Sorry, had to switch to Goggle Chrome, duh.
This article is not speaking specifically of the WT, so it uses the words "Star Chamber/Hot Seat" meetings. I had never heard that before!
Now i am having trouble getting the link into here, and have to go to work, so here is the link for the web site: www.undermuchgrace.blogspot.com. I think it's the lead article right now. It's called "What Do You Risk When you go to a Star Chamber/Hot Seat Meeting?" The authors' name is Nancy Kunsman.
Here's a snippet from the article:
To those who believe in the benefits of confrontational meetings with spiritually abusive leaders, I offer this summary of information that I've based on the perspective of the writings of Dr. Albert Biderman. I frequently refer to Robert Lifton as a framework to talk about such matters of manipulation, but concerning the nature of manipulation that takes place directly in star chamber meetings with leaders of spiritually abusive groups, I've chosen Biderman's writing concerning manipulation, thought reform, and domestic violence. In his book, The Manipulation of Human Behavior, Biderman notes how these dynamics that occur during such meetings actually foster "disturbances in brain function.