var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; But it's much more difficult. Those creepy remarks came after Ruhle wondered why Jeske does what . General psychotherapy, specializing in cult recovery and education for those affected by cults; facilitating a Group for Former Cult or High-Demand Group Members (since 2003), facilitating online and in-person workshops for former members. GILLEY: Looking back at it now, it's terrifying. BENSCOTER: I started believing that all information from regular news sources is just wrong, and they became, like, the enemy. The Phoenix Project was created by Diana Pletts as a healing, liberating, and empowering experience. var addy_textd837acf5bd986a89f36638fee3f1630d = 'andreamoore4' + '@' + 'verizon' + '.' + 'net';document.getElementById('cloakd837acf5bd986a89f36638fee3f1630d').innerHTML += ''+addy_textd837acf5bd986a89f36638fee3f1630d+'<\/a>'; Colleen Russell, LMFT, CGP 1036 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Kentfield, CA 94904 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. Today, experts say the engagement. Instead, she suggests neutral sources, like academic research that Queen can read herself. And I think SMITH: Benscoter talks about the reputable nonprofits fighting human trafficking and suggests Queen get involved. Phone: (303) 797-0629 Web site: http://cultrecover.com/, Vanessa N Weber, MSW, LCSWNew Milford Counseling5Bennitt StreetNew Milford, CT 06776 Phone: (860) 717 4400 Web site: www.newmilfordcounseling.com, Erika Van Meir, LMFT Atlanta Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Families Against Cult Teachings and Abuses Education & Awareness | Victim Support | Cult Group Investigation For further consultation and assistance, we recommend contactingJanette Allen at www.CultConsultant.org. That's counterproductive, typically causing a person to just dig their heels in, Ryan says. QUEEN: That's right - and sturdy bridges, not nothing that's going to fall apart. In Georgia, Andra Gillespie of Emory University says the voting bill would disproportionately hurt lower-income voters, people of color and Democrats. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; A problem shared is a problem halved. Like (40K) Share. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. Hassan most recently authored The Cult of Trump, an analysis of the president's hold over his most ardent supporters, and began deprogramming people after he left the notorious Moonie cult in 1976. We used to think smokers were only harming themselves. Ingo Michehl, M.Ed., Counseling Psychologist Bodensee, Germany Web site: psychotherapiebodensee.comEmail: This email address is being protected from spambots. A cult keeps people in by its magnetizing and entrancing environment, so if the person gets away from this environment, they'll have space to think and reflect. She's upfront that her aim is to get Queen to consider the possibility that she's caught in a web of disinformation, while at the same time, she insists she's not trying to change her by turning her into a Democrat, for example. She recently founded a nonprofit called Antidote to run Al-Anon-style recovery groups for those caught up in disinformation and their loved ones. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var addy_text9305946a8da6033cf0ae51a493ea258b = 'info' + '@' + 'leonafurnari' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak9305946a8da6033cf0ae51a493ea258b').innerHTML += ''+addy_text9305946a8da6033cf0ae51a493ea258b+'<\/a>'; LEONARD MOTY: There's no constructive criticism. Many are adamant, like Michelle Queen, that no one could change their mind. SMITH: While Queen does not consider herself part of QAnon, she also believes some of its most outlandish tenets - for example, that Satan-worshipping elites in a secret pedophile cabal are killing babies and drinking their blood. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. His approach is to "ask gentle questions" and then allow people "to connect the dots themselves. SMITH: And then Benscoter carefully starts making the case that anyone can be duped, offering up herself as Exhibit A and explaining how she, as a Moonie, thought she was following the Messiah. FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday rejected conspiracy theories blaming left-wing extremists for the violence. Specializes in recovery from authoritarian religious organizations. Phone: (214) 607-1065 Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. One click led to another, and he wound up deep into dark conspiracies and hate speech dressed up as dogma, which to Gilley felt like validation. For. