Dealing with Harassment: Part 1 One concern that survivors who attempt to leave cult groups mention is the issue of harassment. After all, groups that have invested time, money and thousands of hours of effort into controlling the mind and developing “useful” skills in an individual do not want to lose that person for several reasons:… read more »
The following is Chapter One from a new book that I have written: It’s Not Impossible: Healing from Ritual Abuse and Mind Control. Chapter One: Essentials to Deprogramming (What Needs to Be in Place Before Starting) Healing from mind control programming can be done, but it is not easy. One of the most difficult issues that… read more »
How to Support a Survivor First, it is important for supporters to realize how being raised in the cult can affect the survivor’s worldview. The survivor often will: Be raised in facilities, in groups Have their earliest attachment needs/bonding heavily manipulated Experience betrayals and abuse in all close relationships Will have extreme performance orientation and need… read more »
The following is from my new book One issue that survivors often face is attempts by the group they left to re-access them. This article was written to help survivors understand what accessing is, and the steps they and their therapist can take to prevent it from happening. What is accessing? Accessing is the deliberate… read more »
Still surrounded by programmed multiples. At least in this instance they are familiar, close Family. “The Family”. It still saddens me that they are all completely clueless. Despite my efforts to attempt to wake any of these people up to the true realities of their lives, they simply will reprogram themselves unknowingly. My Family have… read more »
The following information was mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110827183640/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/44693 – Several months ago, I sent a questionaire out to the professional community to find out the opinions of therapists who work with ritual abuse. I contacted the ISSD as well as several therapists whom I had heard of in the field. Why? Because I wanted a… read more »
This information was mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110828063305/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/45823 – Important note: This article does not, and is not meant, to take the place of work with a qualified therapist, which is essential to healing from severe trauma. The comments in this article are in general terms only, and are only opinions.* Healing. That is the goal in… read more »
This information is mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110826023602/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/72860 – Trigger warning: this article contains a strong Christian message. I am often asked, “Why have you chosen to write so openly on the topic of ritual abuse and mind control?” (Translation: Are you nuts? A secret worker for the cult giving out disinformation? Do you have a… read more »
This information is mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110820012519/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/54987 – Searching for a good therapist “You aren’t DID,” the therapist announced. I felt immense relief. This was a specialist in working with PTSD and DID, and the referral for a large Christian counseling group in Southern California. “You couldn’t be,” she continued, “because I lose time when I… read more »
Mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20120604040640/http://archive.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/95608 – Until recently, I have mainly written about programming and methods to work through and attempt to resolve it. But as I am working on my own healing, I am coming to realize that while breaking programming is important (and often life-saving), that eventually it becomes important to deal with core issues…. read more »