I agree and I sympathize will all the people who lost loved ones. I left a psychotherapy cult and it was very, very similar to the "Human Potential" Seminars. My husband and I were separated for six years with no contact -- we held hands on a date a few times and that's when we were doing well! To listen to the members talk about how great it is and how everyone on the outs
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

I was in a 12-step/psychotherapy "community" in Winter Park, FL that shares many characteristics with cults. The leader, Maureen Traynor, was very narcissistic and controlling. Her daughter was Therapist #2. Being in the "inner circle" meant we spent all holidays with them. She used to say she had some special way of recovery which made us better than the other sick pe
Forum: Recovery from Destructive Cults and Groups