I can vouch for what Hope says about "alternative" healing or counseling "professionals" and even ministers getting people into the Forum. I saw it happen especially in new age churches like Unity, and it seemed to have a "viral" effect in that the people who went to the Forum seemed to draw in more and more people from the church, even including the minister.

I made the decision NOT to go when I began to see clearly negative changes (some subtle, some not so subtle) in the people who had gone. In many cases, they dropped their spouses or jobs after taking the Forum. In nearly every case, they became insufferable, and our friendships faded. As was said of "est" folk back in the day: they turned into "est-holes!"