Join world cult expert Steven Hassan as he shares almost 50 years of experience regarding how to heal and grow after a high demand religion or cult.

Resources:

https://freedomofmind.com/resource-li...

Steven's Books: https://freedomofmind.com/books/

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- Understanding Cults: A Foundational Course for Clinicians: https://courses.freedomofmind.com/cou...

- Recovery after Mormonism Workshop w/ Dr. John Dehlin:
https://courses.freedomofmind.com/cou...
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:09:00 Discussing the term “cult”
00:23:30 Mind control (cult activity) as “Unspecified Dissociative Disorder”
00:25:00 Healthy groups give informed consent, healthy parenting
00:30:00 BITE Model
00:39:00 Jehovah’s Witness Information control
00:41:30 Mormon Information control
00:46:30 Psychological dependence makes information less effective
00:49:00 Thought control, thought stopping
00:53:00 No legitimate reason to leave
01:02:30 Emotion
01:06:00 Mormon emotional manipulation
01:10:30 Demand for purity = perfectionism
01:12:00 Legitimate fears (real threats) vs phobia (non-threats)
01:15:00 Identifying as our beliefs
01:18:30 Parenting model - kids need to mess up, modeling healing and growth
01:24:00 Influence Continuum - Individuals
01:50:00 Influence Continuum - Leadership
01:54:00 What Healthy Leaders do
01:57:00 What Mormon Leadership is like
02:01:00 Mormons and Jesus vs. Joseph Smith
02:04:00 For Mormons loving Jesus = obedience to authority
02:13:00 Influence Continuum - Organizations
02:14:45 Unhealthy Characteristics
02:23:30 Leadership Deception and the SEC
02:27:00 Reprogramming the mind after deep programming/conditioning
02:35:00 Real you vs. cult you, internal decisions vs external
02:36:45 Re-parenting technique
02:40:15 Ex-Mormons Learning to feel feelings, be in their bodies
02:43:30 Being “tied to the group” after your awakening
03:06:15 Treating Phobia indoctrination early
03:09:00 Getting quality sleep
03:10:00 “Fair gaming”
03:12:00 Delusions/Paranoia
03:13:00 Ethical deprogramming
03:14:00 Closing thoughts, resources
03:17:00 Insist that your therapist has some competency on high-demand religions

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