"I've probably got almost a hundred requests in my inbox," says Diane Benscoter, who's been helping people untangle from extremist ideologies since the 1980s, after she herself was extricated from the Unification Church, commonly known as the Moonies. Also a former cult member and anti-cult activist. Bea Armstrong, MFT Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. Grannon uses simple yet invocative language to articulate complex psychological ideas, inviting the reader to follow him through his narrative of the understanding of CPTSD (Compex post traumatic stress . You need JavaScript enabled to view it. QUEEN: And I pray on everything. We used to think smokers were only harming themselves. "Well," she says at one point, "one thing that I think is so sad right now is that the country is so divided, people are almost like spitting at each other. Phone: (347) 554-0191. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; Remind yourself why you wanted to get away, and tell any current members of the group that you don't want to talk to them. Many are adamant, like Michelle Queen, that no one could change their mind. The individuals who spoke to HuffPost described feeling entirely . Another approach to helping people exit cultic groups is a kind of mirror image of the tactics used to lure them in. . var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; addyde94da22e197db1d535fa5dc06c0facf = addyde94da22e197db1d535fa5dc06c0facf + 'goldhammer' + '.' + 'com'; And among those insurrectionists were well-known adherents of . var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; Web site: Wellspring Retreat.org, Colleen Russell, LMFT, CGP 70 SW Century Drive, Suite 100-363 Bend, Oregon 97702 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. "I'm not a fan of some of the Democrats," says Queen. Men and . Get into a strategic and interactive mode by building a good rapport with them, asking good questions, and giving them time to answer before following up. Steer the. According to the Ipsos poll, more than 40% of Americans believed some of the most virulent and far-fetched disinformation either the baseless claim that the election was rigged, that a Satan-worshiping child sex ring is trying to control our politics and media, or that Antifa activists were responsible for the Capitol riots. addy1d5d405a44b140051bf1a553979856bb = addy1d5d405a44b140051bf1a553979856bb + 'faxtone' + '.' + 'com'; Thats toxic and going to drive the person deeper [into the conspiracy] by persecuting them.. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Annie Reneau. SHAPIRO: In some parts of the country, the threats against public health workers have gotten so bad that officials are resigning. CIFS is an Australian support and information network. "Hi, Michelle," Benscoter begins tentatively. Like, are we just going to start fighting for just thought control? MICHELLE QUEEN: No way. For all the psychological operations, or PSYOPs, used to suck people into a cultic group, experts say, it takes just as much savvy and precision to help them out. addyf8cac7ff1581dc987ce8d90a07bec040 = addyf8cac7ff1581dc987ce8d90a07bec040 + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; SMITH: Other experts liken the threat of disinformation to secondhand smoke. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce House Resolution Condemning QAnon 'Cult' (Forbes), Nearly A Third Of Americans Believe Covid-19 Death Toll Conspiracy Theory (Forbes), Trump Refuses To Denounce QAnon After Conspiracy Theory Is Described To Him (Forbes), The QAnon conspiracy theory has spread so widely. document.getElementById('cloak08a3115d0b8c7e253703ff3626436340').innerHTML = ''; document.getElementById('cloakd477c46acce837837ff43023e001dfd2').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; "I think it's really important to try to help people inoculate, to try to create herd immunity to psychological manipulation," Benscoter says, "and to hit that tipping point in society where more people understand how these tactics work, and those who try to use them will be less successful because those using them are easily spotted now. People there are angry about the local coronavirus response. "They became like the enemy.". var addy_text7986d920f3745ab243b59af6f71579f5 = 'cyndersm' + '@' + 'verizon' + '.' + 'net';document.getElementById('cloak7986d920f3745ab243b59af6f71579f5').innerHTML += ''+addy_text7986d920f3745ab243b59af6f71579f5+'<\/a>'; It started when he questioned the Black Lives Matter movement online and got assailed. 11. 4. var addy8034107a87f3497c1eaf99e1fec2acf0 = 'info' + '@'; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. But before he leaves, the Sweathogs pull him into the school bathroom and try to deprogram him. