Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater, but the Seminar Industry Needs Regulation, Licensing & Accountability.
Many Mental Health Professionals feel that Seminar Gurus and “Coaches” are practicing therapy without a license. But no one really seemed to care.
That its, until James Arthur Ray Killed 3 people in Sedona and had 1 suicide during his San Diego Seminar. Looks like the Mental Health Professionals were right. Seminar Companies and Coaches are messing with people’s minds and don’t know what to do when something goes wrong.
The following are excerpts from a article published on CNN.com today. A link to the entire article can be found at the bottom is this post.
Self-help is a multibillion-dollar-a-year unregulated industry in the United States, according to John C. Norcross, professor of psychology at the University of Scranton…
…a lack of scientific evidence isn’t the only thing to look out for. Other characteristics that should make
Norcross & Rosen have James Arthur Ray’s Number
James Arthur Ray: Just A Seminar Schmuck Who Killed People
Why I’m blogging about James Ray. My agenda and angle.
I personally don’t care about James Arthur Ray or his business. He’s just happens to be the Seminar Schmuck who killed people. It’s the seminar business and coaching that I want reformed.
It’s the day before Thanksgiving in the US and we’re all about gratitude, giving thanks and family. All this the day before the biggest shopping day of the year! America is all about making money, spending money and peak experiences. But four families this year will have empty seats at their Thanksgiving Tables. There are countless thousands of others with physical and financial losses caused by the $11,000,000 (billion) seminar industry that aren’t in the headlines.
For the past 2 decades, the seminar industry has exploded. Promising a world of results from making money, love, happiness, business success and getting laid. From 2001 until 2007, I was part of the industry.
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