I must confess that I haven't actually seen Byron Katie take someone back to childhood abuse in front of the TV cameras and was responding to what I read somewhere above. (I stopped watching her on the internet because what I was seeing made me feel very uncomfortable). But what I have seen her do is (a) get the person to open up and become vulnerable and then (b) turn it around so that their perception of what they experienced is dismissed, and they are made to buy in to her reality. That is humiliating and can be deeply traumatising to people who are vulnerable, and if they are already near break-down could push them over the edge.

An old and interesting post--a therapist whose client refused to do The Work because this client had prior experience with EST and didnt want any exposure to something so similar.

And this therapist proceeded to blather about this to a bunch of BK types. Dialogue is priceless.

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The Cult Education Institute archives is a library of information about destructive cults, controversial groups and movements, which was initially launched in 1996 and has continued to be under construction and expansion for the past 17 years.

The public message board attached to the The Cult Education Institute will soon only be accessible through the domain name culteducation.com. More than 100,000 entries from the former members of destructive cults, controversial groups and movements and others concerned has accumulated at the board over the past decade. The message board content continues to grow daily and it serves as a free speech zone for those who wish to share their insights and concerns about the topics listed.