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; You need JavaScript enabled to view it. var addy1833e4fdcb5e73c4e79dca8a1e8dad0d = 'mwinell' + '@'; document.getElementById('cloakc86dd6e18b3f6b7519f1d77b8ebc194c').innerHTML = ''; Thats toxic and going to drive the person deeper [into the conspiracy] by persecuting them.. Oh, absolutely. BENSCOTER: It establishes this camaraderie and this feeling of righteousness and this cause for your life, and that feels very invigorating and almost addictive. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Instead, Hassan recommends reconnecting with the believer over shared interests and experiences, like fishing or vacations taken together, because those reminders will help the believer remember their identity before the conspiracy theory took hold of them. Cult deprogramming was once a hotbed of dangerous experimentation. BENSCOTER: I think it's really important to try to help people inoculate, to try to create herd immunity to psychological manipulation and to hit that tipping point in society where more people understand how these tactics work. Queen asks. Phone: (214) 607-1065 Email: info@dallascult.com Web site: www.dallascult.com Cyndi Matthews, PhD, LPC-S, NCC Counseling for cult survivors, domestic violence survivors, and LGBT populations Dallas Web site: www.drcyndimatthews.com Email: cyndersm@verizon.net SHAPIRO: NPR's Tovia Smith, with some additional reporting from NPR's Joel Rose and Sarah McCammon. var addy5fb41fcd031f23f99e1fe74c1f0c8e03 = 'freemindsuk' + '@'; But it's a tedious and time-intensive process, and one that Benscoter concedes, cannot keep up with disinformation spreading virally online. addyc86dd6e18b3f6b7519f1d77b8ebc194c = addyc86dd6e18b3f6b7519f1d77b8ebc194c + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; document.getElementById('cloak7986d920f3745ab243b59af6f71579f5').innerHTML = ''; BENSCOTER: Some of the things that are being spread about, you know, babies being eaten and things - I don't think those things are true personally. This email address is being protected from spambots. document.getElementById('cloakf8cac7ff1581dc987ce8d90a07bec040').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; Like, are we just going to start fighting for just thought control? You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Cult expert Steven Hassan was on Tuesday brought on CNN to advise on how to deprogram members of what he described in his 2019 book as the "Cult of Trump." Perhaps with an eye toward boosting his deprogramming business, however, he suggested the entire country was in need of his services. var addy36636b8776af4b03ad7a9a07dfcdf3b6 = 'Rosanne' + '@'; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; "How do we prove they're not doing that? And she tells Queen how those indoctrination tactics worked on her. One click led to another, and he wound up deep into dark conspiracies and hate speech dressed up as dogma. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; "They believe it much stronger.". You need JavaScript enabled to view it. According to the Ipsos poll, more than 40% of Americans believed some of the most virulent and far-fetched disinformation either the baseless claim that the election was rigged, that a Satan-worshiping child sex ring is trying to control our politics and media, or that Antifa activists were responsible for the Capitol riots. It's a plandemic (ph), and it's a damndemic (ph). SMITH: Eventually, thanks to a patient friend, Gilley came to understand how he, a left-leaning Obama supporter, allowed himself, as he puts it, to fall down a far-right rabbit hole. Thats how many Americans believe that the death toll from coronavirus has been overinflated, according to a July 21 Axios/Ipsos poll. He implores them to change their tone, to be less adversarial or less mocking. "Well," she says at one point, "one thing that I think is so sad right now is that the country is so divided, people are almost like spitting at each other. What deprogramming amounted to, of course, was a form of forced behavior modification. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; A security team guards the person for several days, 24 hours a day, while the deprogrammer, former cult members, and family members present information. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; While delusional conspiracy theories go way back, experts say right-wing disinformation, in particular, is now spinning out on an unprecedented scale. var addy_text08a3115d0b8c7e253703ff3626436340 = 'dwehlelcsw' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak08a3115d0b8c7e253703ff3626436340').innerHTML += ''+addy_text08a3115d0b8c7e253703ff3626436340+'<\/a>'; Wellspring Retreat Albany Greg Sammons, Director Specializing in the rehabilitation of individuals who have suffered in abusive religious groups, relationships and organizations. