Research Catalog

Title

Take back your life : recovering from cults and abusive relationships / Janja Lalich and Madeleine Tobias.

Author

Lalich, Janja.

Publication

Berkeley, Calif. : Bay Tree Pub., c2006.

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Additional Authors

Tobias, Madeleine Landau.

Description

x, 372 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Cult victims and those who have suffered abusive relationships often suffer from fear, confusion, low self-esteem, and post-traumatic stress. Take Back Your Life explains the seductive draw that leads people into such situations, provides guidelines for assessing what happened, and hands-on tools for getting back on track. Written for victims, their families, and professionals, this book leads readers through the healing process.

Subject

• Cults > Psychology
• Deprogramming
• Ex-cultists > Rehabilitation
• Ex-cultists > Mental health

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Captive hearts, captive minds / Madeleine Landau Tobias. c1994.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-358) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The cult experience -- Defining a cult -- Recruitment -- Indoctrination and resocialization -- The cult leader -- Abusive relationships and family cults -- The healing process -- Leaving a cult -- Taking back your mind -- Dealing with aftereffects -- Coping with emotions -- Building a life -- Facing the challenges of the future -- Healing from sexual abuse and violence -- Making progress by taking action -- Families and children in cults -- Success is sweet : personal accounts -- Born and raised in a cult -- Our lives to live : personal accounts -- Child abuse in cults by Nori J. Muster -- Therapeutic concerns -- Therapeutic issues -- The therapist's role by Shelly Rosen -- Former cult members and post-traumatic stress disorder.

ISBN

• 9780972002158 (pbk.)
• 0972002154 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2006000926

OCLC

• 63116838
• SCSB-12410524

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library