Category: Cult Experts

Steven Hassan is a cult expert with nearly 40 years of experience.

Hassan, a licensed mental health counselor (M.Ed. LMHC, NCC), is at the forefront of the cult education and recovery field, in which he has been involved since 1976.

A former cult member himself, he is an expert on the subject of mind control -- the coercive persuasion methods used by manipulative people to recruit and hold on to followers.

Catalyst Counselling, a registered charity in the UK, offers “help, assistance and counselling to people who have been damaged by religious groups or abusive relationships” — cults It also “address other problems that are faith, philosophical or relationship based.” The charity’s counsellor is Graham Baldwin, a cult expert.… Read more

The term ‘cult’ has a precise definition — or rather, several precise definitions. Which definition is the right one largely depends on the context in which the term ‘cult’ is applied.

Cult expert Steven Alan Hassan (Steve Hassan) has developed the Strategic Interaction Approach -- a non-coercive approach, effective and legal alternative for families to help cult members.

Families Against Cults is a Christian countercult ministry that reaches out to people involved in cult and the occult

International Cultic Studies Association ICSA is an interdisciplinary network of academicians, professionals, former group members, and families who study and educate the public about social-psychological influence and control, authoritarianism, and zealotry in cultic groups, alternative movements, and other environments.

International Cultic Studies Association

David Clark, is a professional Thought Reform Consultant, a court certified cult expert, and a Christian counter-cult apologist. Former cult member of the “Church of the Living Word”, also known as “The Walk” between 1972 – 1974. Attended Reformed Episcopal Seminary between 1976-1979.… Read more