You can read a really damning critique of that program, where he sent the boy by escort to wilderness, here:
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?p= ... light=philAngela Smith blasts Phil in The Enquirer for sending a kids to Provo Canyon
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?p= ... light=philI believe Phil?s attraction to programs in based on his Lifespring/Workshop/Program background.
His ?Pathways? program is listed as an LGAT at this site:
http://perso.orange.fr/eldon.braun/awareness/In addition to Adult seminars, Pathways also offers Teen Camps and Seminars
As he told Andy Lawrence, ?Pathways is one of the top two things I am most proud of?.
He founded Pathways in 1985 in Wichita Falls, TX where he was a professional psychologist in private practice with his dad, Dr. Joe McGraw. According to Phil, he developed Pathways because he knew there had to be a better and quicker way for people to knock down the barriers preventing them from being successful in all areas of their life, and he was right! Since he opened Pathways? doors, the classes have filled by word-of-mouth for 18 years and have changed the lives of thousands and thousands of people nationally and internationally.
Although no longer involved in Pathways, Dr. McGraw works with Pathways in a consulting fashion in order to ensure Pathways stays true to his original training model. He trained Andy Lawrence, the lead facilitator, and personally conducted the Pathways Weekend /Walk in March 2001. Dr. Phil invited Andy and Christie Lawrence to assist him in creating the "
Get Real Challenge", which aired on the Oprah Show in the fall.
http://gopathways.org/dr_phil_mcgraw.htm http://www.emediawire.com/newsbycategor ... 09-04/220/ The Dr. Lawlis on Dr. Phil's Approaches Series from Professional CEU names April Diane Glunt(Life Coach) a Senior Life Strategist Coach. ProfessionalCEU is pleased to announce that April Diane Glunt is now a Senior
Life Strategist Coach. As a Senior Life Strategist, April Diane has been
taught all of the theories and techniques behind all of Dr. Phil's methodologies. April Diane has been trained by Dr. Phil's own teacher 'from way back when' and mentor, Dr. Lawlis, and is now able to effectively guide anyone who is willing to do what it takes through Dr.Phil's books (Self Matters, Life Strategies and Relationship Rescue). - 2004-05-27
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/5/prweb128432.htm Life Coach and founder of DesignerLife, April Diane Glunt now has Fearbuster Groups across the U.S.
(PRWEB) May 24, 2004 -- The Fearless Living Institute is pleased to announce that April Diane Glunt, LifeCoach and founder of DesignerLife, is now a Fearless Living Fearbuster Group Leader.
As a Certified Fearbuster Group Leader, April has been trained to support others on how to live without fear.
http://www.fearlessliving.org/fearless/index.jsp http://www.learndrphilfromlawlis.com/main/index.cfm http://www.learndrphilfromlawlis.com/ma ... herapy.cfm "Dr. Frank Lawlis, the principal content advisor to the Dr. Phil Show, is developing a national network of therapists and Life Strategists to handle inquiries and referrals from Dr. Phil's 7.5 million daily viewers.
The Dr. Lawlis on Dr. Phil's Approaches Series from ProfessionalCEU will be used to train this network of therapists. Once you obtain associate status, you'll become a referral network therapist, authorized to help clients according to Dr. Phil's approach.
Dr. Phil viewers who desire counseling will be referred to the Therapist Network, where they will be able to search for a licensed practitioner who has completed training in this program. Once a visitor selects a practitioner, they can schedule and pay for in-person, phone, or online therapy sessions through the site."
http://www.life-strategist.com/ "Life-Strategist.com is offered as a locator service to persons in the general public who desire to identify, locate and learn about life coaches who have received specialized training in the approaches used by Dr. Phil McGraw as taught by G. Frank Lawlis."
One of his favorite phrases, "How's that working for you?" "Would you rather be right or would you rather be happy?"is straight out of est, and his program is nothing but an LGAT seminar- Confrontation, humiliation.
Oprah?s apparently into est/Lifespring as well. Found several mentions. I saw mention of a headline like "Oprah Switches from Estrogen to est", but couldn't find it. She?s had Life Coaches on, directly connected.
Dr Phil?s Life Laws, particularly 2,3,4,6, straight out of est. Ever talk to a WWASP parent. There?s no right/wrong, only what works. You are at cause in your life, responsible for everything that happens to you, even rape. Blah, blah
Life Law #1: You either get it or you don't.
Life Law #2: You create your own experience.
Life Law #3: People do what works.
Life Law #4: You cannot change what you do not acknowledge.
Life Law #5: Life rewards action.
Life Law #6: There is no reality, only perception.
Life Law #7: Life is managed; it is not cured.
Life Law #8: We teach people how to treat us.
Life Law #9: There is power in forgiveness.
Life Law #10: You have to name it before you can claim it.
This next article is long and goes into how he screwed his first partner, Thelma Box, in the self-help seminar business.
http://archive.salon.com/ent/feature/20 ... ex_np.htmlThe most notable of the complaints outlined in the book and in investigative articles predating it come from a former therapy client of McGraw's who claims that he carried on a controlling and sometimes sexually inappropriate relationship with her. The client was 19 years old at the time, and alleges that McGraw touched her inappropriately, insisted that she check in with him often, and kept her "totally dependent" on him. She eventually filed a complaint with the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Although McGraw settled with the board, disciplinary actions taken by the board were quite firm, including, according to "The Making of Dr. Phil," "
a public letter of reprimand, a year of supervision by a licensed psychologist, complete physical and psychological exams, and an ethics class." A year after the official reprimand was issued in 1988, McGraw
closed his private practice and entered into the business of trial consulting, where he fortuitously consulted Oprah Winfrey when she was defending herself against libel charges from Texas cattlemen. Although McGraw downplays the incident with the 19-year-old patient, claiming that it was "investigated and dismissed" and that he was fed up with his work as a therapist anyway, the timing of his career change is impossible to ignore.
On one show, a teenaged son is tricked into appearing under false pretenses, and is then confronted and threatened with a total withdrawal of support and protection from incarceration if he doesn't enter rehab on the spot. Such interventions may be necessary for those with drug problems, but surely taking such avenues on national television should be considered cruel and unusual punishment for a teenager, who's apt to be consumed by appearances. Indeed, the boy seems mortified by the situation and appalled that his parents have lied to him. ...
Whether Dr. Phil has just saved the kid's life or shamed him in front of millions of viewers goes unchallenged -- by both the audience and the kid's family. Instead, they all stand around, wide-eyed and obedient, waiting to see what the good doctor will prescribe next.
