SAFE HARBOR--- not so safe..

SAFE HARBOR-not so safe.. Scientology

SAFE HARBOR-ALTERNATIVE MENTAL HEALTH
http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/

Safe Harbor is the webs largest Alternative mental health organization/clearinghouse. I recently queried them about alleged affiliations with SCN.

Dear Michael,

Safe Harbor is an independent nonprofit organization that is not affiliated with the Church of Scientology or any other organization.We have a few Scientologists who volunteer for us along with people from many other walks of life around the world. We also receive requests for help from many Scientologists since they have a strong interest in helping loved ones avoid psychiatric drugs. CCHRs around the world routinely refer people to our site, as do many other organizations, doctors, and even psychiatrist- we get 10,000 visitors a week.

I am the founder of Safe Harbor and have studied Scientology But Safe Harbor does not exist to promote Scientology or any other religion or philosophy. Our function is to provide people with safe, non-drug options for serious mental health problems.

I hope this answers your questions.

All the best,

Dan Stradford

Safe Harbor

**One more front group-this one quite large and influential.**

Michael Greenberg (Umike)

<p><hr><p> From: henri <henri@nowhere.com>
Subject: Re: SAFE HARBOR-not so safe..
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:50:12 -0500
Organization: The Reality-Based Community
Message-ID: <luik015ge3teg1ft0f461aumpt1gkmh5oh@4ax.com>

On 9 Feb 2005 07:26:03 -0800, "Michael Greenberg" <michaelg77@mac.com> wrote:

>SAFE HARBOR-ALTERNATIVE MENTAL HEALTH
>http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/
>
>Safe Harbor is the webs largest Alternative mental health
>organization/clearinghouse. I recently queried them about alleged
>affiliations with SCN.
>
>Dear Michael,
>
>Safe Harbor is an independent nonprofit organization that is not
>affiliated with the Church of Scientology or any other organization.We
>have a few Scientologists who volunteer for us along with people from
>many other walks of life around the world. We also receive requests for
>help from many Scientologists since they have a strong interest in
>helping loved ones avoid psychiatric drugs. CCHRs around the world
>routinely refer people to our site, as do many other organizations,
>doctors, and even psychiatrist- we get 10,000 visitors a week.
>
>I am the founder of Safe Harbor and have studied Scientology But Safe
>Harbor does not exist to promote Scientology or any other religion or
>philosophy. Our function is to provide people with safe, non-drug
>options for serious mental health problems.
>
>I hope this answers your questions.
>
>
>All the best,
>
>Dan Stradford
>
>Safe Harbor

I notice that he doesn't mention that he is an OT8 (Freewinds 19 of April 1996), a subscriber to the now-defunct Scientologist-only Itheta mailing list (and GetInComm too), and an IAS Patron.

Additionally, Safe Harbor is or was listed in "Club Theta's" business directory:

HEALTH AND MEDICAL OTHER PRACTITIONERS
Safe Harbor
"Changing Lives Every Day"
Dan Stradford/Wendy Bolt
Voice: 323-257-7338
Fax: 323-257-7014
1718 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90041

Safe Harbor‘s 2nd Annual Medical Conference: "Non-Pharmaceutical Approaches to Mental Disorders" Saturday, May 31, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, & Sunday, June 1, 2003, 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM

Pasadena Sheraton Hotel, Pasadena, CA (just outside Los Angeles). Before May 15: $120 both days, after May 15: $150 (lunch not included), 16 Hours continuing education units (CEUs) for CA LCSW/MFTs & nurses $60 extra. To register, go to http://www.alternativementalhealth.compharmadono.htm or http://www.mollyguard.com/event/1290861 to register via PayPal.

And of course he had the obligatory spam page: http://www.oursites.org/danstradford

It appears to be gone, but here's what used to be on it:

Name: Dan Stradford URL: www.oursites.org/danstradford/index.htm Picture: None Myself:

Hello, my name is Dan Stradford, and here is a little bit about myself: I'm a pretty regular guy. I like music (anything from country to classical), fishing, and the great outdoors. My wife Betty and I have two teenage girls, Sarah and Christy. We live in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California in a rustic area in the mountain foothills. I am president of a well-respected corporation that services heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems all over Southern California. We are members of the local Chamber of Commerce. I am a published writer of fiction and non-fiction. I write nature pieces and various articles, including some for trade magazines in my industry. I do occasional lectures on Scientology at local Churches of Scientology.

Success:

I became a Scientologist when I was about 20 years old. At that time, my life was a morass of confusion. I felt completely uncertain about the future and my ability to deal with it. I doubted myself. I questioned the moral beliefs I'd been brought up with, leaving me to wonder whether good or evil wins in the end. I had been raised in dire poverty and had seen the misery of failure in all of its facets when I was growing up. I feared becoming part of it. I feared the predictions of so-called "experts" that if I was born of "inferior" parents, then my future would be guided by these "defective " genes. I was intelligent and capable, but these abilities seemed to get lost or misused in the upsets of life. Sometimes I had a grip on things, and sometimes I felt swallowed by life's sufferings. Then I discovered Scientology. One of the first things I learned in Scientology was that Man - all men, including me - are basically good and simply seeking to survive. This truth was like a shaft of sunlight piercing the menacing clouds over my life. I continued to study this remarkable technology and apply it to myself and others. I took course after course, advancing forward in Scientology on a road toward greater and greater survival for myself and those around me. Today, after twenty-plus years on this road, there are no clouds. They left a long time ago. Now my life is like a huge sun on the morning horizon, shimmering in anticipation of the day to come. Fear and uncertainty no longer run my life. I do. I have a very successful business. A wonderful marriage of more than 20 years. A rich family life. Wealth. Friends I can trust. I have certainty in myself and in my future. I live a life of decency that I am proud of. I have a deep love for my fellow man and I feel joy every day. I have achieved success beyond my dreams and have seen realms I never knew existed. And each day I think about what a lucky man I am. That I found Scientology those many years ago, that I had enough courage to seek to make myself better. And daily I wish for the people I meet that perhaps they, too, will someday have the great fortune to travel this road, to have their sorrows and burdens lifted, and to see their future as I see my own. I could not wish for them anything better.

He is also in the WISE Directories for 1999 and 2001, as well as listed under California for the year 1991.

Here is his entry in the 1999 directory:

Action Duct Cleaning Co, Inc. Dan Stradford 5033 1/2 Eagle Rock St. Los Angeles, CA 90041-1923 United States (1) 323-257-0932 (1) 323-257-4097 actionduct <at> aol.com

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