Tonight we discussed what is easily the biggest problem in mental health, why this is the way it is and some things we can actually… Read More »Critical Conversations 2.9.24 – The Biggest Problem in Mental Health
In this clip, I take a hard look at the question of whether cult leaders are mentally ill. If they aren’t just crazy, what else… Read More »Are Cult Leaders Mentally Ill?
In this clip, former Sea Org Case Supervisor Sunny Pereira and I discuss how Scientology deals with people who manifest symptoms of anxiety. Surprisingly, what… Read More »How Scientology Deals with Anxiety
This week we began a new idea of having a central theme for each show, starting this week with mental health. Melissa was able to… Read More »Critical Conversations 6.24.20 with Chris Shelton and Melissa Huff
Rachel Bernstein and I had a live chat about the Church of Scientology’s response to the COVID-19 crisis and how cult members behave in the… Read More »Scientology and COVID-19 with Rachel Bernstein
In this video we are going to talk about the Church of Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard’s beliefs and claims about curing people suffering from mental illness. While Scientology’s outright hatred of psychiatry and psychology are well known and even promoted by the Church through its advocacy front group, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, what is less known and less talked about are Hubbard’s fantastical pseudo-scientific claims about insanity. A recent story out of Cannon County, Tennessee highlighted for me that it was time to get this information out there, with the purpose of hopefully ensuring no one is uninformed enough to trust Scientologists with anyone’s physical or mental care now or at any point in the future.Read More »Why No One Should Trust Scientologists to Treat Mental Illness