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    • A Statement of Evaluation Regarding Maranatha Campus Ministries/Maranatha
    • An Investigation into Cult Pseudo-Personality: What Is It and How Does It
    • An Open Letter to Clergy Regarding Helping Former Members of Abusive
    • Are Cultic Environments Psychologically Harmful?
    • Back From the Brink: An Abusive Church Movement Recovers Its Balance
    • Bad Fruits of the Legion of Christ Catholic Religious Order
    • Book Review - Born and Raised in a [SECT]: You are not Alone
    • Book Review - I Can't Hear God Anymore
    • Book Review - Jesus Doesnt Live Here
    • Book Review - Jesus Freaks A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evange
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    • Book Review - Our Father, Who Art in Bed
    • Book Review - Spiritual Abuse Recovery 1
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    • Book Review - The Discipling Dilemma
    • Book Review - The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse
    • Book Review - Unholy Devotion
    • Born or Raised in Closed, High-Demand Groups: Developmental Considerations
    • Characteristics Associated With Cultic Groups
    • Charismatic Covenant Community: A Failed Promise
    • Checks on Power and Authority in the New Testament
    • Choosing a Church
    • Clinical Update on Cults
    • Coming Back Home
    • Counseling Individuals Through a Crisis of Faith Dr. Cyndi Matthews, LPC-
    • Cult Formation
    • Cult Involvement: Suggestions for Concerned Parents and Professionals
    • Cults Evangelicals and the Ethics of Social Influence
    • Cults: What Clergy Should Know
    • Disciple Abuse
    • Dysfunctional Churches
    • Ethics in Proselytizing - A Jewish Perspective
    • Evangelization and Freedom in the Catholic Church
    • Family Dynamics During a Cult Crisis
    • Family Responses to a Young Adult's Cult Membership and Return
    • From Deprogramming to Thought Reform Consultation
    • Groucho Marx and Cult Recovery
    • Guidelines for Faith Communities
    • Guidelines for Spiritually Abused Persons
    • How to Talk to People Who are Trying to Save You
    • Inner Experience and Conversion
    • Is Your Religious Organization Free From Cultic Tendencies?
    • Lessons Learned from SGAs about Recovery and Resiliency
    • Mind Control - Psychological Reality or Mindless Rhetoric
    • Moments of Grace
    • More Than the Devils Due
    • My Experience in YWAM
    • Nothing Need Go To Waste
    • Of Cults and Evangelicals
    • On Using the Term "Cult"
    • Origins and Prevention of Abuse in Religious Groups
    • Physical Child Abuse in Sects
    • Post-Cult After Effects
    • Post-Cult Problems: An Exit Counselor's Perspective
    • Prevalence
    • Problem Solving An Approach for the Cult-Impacted Family
    • Psychological Abuse
    • Psychotherapy With Ex-Cultists: Four Case Studies and Commentary
    • Raised in Cultic Groups: The Impact on the Development of Certain Aspects
    • Religion Versus Cult
    • Research on Destructive Cults
    • Research Survey on Spiritual Abuse
    • Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes
    • Sex Therapy with Former Cult Members
    • Shipwrecked in the Spirit
    • Sifting the Wheat from the Tares
    • Six Conditions for Thought Reform
    • Spiritual Harm in New Religions
    • Stairway to Heaven: Treating Children in the Crosshairs of Trauma
    • Ten Steps to Critical Thinking
    • The Dangers of Spiritual Abuse: Clinical Implications and Best Practices
    • The Ethics of Evangelism and Cult Recruitment
    • The Making of a Disciple in the International Churches of Christ
    • The Perils of Persuasive Preaching
    • The Results of the International Cultic Studies Association’s 2008 Question
    • The Role of the Family
    • The Theory That Won’t Go Away: An Updated Review of the Role Hypnosis Plays
    • Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
    • Treatment of Satanism
    • Using Legal Analysis - Spiritual Abuse
    • Vulnerability
    • Why Did I Endure
