"Steve Hassan is a compelling spokesman on the
topic of cult mind control which encompasses issues of human identity
and our innate psychological vulnerabilities and dissociation and
its relationship to mind control, all of which are of innate interest
to mental health professionals. In addition, he educates and challenges
us to think about the forces and groups using mind control techniques
in our culture, which is disturbing yet highly important to learn
about."
-- Mary K. McCarthy, M.D.
Director of Psychiatry Training, Brigham
& Women's Hospital,
Professor of Psychology, Stanford University,
Boston, Massachusetts
"...Steven Hassan's approach is one that I value more than that of any other researcher or clinical practitioner..."
-- Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D.
Author of the Stanford Prison Experiment
Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
President of the American Psychological Association 2002,
Author of The Lucifer Effect
Since my own rescue from the Moon cult in 1976, I have been involved
in helping others. I am a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and
also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. As I have described in detail in Releasing the
Bonds, the forcible deprogramming method evolved into the legal
and voluntary exit-counseling approach and then to the Strategic
Interaction approach (SIA).
I sincerely hope that SIA will not only continue to evolve in its
application in the area of cult mind control, but that it will prove
effective with other clinical problems which require a customized
approach- gang involvement, extreme forms of acting-out, self-mutilation,
substance abuse, suicidality.
This web site will be a source of information, networking and referral.
If you have published or wish to publish something pertaining to
the issue of mind control, cults or the Strategic Interaction Approach,
please submit it to us. If you wish to be entered into our private
or public database (or both) for possible referral, please send
us your vita, your areas of expertise and professional and client
recommendations.
Please consider presenting a case (successful or not) that might
be helpful to share with colleagues.
On May 13th 2003, I gave a Grand Rounds presentation to over 100
psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors and nurses
at Beth Israel / Harvard Deaconess Hospital.
Over the years, I have done several programs at McLean Hospital
in Belmont, Massachusetts and when I have had a client inpatient
was granted Affiliate in Clinical Psychology status.
Please call the office at 617-628-9918 during the hours of 11-5
pm, (M, T, TH, F) and speak with Debra if you would like to refer
a client or are interested in training or supervision. I also welcome
opportunities to lecture or teach workshops.
Freedomofmind.com fully supports religious
freedom and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The fact that a person’s name or group appears on our website
does not necessarily mean they are a destructive mind control cult.
They appear because we have received inquiries and have established
a file on the group.
The Freedom of Mind Resource Center Inc. was established by cult expert Steve Hassan.
