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Sounds like the encounter groups we were forced to attend in medical school.

In one, my roommate was "helped" by the others (i.e. picked on and ridiculed).,

In my group, we were supposed to tell private matters to "share" them. A lot of them I figured were none of the other student's business, so I lied and made up stuff. And when I was on call, I arranged the nurses to page me after twenty minutes so I could go to an "emergency". The "emergency" was usually sitting around with the nurses and others drinking coffee and shooting the breeze. Sometimes we actually shared private matters in these informal coffee klatches, but the difference was that I could chose to share or not to share: I was not interrogated about my deepest feelings in front of a lot of other students who didn't really care about me but would have probably confronted me with my politically incorrect opinions.

This is, of course, brainwashing....

From challengeday.org:

For millions of young people every day, violence and alienation has become deeply ingrained in his or her school experience. Challenge Day, a non-profit organization, and its team are committed to stopping teen violence and alienation. Our award-winning programs are designed to tear down the walls of separation, inspiring participants to live, study and work in an environment of compassion, acceptance and respect. Now you can take a stand to stop the violence, abuse, alienation and isolation that so profoundly affects the youth of our world. Join us in our efforts and experience the power of Challenge Day. ....

Challenge Day, the organization, was formed in January of 2001 and operates as a 501(c)(3) non profit tax exempt organization to assist schools financially to host Challenge Days and to provide a structure for the Challenge Days Mentorship Programs to reach a national and international audience.

Motivated by memories of their own teen experiences and fueled by the desire to instill positive change in the world, Yvonne and Rich St. John- Dutra created the transformational and award-winning Challenge Day Program 14 years ago. Through Challenge Day, hundreds of thousands of young people have seen the power of love and compassion transforms their schools and their communities.

Story from Seattle Times.

Financial reports not posted on guidestar.org.

the chief operator of these weeping workshops says he smells a "a huge potential growth area" in the public schools

I'll bet!

It's easier hiring vacuous emotion-driven cirriculum contractors than teaching math and science, for sure.

On the other hand, if it keeps them from teaching the public school versions of American History and government, I'm all for it!

Sponsored by a for-profit company called Resource Realizations in Scottsdale, Ariz., and run jointly by a nonprofit organization called Challenge Day, the chief operator of these weeping workshops says he smells a "a huge potential growth area" in the public schools.

Yet another parasitic industry arriving on the scene to drain school budgets.....and how long before this becomes a required class, conveniently stuck under the "health and safety" banner?

Thank God for homeschooling.