    • Why Evangelicals are Vulnerable to Cults
    • Why I had to Escape a Fundamentalist Cult
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    • 2018-09-01 Charlene's Post-Cult Nonreligious
    • 2018-08-01 Catholic Aberrations
    • 2018-07-23 Spiritual Abuse in the Church
    • 2018-07-17 Christian Cults and the Concept of Hell
    • 2018-05-14 The Scandal of Evangelism
    • 2018-04-17 The Perils of Persuasive Preaching
    • 2018-03-26 Rajneeshies
    • 2018-03-17 Spiritual Abuse
    • 2018-03-08 The Dangers of Spiritual Abuse
    • 2018-02-23 Pink Slip From Billy Graham
    • 2018-02-07 Spiritual Abuse in the Church
    • 2018-01-07 Understanding Spiritual Abuse in Christian Communities
    • 2017-12-17 Heaven and Hell in Christian Thought
    • 2017-08-26 NBCC Approval
    • 2017-07-15 SAR Videos
    • 2017-05-23 SAR E-News Sexual Abuse Section
    • 2017-04-25 Recovery From Spiritual Abuse Conference
    • 2017-03-03 Resources on Clergy Sexual Abuse
    • 2017-02-22 Gerard Webster Resources
    • 2018-11-16 Stephen Parson's Blog
    • 2019-02-21 Sessions Relevant to Spiritual Abuse
    • 2019-03-19 A Pastoral Letter to the Church of Pittsburgh
    • 2019-05-23 Code of Conduct of Islamic Leadership
    • 2019-07-13 Counseling Individuals Through a Crisis of Faith
    • 2019-08-19 TM in the Public Schools
    • 2020-01-10 Spiritual Abuse Sessions at the ICSA Annual Conference
    • 2020-09-21 Ethical Code for Evangelists
    • 2020-01-10 Spiritual Abuse Sessions
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  • Get Help
    • Recovery From Spiritual Abuse
    • Families
    • Religious Professionals
    • Mental Health Professionals
  • Events
  • ICSA Membership / Donations
  • Find a Speaker
  • Articles
    • A 30-Year Odyssey
    • A Code of Ethics for the Christian Evangelist
    • A House of Mirrors
    • A Safe-Haven Church An Introduction to the Basics of a Safe Religious
    • A Statement of Evaluation Regarding Maranatha Campus Ministries/Maranatha
    • An Investigation into Cult Pseudo-Personality: What Is It and How Does It
    • An Open Letter to Clergy Regarding Helping Former Members of Abusive
    • Are Cultic Environments Psychologically Harmful?
    • Back From the Brink: An Abusive Church Movement Recovers Its Balance
    • Bad Fruits of the Legion of Christ Catholic Religious Order
    • Book Review - Born and Raised in a [SECT]: You are not Alone
    • Book Review - I Can't Hear God Anymore
    • Book Review - Jesus Doesnt Live Here
    • Book Review - Jesus Freaks A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evange
    • Book Review - Opus Dei
    • Book Review - Our Father, Who Art in Bed
    • Book Review - Spiritual Abuse Recovery 1
    • Book Review - Spiritual Abuse Recovery 2
    • Book Review - The Discipling Dilemma
    • Book Review - The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse
    • Book Review - Unholy Devotion
    • Born or Raised in Closed, High-Demand Groups: Developmental Considerations
    • Characteristics Associated With Cultic Groups
    • Charismatic Covenant Community: A Failed Promise
    • Checks on Power and Authority in the New Testament
    • Choosing a Church
    • Clinical Update on Cults
    • Coming Back Home
    • Counseling Individuals Through a Crisis of Faith Dr. Cyndi Matthews, LPC-
    • Cult Formation
    • Cult Involvement: Suggestions for Concerned Parents and Professionals
    • Cults Evangelicals and the Ethics of Social Influence
    • Cults: What Clergy Should Know
    • Disciple Abuse
    • Dysfunctional Churches
    • Ethics in Proselytizing - A Jewish Perspective
    • Evangelization and Freedom in the Catholic Church
    • Family Dynamics During a Cult Crisis
    • Family Responses to a Young Adult's Cult Membership and Return
    • From Deprogramming to Thought Reform Consultation
    • Groucho Marx and Cult Recovery
    • Guidelines for Faith Communities
    • Guidelines for Spiritually Abused Persons
    • How to Talk to People Who are Trying to Save You
    • Inner Experience and Conversion
    • Is Your Religious Organization Free From Cultic Tendencies?
