Hi, and welcome!

I haven't been through an LGAT myself, but my friend has.

There's no need to feel ashamed -- these groups are pretty good at fooling people into believing what they do is worthwhile.

You've come to the right place. There's a lot of good information available at this site. You might want to start with the "getting help" section:

[culteducation.com]

You might also want to read up on other LGATs, like Landmark and Lifespring:

[www.culteducation.com]

[www.culteducation.com]

Some people have found this study particularly helpful:

[www.culteducation.com]

Hope this helps...

Glam

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I just went through basic and part of the advanced course of Personal Dynamics. Need to speak wioth others who have been trough this and other LGAT's. thankfully I was able to leave before the damage was really done. I left feeling ashamed but soon realized I was being brainwashed and now want to expose this group. Please help.

Here's a list or time-line from helpful poster, "computeruser," on alt.fan.landmark. These groups are all pretty similar, though they may be different "mixes" of the same stuff. One thing that characterizes these scammers is their lack of imagination. They all copy each other. They fly pretty much "under the radar," and use our cherished free-speech amendment as both weapon and shield.

Good luck to you. There's plenty of information here.

Ellen


>>When Leadership Dynamics and Mind Dynamics shut down, many of the
instructors went out on their own and were soon leaders in the human
potential movement that spread throughout California in the 1970s and,
later, across the country. They were:

â?¢ Jim Quinn founded Lifestream in 1973.
â?¢ Bob White, Randy Revell, Charlene Afremow, John Hanley founded
Lifespring in 1974.
â?¢ Werner Erhard, founded est in 1971 which was renamed "The Forum" and is
now known as Landmark Education.
â?¢ Bob White left Lifespring, went to Japan, and started a training
organization there called Life Dynamics.
â?¢ Randy Revell left Lifespring and founded the Context Trainings.
â?¢ Charlene Afremow joined Erhard's organization as a trainer. She later
left in a dispute and went back to Lifespring.
â?¢ Howard Nease founded Personal Dynamics.
â?¢ Thomas Willhite founded PSI World Seminars
â?¢ Stewart Emery worked for est and later founded Actualizations
Other influences on LGAT development include Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow
Rich", the experiential exercises developed by National Training Labs (which
has its own share of controversy), the Esalen Institute, and Gestalt
Therapy.>>>

dglicker, i would love to talk to you about your experiences with personal dynamics. my friend is now in the leadership training with this group. i am concerned about their involvement with the group and am trying to figure out a way to talk to them about my concerns. hearing more about your experiences would be really valuable to me if you would be willing to share. feel free to send me a private message if you'd like to talk about it.