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Anonymous:
Yeah, boarding school was really tough but the end result is good: I am at a 4 year college of MY choice earning a 3.3 GPA and I have a good relationship with my family (at least 500 times better than it used to be). I don't hate myself anymore, the staff there are great (especially Colleen, Gary and Doug) and they did their best for us. I graduated just under a year ago and I have done very well- thanks to their support because my family's support is so splotchy. Doug is always there for me to call and Colleen has been incredibly helpful to me, and she is an awesome person who I really respect. i didn't agree with everything but overall I think it works. I can see where some people are coming from but still- it's not John or Colleen's fault if it wasn't a good fit for you. It was not perfect but it works for a lot of people. I wouldn't even be in college or in any kind of school without the help I got there.

Vanessa

Anonymous:
How did you mange to handle the nights where John Mercer whould force you to reveal you deepest, darkest secrets?

Or were you there when he was home taking care of babies and when he really wasn't at the school all that much?

Because for those who experienced his night meetings it sounds they had a tough time with what he was making them do - divulge every single detail of their private lives, including sexual experiences.

Seems he really pushed them to say things that were not even true just to satisfy his strange need to know their every intimate experience. This in itself would seem to be sexually abusive - it sounds like he was pushing young girls to tell him where a guy put his you-know-what, for how long, how did it feel, and on and on - kind of sick if you ask me.

For some, this was devestating and a true invasion of their privacy.

To top that off he was not even a licensed therapist.

The damage that did to many girls is now evident and should not continue to go on. Maybe you escaped this. If you did that is wonderful.

Maybe if he was not there while you were things were not so bad. Can you let us know how much involvement he had at the place since you just recently left?

That might help shed some light as to why some had horrible experiences while others seem to have come out alright.

Anonymous:
God, could you be a little more melodramatic?! "The damage that did to many girls is now evident and should not continue to go on. Maybe you escaped this. If you did that is wonderful. "... you try to make it seem like you are just trying to get information when it is obvious you are pushing a certain point of view. The damage I have seen done to girls was by themselves, not because of John or anyone else. Talking about some of that stuff was hard and yes, I think we should have had more privacy, but you have to look the whole program and the results. I do see some problems with the school, but on the whole, I have seen it work for me and a whole lot of my friends.

Antigen:

--- Quote ---On 2005-05-01 09:11:00, Anonymous wrote:

Seems he really pushed them to say things that were not even true just to satisfy his strange need to know their every intimate experience. This in itself would seem to be sexually abusive - it sounds like he was pushing young girls to tell him where a guy put his you-know-what, for how long, how did it feel, and on and on - kind of sick if you ask me.

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Under any normal circumstances, such as work, school, in public or some stranger on the phone, this definitely rises to the level of sexual harassment. What's therapeutic about either being coerced to confess these things in a group setting or being forced to listen?


Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. A mystic is a man who treats his feelings as tools of cognition. Faith is the equation of feeling with knowledge.
--Ayn Rand, Russian-born author
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Anonymous:
"Talking about some of that stuff was hard and yes, I think we should have had more privacy, but you have to look the whole program and the results."



can you tell us what the results are? it's seems that it messed more girls up than it fixed. look at the Post "facts", and the "poll post" about whether the school is more harmful or helpful. Isn't that already looking at the whole program?

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