    • Lessons Learned from SGAs about Recovery and Resiliency
    • Mind Control - Psychological Reality or Mindless Rhetoric
    • Moments of Grace
    • More Than the Devils Due
    • My Experience in YWAM
    • Nothing Need Go To Waste
    • Of Cults and Evangelicals
    • On Using the Term "Cult"
    • Origins and Prevention of Abuse in Religious Groups
    • Physical Child Abuse in Sects
    • Post-Cult After Effects
    • Post-Cult Problems: An Exit Counselor's Perspective
    • Prevalence
    • Problem Solving An Approach for the Cult-Impacted Family
    • Psychological Abuse
    • Psychotherapy With Ex-Cultists: Four Case Studies and Commentary
    • Raised in Cultic Groups: The Impact on the Development of Certain Aspects
    • Religion Versus Cult
    • Research on Destructive Cults
    • Research Survey on Spiritual Abuse
    • Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes
    • Sex Therapy with Former Cult Members
    • Shipwrecked in the Spirit
    • Sifting the Wheat from the Tares
    • Six Conditions for Thought Reform
    • Spiritual Harm in New Religions
    • Stairway to Heaven: Treating Children in the Crosshairs of Trauma
    • Ten Steps to Critical Thinking
    • The Dangers of Spiritual Abuse: Clinical Implications and Best Practices
    • The Ethics of Evangelism and Cult Recruitment
    • The Making of a Disciple in the International Churches of Christ
    • The Perils of Persuasive Preaching
    • The Results of the International Cultic Studies Association’s 2008 Question
    • The Role of the Family
    • The Theory That Won’t Go Away: An Updated Review of the Role Hypnosis Plays
    • Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
    • Treatment of Satanism
    • Using Legal Analysis - Spiritual Abuse
    • Vulnerability
    • Why Did I Endure
    • Why Evangelicals are Vulnerable to Cults
    • Why I had to Escape a Fundamentalist Cult
  • Books
  • Videos
  • Links
  • Groups
  • Definitions
  • Research
  • E-News Archive
    • 2018-10-11 Research Survey on SA
    • 2018-09-20 A Twisting of the Sacred
    • 2018-09-01 Charlene's Post-Cult Nonreligious
    • 2018-08-01 Catholic Aberrations
    • 2018-07-23 Spiritual Abuse in the Church
    • 2018-07-17 Christian Cults and the Concept of Hell
    • 2018-05-14 The Scandal of Evangelism
    • 2018-04-17 The Perils of Persuasive Preaching
    • 2018-03-26 Rajneeshies
    • 2018-03-17 Spiritual Abuse
    • 2018-03-08 The Dangers of Spiritual Abuse
    • 2018-02-23 Pink Slip From Billy Graham
    • 2018-02-07 Spiritual Abuse in the Church
    • 2018-01-07 Understanding Spiritual Abuse in Christian Communities
    • 2017-12-17 Heaven and Hell in Christian Thought
    • 2017-08-26 NBCC Approval
    • 2017-07-15 SAR Videos
    • 2017-05-23 SAR E-News Sexual Abuse Section
    • 2017-04-25 Recovery From Spiritual Abuse Conference
    • 2017-03-03 Resources on Clergy Sexual Abuse
    • 2017-02-22 Gerard Webster Resources
    • 2018-11-16 Stephen Parson's Blog
    • 2019-02-21 Sessions Relevant to Spiritual Abuse
    • 2019-03-19 A Pastoral Letter to the Church of Pittsburgh
    • 2019-05-23 Code of Conduct of Islamic Leadership
