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==Alternative auditing practices==

Several alternatives to [[Dianetics]] were developed in the early years of the Free Zone.

Synergetics is a self-help system developed by Art Coulter in 1954.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aberree.com/terms/synergetics.html|title=Synergetics - The Compleat Aberree|website=www.aberree.com}}</ref> American businessman, Don A. Purcell, Jr., joined Synergetics in 1954 after he had financially bailed out Hubbard and his Dianetics foundations and was later sued by Hubbard.{{r|atack|page=138}} In 1976, Coulter published ''Synergetics: An Adventure in Human Development''; he later founded the Synergetic Society, which published a journal through 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://solutions.synearth.net/2002/02/12|title=CommUnity of Minds » 2002 » February » 12|website=solutions.synearth.net}}</ref>

Idenics is a personal counseling method not affiliated with any religion, that was developed by John Galusha beginning in 1987. Galusha researched for Hubbard during the 1950s, and was one of the founders of the first Church of Scientology in 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aberree.com/v01/n04p04.html|title=Successor Organization Is Religious Fellowship (continued) - The Compleat Aberree|website=www.aberree.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aberree.com/people/john-galusha.html|title=John Galusha - The Compleat Aberree|website=www.aberree.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freezoneplanet.org/3t.html|title=John Galusha and the Book One Course|website=www.freezoneplanet.org}}</ref> Galusha claimed that all personal issues can be addressed by thoroughly looking over the problem at hand, without judgment. The counselor asks a series of questions until the solution is considered found, by the client. Mike Goldstein, the owner of Idenics methodology and author of the book, ''Idenics: An Alternative to Therapy'', claims that the method is as effective over the telephone as in person.