Louise Samways

Louise Samways, B.Sc., Dip. Ed. Psych., M.A.P.S., M.A.S.H.  is a Melbourne, Australia psychologist and best-selling author.

Dangerous Persuaders
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.'" 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."

Books/Publications

 * Your Mindbody Energy
 * 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
 * The 12 Secrets of Health and Happiness, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-026591-0
 * The Chemical Connection, Penguin Books, 1990
 * The Non-Toxic House, McCulloch/Green Press 1991
 * United we stand, divided we fall, Kelpie Press, 1999