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; It is now operated by the Foundation for Religious Freedom (FRF), a California corporation doing business as Cult Awareness. SMITH: Eventually, thanks to a patient friend, Gilley came to understand how he, a left-leaning Obama supporter, allowed himself, as he puts it, to fall down a far-right rabbit hole. Nothing that's going to fall apart!". She recently founded a non-profit, Antidote.ngo to run Al-Anon style recovery and support groups for the unduly influenced and their loved ones. SMITH: By the end, they agree to keep talking - just what Benscoter was hoping for. More commonly referred to as "exit counselors" or "de-radicalizers," they help people caught up in cultic ideologies to reconnect with reality. Itll take time for people to change their views, Hassan said, but by engaging with them and continuing to be respectful, it can help them pull away from conspiracies. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; Ross is the preeminent cult deprogrammer in the United States and the head of the Cult Education Institute, a nonprofit library with archived information about cults. SMITH: But a few minutes in, Queen starts to push back. Read transcript. A documentary following the Lord of the Righteouess Church. "I pray on everything," she says. addy91074be5ee59a2d78187577491ccc5ac = addy91074be5ee59a2d78187577491ccc5ac + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; After the forced removal, deprogramming mostly . Phone: (630) 677-2070, Peter T. Malinoski, Ph.D., HSPP Has experience working with former cult members and their families. var addy_text9ab5a63abd787008bc43f649316071fa = 'sarawaters' + '@' + 'protonmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak9ab5a63abd787008bc43f649316071fa').innerHTML += ''+addy_text9ab5a63abd787008bc43f649316071fa+'<\/a>'; She has developed an approach to counselling former members - "Time Away for Post-Cult Counselling." Gillie was a member of an abusive Bible-based cult in the . "That's who they said they arrested," Queen says. var addy_text5fb41fcd031f23f99e1fe74c1f0c8e03 = 'freemindsuk' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak5fb41fcd031f23f99e1fe74c1f0c8e03').innerHTML += ''+addy_text5fb41fcd031f23f99e1fe74c1f0c8e03+'<\/a>'; For this reason, deprogramming is a very expensive service. Comments on NXIVM, a sex-trafficking cult, on CBC 3/28/2018. He also recommends enlisting the believers family member or friends to reconnect with them and spend more time with them, which gives the believer fewer opportunities to engage with the conspiracy theory. But the deal is we both listen respectfully to each other.. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "I know you do," Benscoter says. The term deprogramming has been used since the 1970s to refer to a range of behaviors, all of which are aimed at convincing members of so-called new religious movements (NRMs) to leave such groups and return to more mainstream social and religious lifestyles. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. var addy_text1d7636c60bf66e28f720217bac536c67 = 'vanessa' + '@' + 'tellatherapist' + '.' + 'net';document.getElementById('cloak1d7636c60bf66e28f720217bac536c67').innerHTML += ''+addy_text1d7636c60bf66e28f720217bac536c67+'<\/a>'; document.getElementById('cloak7a81c507740ba1e5a4b8252e1b215489').innerHTML = ''; They also both abhor the idea of hurting children even though they disagree on how much of the fantastical, horrific stories are actually happening. Pat Ryan, another former cult member-turned-deprogrammer or exit counselor, says when a family hires him to meet with a loved one, his first step is to do a kind of intervention on the family. Phone: (469) 316-7290, John D. Goldhammer, Ph.D. Seattle Recovery from destructive groups and religious cults Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; ", In other cases, the allure may be what Benscoter calls "easy answers to life's hard questions.". You need JavaScript enabled to view it. And she tells Queen how those indoctrination tactics worked on her. And it just SMITH: And Queen listens quietly as Benscoter continues explaining how the indoctrination tactics worked on her. With Gabe Kaplan, Marcia Strassman, John Sylvester White, Robert Hegyes. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; Conspiracy theories, on the other hand DONOVAN: There are so many conspiracy theories on the Internet. 383 (1983)Google Scholar; Note, Tort Liability for Cult Deprogramming, 43 Ohio St. L.J. Dan featured on the Break It Down Podcast. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; In Georgia, Andra Gillespie of Emory University says the voting bill would disproportionately hurt lower-income voters, people of color and Democrats. It was rigged. "It's strategic, absolutely," Ryan says. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; The poll found that those buying into fallacies are far more likely to get most of their news from social media, friends and family, or conservative news outlets. