After he raised his concerns internally, Serrette said his treatment by other NAP leaders worsened dramatically. He also questioned the way in which therapy was used in the political work: "therapy was a way of getting people to not only operate in an organizational way, but also a way of controlling every aspect of their lives... you certainly couldn't straighten anybody out. But it was certainly effective in terms of controlling a lot of people to do the kinds of things that were asked of them... they would do anything, just about, that he would ask them to do."