Recommended Resources

for help and support.

  • Cult Education Institute

    The Cult Education Institute (CEI) is a nonprofit, contstantly expanding online library with information about cults and controversial groups and movements. CEI is an institutional member of both the American Library Association and New Jersey Library Association.

  • IndoctriNation

    IndoctriNation is a weekly podcast in which Rachel Bernstein sits down with former cult members, intervention experts, and people who have left narcissistic and controlling relationships of all kinds to hear their stories and discuss their past experiences.

  • Cult Recovery 101

    Cult Recovery associates are consultants, psychotherapists, and counselors with specialized training and experience, many of whom themselves are former cultists or have been exposed to destructive cults or other coercive influence techniques.

  • Janja Lalich and the Lalich Center for Cults and Coercion

    Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is an authority on cults, extremism, and coercion. She specializes in self-sealing, or closed, systems, with a particular focus on recruitment, indoctrination, and methods of influence and control.

  • Navigating Narcissism with Dr. Ramani

    In this podcast, clinical psychologist and Dr. Ramani Durvasula talks to survivors and experts to break down classic narcissistic patterns like manipulation, control, gaslighting, and love bombing and help unpack feelings of betrayal, shame, confusion, pain.

  • Cult Information Centre

    CIC was the first charitable organisation, established in the United Kingdom, focusing critical concern on the harmful methods of the cults. CIC is concerned about the use of deceptive and manipulative methods used by cults to recruit and indoctrinate unsuspecting members of society.

  • A Little Bit Culty

    Think you might be in a cult? Want to know the signs? In their podcast, Sarah Edmondson and Anthony “Nippy” Ames (see the critically-acclaimed HBO series “The Vow”) do a deep dive on how devotion can turn to dysfunction.

  • #igotout

    The mission of #igotout is to inspire survivors of high-demand environments who have experienced cultic, religious, or spiritual abuse to tell and share their stories, learn from each other, and educate the public.

  • Dare to Doubt

    A resource hub for people detaching from harmful belief systems. The goal is to help people heal from the damage of indoctrination by connecting them with mental health professionals, aid organizations, and support groups.

  • International Cultic Studies Association

    International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) provides information on cults, cultic groups, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, high-demand groups, new religious movements, exit counseling, and practical suggestions for those needing assistance

  • Info-Secte (Info-Cult)

    Info-Cult: Center for Assistance and for the Study of Cultic Phenomena is a non-profit English and French speaking group that offers information to the public about religious cults and related topics. It publishes an excellent newsletter “In the News.”

    From its office in Montreal, it also provides support to people who were victimized as members of a sect. Some of the 1,000 people who contact Info-Cult each year are worried about family members who are in contact with groups they are not familiar with; others call to get information about conspiracy theories or scams.

  • Helping Survivors of Sexual Abuse & Assault

    Information and support for survivors of sexual assault, abuse, and harassment to help them understand their rights and options to seek help and healing.

    We share information regarding legal rights and options and can introduce you to law firms experienced in helping survivors.

    We can introduce you to organizations who specialize in mental health support to legal assistance including Juvenile Detention Centers.

    Our content and each response to survivors is crafted with sincerity and authenticity by experts with firsthand experience.

  • RAINN

    Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.HOPE,online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.