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Kathleen Lee document.getElementById('cloak36636b8776af4b03ad7a9a07dfcdf3b6').innerHTML = ''; SMITH: It'd be the first of many times that Benscoter would back off and pivot in search of even the tiniest patch of common ground. "Some of the things that are being spread about babies being eaten and things, I don't think those things are true, personally," Benscoter says. var addy_text12e374cf467cf94c035e499fed3d9ec1 = 'consulta' + '@' + 'miguelperlado' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak12e374cf467cf94c035e499fed3d9ec1').innerHTML += ''+addy_text12e374cf467cf94c035e499fed3d9ec1+'<\/a>'; With disinformation spreading on an unprecedented scale, experts in cult deprogramming are turning their expertise to those who have fallen down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories. var addy9ab5a63abd787008bc43f649316071fa = 'sarawaters' + '@'; Thats how many Americans believe that the death toll from coronavirus has been overinflated, according to a July 21 Axios/Ipsos poll. For example, Hassan will ask a person to recount how they first started buying into the ideology or group, hoping they, themselves, may start to recognize ways in which they were manipulated or led astray. Y'know the news ain't gonna give you the whole thing.". It goes deep. DONALD TRUMP: This election was rigged, and the Supreme Court and other courts didn't want to do anything about it. Read transcript. document.getElementById('cloakf020b5c9b482943f070d4f6e57a6e054').innerHTML = ''; DIANE BENSCOTER: I've probably got almost a hundred requests in my inbox. "I know it's been really tough," Benscoter offers. The network has grown to include families, friends, former members and concerned individuals working together towards a common goal, to provide support and develop awareness for those affected by high demand groups or cultic relationships. var addy_textfd9ed15925585d1f1899766b95a93c7b = 'steve' + '@' + 'dreichel' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloakfd9ed15925585d1f1899766b95a93c7b').innerHTML += ''+addy_textfd9ed15925585d1f1899766b95a93c7b+'<\/a>'; BENSCOTER: I started believing that all information from regular news sources is just wrong, and they became, like, the enemy. "Individuals who are. SHAPIRO: Of course, that's false. One third. addy9305946a8da6033cf0ae51a493ea258b = addy9305946a8da6033cf0ae51a493ea258b + 'leonafurnari' + '.' + 'com'; "They believe it much stronger.". Cult expert Steve Hassan told CNN on Tuesday that "all of America needs deprogramming" due to the negative influence of President Trump, especially rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Practice making your own decisions, and work on rediscovering your personality. var addy91074be5ee59a2d78187577491ccc5ac = 'tbiegenlcsw' + '@'; The approach has evolved since the days when some deprogrammers came under fire for crossing legal and ethical lines by holding cult members against their will. SMITH: And then Benscoter carefully starts making the case that anyone can be duped, offering up herself as Exhibit A and explaining how she, as a Moonie, thought she was following the Messiah. They didn't tell you all the others. Ingo Michehl, M.Ed., Counseling Psychologist Bodensee, Germany Web site: psychotherapiebodensee.comEmail: This email address is being protected from spambots. Her areas of expertise are trauma, loss, cult and high demand group and relationship education and recovery, including those born and raised; and motherless daughters, women who have lost their mothers through death, illness, narcissism, separation, or estrangement in childhood, adolescence or adulthood. 13 Irving Place, Ste. var addy3001007811159a16eabbf160ee2e3f2d = 'robertaeisenberg' + '@'; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; addyf4219bca9ede32acb3a79607cd4c413f = addyf4219bca9ede32acb3a79607cd4c413f + 'beaarmstrong' + '.' + 'com'; document.getElementById('cloak9305946a8da6033cf0ae51a493ea258b').innerHTML = ''; the features of the group or relationship. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. And I think SMITH: Benscoter talks about the reputable nonprofits fighting human trafficking and suggests Queen get involved. 165 (1981)Google Scholar; Note, Conservatorships and Religious . var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; hide caption. It's all about planting seeds of doubt and building rapport. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; Tell them, Share with me what you think is a really reputable article. The spread of QAnon is so prevalent that the House of Representatives introduced a bipartisan resolution Tuesday condemning it as a dangerous, anti-Semitic, conspiracy-mongering cult.. var addy_text58e313c97f95266c6ebc9cf6532a97bb = 'cathysharrislcsw' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak58e313c97f95266c6ebc9cf6532a97bb').innerHTML += ''+addy_text58e313c97f95266c6ebc9cf6532a97bb+'<\/a>'; var addy_text1833e4fdcb5e73c4e79dca8a1e8dad0d = 'mwinell' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak1833e4fdcb5e73c4e79dca8a1e8dad0d').innerHTML += ''+addy_text1833e4fdcb5e73c4e79dca8a1e8dad0d+'<\/a>'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; ", "Now, how would we do that?" Queen listens quietly as Benscoter explains how extremist groups need to control what people