Just out of curiosity, I looked up the Transition Towns in my area. There are several within a few hours drive of where I live - all communities with which I am quite familiar. I was surprised to find that many of the initiatives (at least, as they appear on the various local TT websites) are just the kind of thing I am interested in professionally and personally. A lot of the goals, such as s
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Hello I wasn't involved in a cult, but I did have a very weird experience with a therapist that had some cultic elements (long story). And in the aftermath I had similar thoughts and feelings to what ex-cult members describe on this board. I think what you are going through is quite understandable. Time alone to process your thoughts makes sense - in a way, the last thing you need is
Forum: Recovery from Destructive Cults and Groups

"I don't know that this topic or discussion is really relevant to this message board. " I thought it was, because this is the "Clergy and Therapy Abuse" forum. I definitely feel like I was abused by my therapist - although admittedly it's not the horror story that some posters have had. She was doing an unvalidated type of therapy on me, and I've seen many
Forum: Clergy and Therapy Abuse

Well, 30 views and no one has said anything. Which is OK, I just wanted to see what people had to say without my possibly leading them towards a certain opinion with my account of the total experience. So here’s the backstory. I had two specific issues I wanted to work on: anticipatory grief re: the death of someone close to me, and some residual anger from a workplace bullying situation th
Forum: Clergy and Therapy Abuse

This is the message I got from my therapist on my voicemail at work, in response to my voicemail to her in which I stated that I was terminating therapy. "Hello , it’s , I got your message, thanks for calling. If you have a chance, when you have a chance, I’d like to just touch base with you just to be able to say goodbye, and I’m thinking of you, and thinking well of you, and hoping t
Forum: Clergy and Therapy Abuse