Otts:
You are here as an apologist for Discovery and a supporter of that program.
It's doubtful that anything stated here will change that.
But the study previously posted by a clinical psychologist (Philip Cushman) would be one research example of what's wrong with LGATs and the damage they often cause participants and their families.
Here are some additional examples:
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This includes a listing of reports related to Landmark Education and psychosis.
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This is the beginning of the analysis by Cushman followed by his summary regarding the liabilities and danger signs related to LGATs.
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www.culteducation.com]
Here a forensic psychiatrist (John Hochman) evaluates an LGAT called Executive Success Programs/NXIVM.
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Here a clinical psychologist (Paul Martin) evaluates the same program.
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Here Martin compares Executive Success Programs/NXIVM to "thought reform" commonly called "brainwashing."
Three NXIVM students sought psychiatric treatment directly related to their seminar experience, one was hospitalized. One woman walked out of NXIVM intensive and committed suicide.
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The suicide note found by authorities said, "I attended a course called Executive Success Programs. I was brainwashed and my emotional center of the brain was killed/turned off. I still have feeling in my external skin, but my internal organs are rotting. Please contact my parents ... if you find me or this note. I am sorry life, I didn't know I was already dead. May we persist into the future."
I receive complaints about LGATs constantly, and some have included people that have been hospitalized. That is, they were taken from the program to the hospital.
I have also received many complaints from families and concerned friends about the negative changes and impact wrought by LGAT programs.
My professional experience regarding LGATs began in the early 1980s. And I have received hundreds of complaints.