Asiaworks的課程的起源是從1970年代一個美國的退休汽車工人想出的成長課程,當初叫做EST Training,後來衍生出許多的分支機構,如Landmark forum與Lifespring,Asiawork屬於從Lifespring分支出來的機構.這種課程的學名叫做大團體覺醒課程(Large Group Awareness Training,LGAT)其實是一種爭議性蠻大的課程,在國外也有許多糾紛,甚至有人因此自殺而求償的案例
以公平的角度來看,我覺得課程有沒有用是因人而異,就像去一家餐廳吃飯,有人說好吃也有人說不好吃,沒有一定誰對誰錯,只是我認為這個課程並未告知學員可能產生的風險與不好的結果,都是表面上說可以改變人生的官樣文章,並未提醒學員有可能涉及個人隱私的揭露與可能產生的不良結果,課程內部也沒有專業的心理人員對於問題學生予以協助或諮詢,消費者其實是處於一種資訊不對稱的狀況下,當然不是一種公平的銷售行為.
以下是國外的一篇文章談論到LGAT的狀況
大家可以參考看看
原文在http://skepdic.com/lgsap.html
以下摘取最後一段,看得懂得人應該知道這種課程的評價
Nevertheless, despite the lack of proof that these programs work the way their advocates claim, and despite the fact that many trainers are overly zealous in their recruitment of participants in seminars and advanced seminars, many participants feel they benefit greatly from such programs. However, research has shown that the feelings of having benefited greatly from participation in an LGAT do not correspond to beneficial changes in behavior (Michael Langone, "Large Group Awareness Training Programs," Cult Observer, v. 15, n. 1, 1998). Also, many of those who feel they have benefited do not understand that others may not feel they benefit at all from such programs. To their healthy friends and family members, the zealot may appear to have been brainwashed. Their enthusiasm seems unnatural and disproportionate. If they were unbalanced before taking the program, they may appear to have gone beyond "breakthrough" into "breakdown."