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Whats wrong, Hassan says, is telling the believer that theyre brainwashed, or stupid or weak. The key, Hassan says, is to empower people and help them make their own decisions; for example, instead of trying to persuade a QAnon adherent to stop believing in the conspiracy theory, redirect them toward legitimate organizations working to stop human trafficking. ", In other cases, the allure may be what Benscoter calls "easy answers to life's hard questions.". addy5fb41fcd031f23f99e1fe74c1f0c8e03 = addy5fb41fcd031f23f99e1fe74c1f0c8e03 + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; var addy_text5fb41fcd031f23f99e1fe74c1f0c8e03 = 'freemindsuk' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak5fb41fcd031f23f99e1fe74c1f0c8e03').innerHTML += ''+addy_text5fb41fcd031f23f99e1fe74c1f0c8e03+'<\/a>'; Deprogramming is the more drastic of the two approaches because it usually involves an initial kidnapping to get the cult member away from the cult. 7:15 On Thursday, Vanity Fair published an interview with cult expert Steven Hassan detailing how to go about "deprogramming" Trump supporters, while arguing for a "massive education" effort involving the participation of schools, mental health professionals, law enforcement, media, politicians, and intelligence agencies. addy9ab5a63abd787008bc43f649316071fa = addy9ab5a63abd787008bc43f649316071fa + 'protonmail' + '.' + 'com'; Phone: (347) 554-0191. Instead, she offers up herself as Exhibit A, explaining how she when she was a Moonie thought she was following the Messiah. The term deprogramming has been used since the 1970s to refer to a range of behaviors, all of which are aimed at convincing members of so-called new religious movements (NRMs) to leave such groups and return to more mainstream social and religious lifestyles. Phone: (845)-499-0957, Daniel Shaw, CSW Mental health professional that treats cult abuse victims. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; It would add voting restrictions to upcoming elections. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; Also a former cult member and anti-cult activist. var addy_text1d5d405a44b140051bf1a553979856bb = 'malinoski' + '@' + 'faxtone' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak1d5d405a44b140051bf1a553979856bb').innerHTML += ''+addy_text1d5d405a44b140051bf1a553979856bb+'<\/a>'; It is now operated by the Foundation for Religious Freedom (FRF), a California corporation doing business as Cult Awareness. Cult leaders are much more dangerous because they have a delusion. addy58e313c97f95266c6ebc9cf6532a97bb = addy58e313c97f95266c6ebc9cf6532a97bb + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; And I think we need to get to the bottom of that, though. I'm not in a cult. Accuracy and availability may vary. Dan's talk on The Psychology of the Cult Leader. Stay strong in your decision to leave the cult. Phone: 1 (239) 514-3081 Intervention101 Cult Recovery Resources Intervention101.com Since 1984, we have helped people with destructive cults, mind control, brainwashing, parental alienation, estrangement, abusive relationships, gurus, multi-level marketing, violent extremism and other forms of undue influence. "Just having someone tell you you're right, and don't listen to people, it just leads you down that path so fast," he recalls. 2: Go on Facebook or the web and search for groups of ex members from the group you were in. "But it doesn't mean they need to be tortured or killed.". "I think now is the time to start building bridges, you know. SMITH: Then Benscoter walks a fine line, being totally upfront that she wants Queen to consider that she's caught in a web of disinformation while insisting that she's not trying to turn Queen into a Democrat, for example. document.getElementById('cloakb2de03711ae6bd99ac1a0f1add652edf').innerHTML = ''; Before Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij created The OA, the pair teamed up for a spellbinding drama about two journalists who try to infiltrate a secluded cult led by an . After the forced removal, deprogramming mostly . var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; "And sturdy bridges! Queen listens quietly as Benscoter explains how extremist groups need to control what people think in order to convince them to dedicate themselves to a cause, and so these groups paint everything else as a lie or evil. SHAPIRO: Joan Donovan is a researcher at Harvard Kennedy's Shorenstein Center, and she says the truth is often kind of boring and doesn't play well on social media. var addy_text1d7636c60bf66e28f720217bac536c67 = 'vanessa' + '@' + 'tellatherapist' + '.' + 'net';document.getElementById('cloak1d7636c60bf66e28f720217bac536c67').innerHTML += ''+addy_text1d7636c60bf66e28f720217bac536c67+'<\/a>'; P.O. Infranaut/YouTube. Copyright 2021 NPR. 383 (1983)Google Scholar; Note, Tort Liability for Cult Deprogramming, 43 Ohio St. L.J. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; She expresses sympathy for how Queen's business has been hurt during the pandemic. 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