Wellspring Retreat & Resource Center is a residential treatment facility that provides a program of counseling and instruction to victims of
cultic abuse,
religious abuse and/or
mind control. We are a nonprofit corporation and the nation’s only residential treatment center for cult victims. We also provide consultation to families who have loved ones in cults.
Wellspring is a Christian-based retreat center. But [Wellspring counselor Tiffany] Hawkins said staff members let clients bring up the topic of God. They don't want to push spirituality because many clients left situations in which leaders used God to manipulate them.
"Some don't want anything to do with God," she said. "They have been wounded in the name of God."
People come to Wellspring with symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. They spend two weeks there, where counselors do one-on-one meetings and group sessions. The goal is to let former cult members tell their stories and teach them how to think critically again.
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