    • 2019-07-13 Counseling Individuals Through a Crisis of Faith
    • 2019-08-19 TM in the Public Schools
    • 2020-01-10 Spiritual Abuse Sessions at the ICSA Annual Conference
    • 2020-09-21 Ethical Code for Evangelists
    • 2020-01-10 Spiritual Abuse Sessions
  • Share Your Story
    • Guidelines for Sharing Your Story
  • Story Blog
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
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    • Home
    • Get Help
      • Recovery From Spiritual Abuse
      • Families
      • Religious Professionals
      • Mental Health Professionals
    • Events
    • ICSA Membership / Donations
    • Find a Speaker
    • Articles
      • A 30-Year Odyssey
      • A Code of Ethics for the Christian Evangelist
      • A House of Mirrors
      • A Safe-Haven Church An Introduction to the Basics of a Safe Religious
      • A Statement of Evaluation Regarding Maranatha Campus Ministries/Maranatha
      • An Investigation into Cult Pseudo-Personality: What Is It and How Does It
      • An Open Letter to Clergy Regarding Helping Former Members of Abusive
      • Are Cultic Environments Psychologically Harmful?
      • Back From the Brink: An Abusive Church Movement Recovers Its Balance
      • Bad Fruits of the Legion of Christ Catholic Religious Order
      • Book Review - Born and Raised in a [SECT]: You are not Alone
      • Book Review - I Can't Hear God Anymore
      • Book Review - Jesus Doesnt Live Here
      • Book Review - Jesus Freaks A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evange
      • Book Review - Opus Dei
      • Book Review - Our Father, Who Art in Bed
      • Book Review - Spiritual Abuse Recovery 1
      • Book Review - Spiritual Abuse Recovery 2
      • Book Review - The Discipling Dilemma
      • Book Review - The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse
      • Book Review - Unholy Devotion
      • Born or Raised in Closed, High-Demand Groups: Developmental Considerations
      • Characteristics Associated With Cultic Groups
      • Charismatic Covenant Community: A Failed Promise
      • Checks on Power and Authority in the New Testament
      • Choosing a Church
      • Clinical Update on Cults
      • Coming Back Home
      • Counseling Individuals Through a Crisis of Faith Dr. Cyndi Matthews, LPC-
      • Cult Formation
      • Cult Involvement: Suggestions for Concerned Parents and Professionals
      • Cults Evangelicals and the Ethics of Social Influence
      • Cults: What Clergy Should Know
      • Disciple Abuse
      • Dysfunctional Churches
      • Ethics in Proselytizing - A Jewish Perspective
      • Evangelization and Freedom in the Catholic Church
      • Family Dynamics During a Cult Crisis
      • Family Responses to a Young Adult's Cult Membership and Return
      • From Deprogramming to Thought Reform Consultation
      • Groucho Marx and Cult Recovery
      • Guidelines for Faith Communities
      • Guidelines for Spiritually Abused Persons
      • How to Talk to People Who are Trying to Save You
      • Inner Experience and Conversion
      • Is Your Religious Organization Free From Cultic Tendencies?
