GOOD READING - MY RECOMMENDATIONS

CULTS IN GENERAL

Kendall, Lois. (2016) Born and Raised in a Sect: You are not alone. Professional Publishing

Stein, Alexandra. (2017) Terror, Love & Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems. NY: Routledge

Bardin, L. (2000). Coping with Cult Involvement  Bonita Springs, FL: AFF

Cialdini, R.B. (1984). Influence: The Psychology of Modern Persuasion New York: Quill.

Giambalvo, C. (1992). Exit Counseling: A Family Intervention  Bonita Springs, FL: AFF.

Hassan, S. (1988). Combatting Cult Mind Control  Rochester, VT:  Park Street Press.

Hoffer, E. (1951). The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements  New York: Harper & Row Publishers.

 Lalich, Janja (1988)  Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults

Langone, M.D. (Ed). (1993)Recovery from Cults: Help for Victims of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse  New York: W. Norton & Company.

Lifton, R.J. (1961). Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism  New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Singer, M.T. (1995). Cults in our Midst: Hidden Menace in Our Lives San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Tobias, M.L. &  Lalich, J. (2006).  Take Back Your Life-Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships Berkeley, CA: Bay Tree Publishing.

Porterfield, Kay Marie. (1995). Straight Talk About Cults  New York: Facts On File, Inc. (especially for young adult readers)

CULT RECOVERY

Jenkinson, G. (2023) Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic, and Spiritual Abuse. London: Routledge

Ford, W. (1993). Recovery from Abusive Groups  Bonita Springs, FL: AFF

Herman, J.L. (1992). Trauma and Recovery  New York: Basic Books.

Williams, M.B.& Poijula, S. (2002).  The PTSD Workbook  Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

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SPECIFIC KINDS OF GROUPS

BIBLE BASED GROUPS/ABUSIVE CHURCHES

Zieman, Bonnie (2015). Exiting the JW Cult: A Healing Handbook. North Charleston, SC: Create Space Independent Publishing Platform

Schriver, Debby (2018). Whispering in the Daylight: The Children of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and their Journey to Freedom. Knoxville, TN, University of Tennessee Press.

Giambalvo, C. & Rosedale, H. (1996). The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ Bonita Springs, FL: AFF.

Johnson, D. & VanVonderen, J. (1991). The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse  Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers.

Winell, M. (1994). Leaving the Fold. A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others leaving their Religion  Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.

Duncan, W.J. (2006) I Can’t Hear God Anymore, Life in a Dallas Cult Rowlett, TX: VM Life Resources

EASTERN BASED MEDITATION GROUPS

Kramer, J & Alstead, D. (1993). The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books/Frog Ltd.

POLITICAL CULTS

Tourish, D. & Wohlforth, T. (2000). On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left  Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.

PSYCHOTHERAPY CULTS

Szalavitz, Maia (2006). HELP AT ANY COST: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids. NY: Riverhead Books

Singer, M.T. & Lalich, J. (1996).  “Crazy Therapies”  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

OCCULT/SATANIC CULTS

Langone, M.D. & Blood, L.O. (1990).  Satanism and Occult-Related Violence: What You Should Know  Weston, MA: AFF

Oksana, C. (1994). Safe Passage to Healing, a Guide for Survivors of Ritual Abuse  New York: Harper Perennial.

POLYGAMY GROUPS

Krakauer, Jon (2004)   Under the Banner of Heaven, a story of violent faith

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