Not to mention voluntarily installing some of the worst spyware…

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    This might be a personal issue, but to me the vibes feel off with him. I’m not against someone self promoting, it just seems like every video of his I’ve seen has him wedging his $75 guide and $600 “group coaching” into conversations whenever he can. I’m not saying he’s wrong about anything or that his videos aren’t useful, he just comes off as very used car salesman to me.

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      A lot of his approach seems to be based on vedic philosophy, and all that is available free if you don’t want to go through him. You can walk into a temple and leave with free books because they believe knowledge should be free. All they ask is you pass the book on when you’re finished.

      I’ve got nothing against the guy though, I don’t know enough about him, just pointing out that you can get the knowledge free if you want to.

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        I like Dr. K and think the content he puts out is important and useful, but there are a few items with his approach that I don’t appreciate. In a few of his earlier videos, he uses an example of a farmer vs. a hunter (or something thereabouts) to explain why certain unproductive thoughts can be reoccurring in people. I find that this has a lot of overlap with evolutionary psychology, which has an evidence problem and is often employed by “mindset grifters” to move product. I’m not saying that Dr. K is one of those grifters, but I’m concerned that his employment of it might “soften up” viewers to that kind of logic. So that when an actual grifter employs it, the person would be more receptive to being scammed.

        But even so, I still want to stress that I think there’s a lot of good in his content and I think offering as much free content as he does is a public service.

        Edit: sorry, i forgot to tie this back to your comment. He often in his earlier videos tied back those evolutionary psychology examples to concepts in Vedic philosophy and meditation. I think that could be dangerous for the reasons above, with the added issue of tying evidence-based science to things that can’t be evidenced (like someone having a certain tendency present in Vedic thought). I have the same objections to that as I would astrology. But of course if people find either of those things helpful to their mental health journey, more power to them.

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        It’s not wrong but any time someone is giving advice and selling something at the same time, it calls into question their motives and integrity.

        Just means we should be suspicious, that’s all. Lots of scammers out there.

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            And someone can’t be licensed and potentially be pushing their own products for financial gain?

            Not really saying that’s exactly what he’s doing but just saying they’re licensed doesn’t put a person above reproach, especially when it comes to selling things to people.

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              You just described having a job lol. People use their licenses to make money, that’s the whole point!

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                Bruh, actually doing the job, not selling books or “not group therapy” group therapy sessions lmao

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                  I don’t know why you are so negative about a therapist trying to do therapy lol. And it is group therapy, so idk what you’re on about. This convo really isn’t going anywhere.

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                    I’m literally not, I’m just trying to explain to you what the previous posters point was but you clearly can’t understand a conflict of interest.

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            Although that only hides the sponsored segments, they’re still there, and potentially influencing the advice he gives.

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        If he wants to sell his guides for $75, yeah I think that’s overpriced but he can set the price he wants. It’s the whole group coaching thing that seems most sketch to me. A group of up to 7 people all having what he legally can’t imply is group therapy, but the website advertises that it helps reduce anxiety and depression. His brand is all about mental health, and to me it just skirts too close to doing a bait and switch.

        I’m also not a huge fan of the math on their customer cost:coach payment. For group sessions it’s $30/session/person, but their coach base salary is $20/hour and “up to” $37.50/hour. There aren’t any insurance costs or office rent or anything else like this being eaten up here.

        All of this stuff is technically legal, I just find it distasteful and it makes me suspicious.

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            I’ve paid more than that for therapy sessions, I’m well aware of how fucked the costs are. But they aren’t comparable. Therapy is a one on one session with a licensed professional who is providing you with an evaluation and potentially treatment, versus an ebook written by a doctor. I’m not saying it’s useless information, but you can probably get comparable books from your local library for free.