN
No. I'm sorry, but that's not how therapy works. The role of a therapist is to listen to a client. The client ultimately is supposed to guide the therapeutic process. Therapists do not encourage a power imbalance. Therapists do not:
1. imply a client will fail, or implode without their therapy.
2. disclose private details of client's lives to others, even if their clients talk about them in public first.
3. act like they have the one true solution.
4. tell people not to read books, lest it be bad for them.
5. take advantage of client's weaknesses - instead they build healthy boundaries.
6. encourage dependence on the therapist.
7. accept lavish gifts, much less encourage them.
8. encourage people to stop thinking for themselves.
... at least not without risk of losing their license. By what I've read here, I can say that it appears Guru Swami G has done all theses things. You're right that legally, she probably can get away with a lot of these things as religious figures (and peer-to-peer groups) are exempt from regulations and oversight concerning therapists, but that's hardly saying much. It's the same excuse countless gurus, cults, and cult-like groups have used in the past to take advantage of people. It speaks more to an
unhealthy over-abundance of religious tolerance than anything else.
[Moderator note: Dabcult was subsequently banned from this thread for rule violations and his posts were deleted.]Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/2013 08:28PM by rrmoderator.