I have got to write this column and advise my group because it is necessary.We had a very big scandal in seattle and since it has affected me,I had to write.The local newspaper ran a series of some of these New Age people.They have got a great deal of following here and some of them that I met are less to be desired.What the newspaper found out is that 18,000 of these New Age Therapists are not qualified by the state of Washington.They found that all of them attended this seminar and paid 40.00 and got a diploma.What alarmed me one of them was a released sex offender.Why he is practicing this New Age stuff is beyond me but it lead to the downfall of his practice.I found out that one of the people that I was going to was not qualified to lead this group.This group was founded in 2003 and I had no way of knowing because I did not have a computer then and I had no way of knowing that this lady was not qualified.This lady does not have a college education.Her husband sells real estate.In 2003,they had a lot of
money and from what I hear tragedy struck.That is all I know about her.I havent seen her since 2002.When the article was printed,I dropped out because some of the advice was not helping me and a few others.A person has got no way of knowing if the diploma on the wall is real.They sell diplomas in Rolling Stone and some of them look real.The people in washington are wonderful people and they really help out,but this lady really hurt me and others by giving advice when she was not qualified.And when our governor heard about the article and read the series,a great deal of people came forward.The school has been closed and it is permanet and he cannot practice in the state of Washington.Now you have to prove that you are a college graduate and you must at least have a masters degree before you get a license to practice any type of therapy here.So when people try to give me advice and tell me of a wonderful doctor,I cringe.And guess what I found out also? A great deal of these real estate investors here are also not qualified.They do not have college educations.They have certificates.And a certificate here is different.SO when you want to go to a therapist..do not shop around.I should have gone to the Better Business Bureau and they would have supplied me with a list of doctors who are qualified and if they did,my brothers death would not affect me after 4 years.And please tell all people with good intentions...to mind their own business.My grief is not affecting your job and if you were not there at my brothers funeral ...and did not help my other brother with frank..then do me a favor..an expression that was made famous by the late Morton Downey jr.ZIP IT! Thanks.Vader.Adios.