      • Lessons Learned from SGAs about Recovery and Resiliency
      • Mind Control - Psychological Reality or Mindless Rhetoric
      • Moments of Grace
      • More Than the Devils Due
      • My Experience in YWAM
      • Nothing Need Go To Waste
      • Of Cults and Evangelicals
      • On Using the Term "Cult"
      • Origins and Prevention of Abuse in Religious Groups
      • Physical Child Abuse in Sects
      • Post-Cult After Effects
      • Post-Cult Problems: An Exit Counselor's Perspective
      • Prevalence
      • Problem Solving An Approach for the Cult-Impacted Family
      • Psychological Abuse
      • Psychotherapy With Ex-Cultists: Four Case Studies and Commentary
      • Raised in Cultic Groups: The Impact on the Development of Certain Aspects
      • Religion Versus Cult
      • Research on Destructive Cults
      • Research Survey on Spiritual Abuse
      • Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes
      • Sex Therapy with Former Cult Members
      • Shipwrecked in the Spirit
      • Sifting the Wheat from the Tares
      • Six Conditions for Thought Reform
      • Spiritual Harm in New Religions
      • Stairway to Heaven: Treating Children in the Crosshairs of Trauma
      • Ten Steps to Critical Thinking
      • The Dangers of Spiritual Abuse: Clinical Implications and Best Practices
      • The Ethics of Evangelism and Cult Recruitment
      • The Making of a Disciple in the International Churches of Christ
      • The Perils of Persuasive Preaching
      • The Results of the International Cultic Studies Association’s 2008 Question
      • The Role of the Family
      • The Theory That Won’t Go Away: An Updated Review of the Role Hypnosis Plays
      • Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
      • Treatment of Satanism
      • Using Legal Analysis - Spiritual Abuse
      • Vulnerability
      • Why Did I Endure
      • Why Evangelicals are Vulnerable to Cults
      • Why I had to Escape a Fundamentalist Cult
    • Books
    • Videos
    • Links
    • Groups
    • Definitions
    • Research
    • E-News Archive
      • 2018-10-11 Research Survey on SA
      • 2018-09-20 A Twisting of the Sacred
      • 2018-09-01 Charlene's Post-Cult Nonreligious
      • 2018-08-01 Catholic Aberrations
      • 2018-07-23 Spiritual Abuse in the Church
      • 2018-07-17 Christian Cults and the Concept of Hell
      • 2018-05-14 The Scandal of Evangelism
      • 2018-04-17 The Perils of Persuasive Preaching
      • 2018-03-26 Rajneeshies
      • 2018-03-17 Spiritual Abuse
      • 2018-03-08 The Dangers of Spiritual Abuse
      • 2018-02-23 Pink Slip From Billy Graham
      • 2018-02-07 Spiritual Abuse in the Church
      • 2018-01-07 Understanding Spiritual Abuse in Christian Communities
      • 2017-12-17 Heaven and Hell in Christian Thought
      • 2017-08-26 NBCC Approval
      • 2017-07-15 SAR Videos
      • 2017-05-23 SAR E-News Sexual Abuse Section
      • 2017-04-25 Recovery From Spiritual Abuse Conference
      • 2017-03-03 Resources on Clergy Sexual Abuse
      • 2017-02-22 Gerard Webster Resources
      • 2018-11-16 Stephen Parson's Blog
      • 2019-02-21 Sessions Relevant to Spiritual Abuse
      • 2019-03-19 A Pastoral Letter to the Church of Pittsburgh
      • 2019-05-23 Code of Conduct of Islamic Leadership
      • 2019-07-13 Counseling Individuals Through a Crisis of Faith
      • 2019-08-19 TM in the Public Schools
      • 2020-01-10 Spiritual Abuse Sessions at the ICSA Annual Conference
      • 2020-09-21 Ethical Code for Evangelists
      • 2020-01-10 Spiritual Abuse Sessions
    • Share Your Story
      • Guidelines for Sharing Your Story
    • Story Blog
    • About Us
    • Contact Us

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The Results of the International Cultic Studies Association’s 2008 Questionnaire for Former Cult Members - Richard Dowhower

Research Survey on Spiritual Abuse - Michael Langone

Spiritual Abuse in the Church: A Guide to Recognition and Recovery - Kenneth Garrett

Understanding Spiritual Abuse in Christian Communities - Lisa Okaley and Justin Humphreys

Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Dynamic Research on Finding a Place of Wholeness - Barbara Orlowski

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