Louise Samways
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| Louise Samways | |
| Occupation | Psychologist Author, Dangerous Persuaders |
|---|---|
Louise Samways is a Melbourne, Australia psychologist and best-selling author.
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[edit] Dangerous Persuaders
Dangerous Persuaders is a book published by Penguin Books in 1994.
Dr. Samways included a section on Landmark Education in her book on personal development courses and cults, Dangerous Persuaders. She made no claim to have observed Landmark programs first-hand; she stated that her book :
"evolved ... from thousands of personal stories told to me over many years by my patients and people attending my seminars and lectures. I have mentioned the names of groups and courses only where I have heard similar and consistent stories from many separate sources." [1]
She went on further to list particular areas of concern :
"The courses I worry about particularly are those attempting dramatic change in short periods of time, such as Landmark Education, EST, Forum, Money & You and Hoffman Process, for they are misusing the psychological techniques allied to hypnosis in order to make the behavioural changes. [2]
[edit] Books/Publications
- Your Mindbody Energy Viking O'Neil/ Penguin 1992. Full text available at author's web site.
- Dangerous Persuaders: An expose of gurus, personal development courses and cults, and how they operate, Penguin: 1994; currently out-of-print ISBN 0-14-023553-1. Full text available at author's web site, updated 2006.
- The 12 Secrets of Health and Happiness, Penguin Books 1997, ISBN 0-14-026591-0. Full text available at author's web site.
- The Chemical Connection, Penguin Books, 1990. Full text available at author's web site.
- The Non-Toxic House, McCulloch/Green Press 1991. Full text available at author's web site.
- United we stand, divided we fall, Kelpie Press, 1999
There also some articles on the author's web site, with full text available.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Louise Samways, Dangerous Persuaders: An expose of gurus, personal development courses and cults, and how they operate, Penguin: 1994; currently out-of-print ISBN 0-14-023553-1
- ^ Louise Samways, Dangerous Persuaders: An expose of gurus, personal development courses and cults, and how they operate, Penguin: 1994; currently out-of-print ISBN 0-14-023553-1
[edit] External links
- Inside the cults of mind control, Sunday Age, Melbourne, Australia, April 3, 1994, Gary Tippet
- Review of Dangerous Persuaders, Cults and Society, 2001
- The politics of ‘New Age’ cults, Vera Butler, Australian Rationalist, No. 51
- Author Bio, at Penguin Books, Australia, 1998
- Louise Samway's personal web site