think in order to convince them to dedicate themselves to a cause, and so these groups paint everything else as a lie or evil. var addy58e313c97f95266c6ebc9cf6532a97bb = 'cathysharrislcsw' + '@'; She also cautions that when people are suffering like they are during the pandemic it's easier to get them riled up," and how big-hearted, caring people can be especially "susceptible to buying into things.". They also questioned the very idea that brainwashing and deprogramming were real phenomena. We're sick of it. var addyb2de03711ae6bd99ac1a0f1add652edf = 'rbbernstein' + '@'; Ill read it and get back to you on it, if you agree to read something I share with you. You don't want to be dragged back into that confusion.". addyd477c46acce837837ff43023e001dfd2 = addyd477c46acce837837ff43023e001dfd2 + 'colleenrussellmft' + '.' + 'com'; document.getElementById('cloakfefae804527880e22aa3cd22f2d08a08').innerHTML = ''; With everyone in distress from coronavirus, maintaining meaningful spoken communication with loved ones through phone calls and - where safe - visits are more important than ever. Use the vacation to have fun, not to press your views onto the person. "Looking back at it now, it's terrifying," he says. SHAPIRO: Now it's sometimes closer to six hours. Deprogramming is a controversial tactic that attempts to help someone who has "strongly held convictions . BENSCOTER: That is not what I'm about even a little. What was often sought was an emotional response to the information, the shock, the fear . Accuracy and availability may vary. A few minutes in, Queen starts to push back, insisting she's not the impulsive or emotional type who would do that. She expresses sympathy for how Queen's business has been hurt during the pandemic. addy8034107a87f3497c1eaf99e1fec2acf0 = addy8034107a87f3497c1eaf99e1fec2acf0 + 'dallascult' + '.' + 'com'; Some claim that rules to enforce social distancing could lead to civil war and violent resistance. addy58e313c97f95266c6ebc9cf6532a97bb = addy58e313c97f95266c6ebc9cf6532a97bb + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; addyc86dd6e18b3f6b7519f1d77b8ebc194c = addyc86dd6e18b3f6b7519f1d77b8ebc194c + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; Web site: freemindsuk.tumblr.com. var addy_textf4219bca9ede32acb3a79607cd4c413f = 'therapist' + '@' + 'beaarmstrong' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloakf4219bca9ede32acb3a79607cd4c413f').innerHTML += ''+addy_textf4219bca9ede32acb3a79607cd4c413f+'<\/a>'; Phone: (214) 607-1065 Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. document.getElementById('cloakb2de03711ae6bd99ac1a0f1add652edf').innerHTML = ''; But as she put it, the Bible teaches that "discernment is a gift," and since she's confident that she's got it, she agreed to sit down with Benscoter, just to hear her out. SMITH: Queen is also among the 20% who believe that those who broke into the Capitol in January were actually undercover members of the left-wing antifa, even though most of those arrested have been affiliated with right-wing groups. Box 455, Lombard, IL 60148-0455 (630) 627-9028 Fax: (630) 627-6829 Evangelical Ministries to New Religions - An umbrella group for evangelical Christian ministries to the cults and new religions which offers resources. I'm not in a cult. var addy3b255930a16b40f719162d87866cd410 = 'hochmanmd' + '@'; Hassan most recently authored The Cult of Trump, an analysis of the president's hold over his most ardent supporters, and began deprogramming people after he left the notorious Moonie cult in 1976. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "Yes, I'm with you," Benscoter answers, as the two have a good laugh. And while few cult specialists today claim to do the sort of deprogramming that gained popularity in the 1970s, some anti-cult practitionersand licensed psychiatristsdo still embrace the . And those who try to use them will be less successful using them because they're easily spotted now. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Ross is the preeminent cult deprogrammer in the United States and the head of the Cult Education Institute, a nonprofit library with archived information about cults. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; As part of a special series on disinformation, we are going to spend the next few minutes talking about why it's spreading, and we'll go inside the practice of deprogramming people who believe it. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; SMITH: For all the psy-ops used to suck people into a cultic group, experts say it takes just as much savvy and precision to help them out. Phone: (415) 785-3513 Web site: www.ColleenRussellmft.com, Marlene Winell, Ph.D. Berkeley Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. That's what got 32-year-old Jay Gilley, a pizza delivery guy from Alabama who spent three years caught up in QAnon. SMITH: Of course, it's much easier said than done. Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. It's not only because that's counterproductive, Ryan says, but also, if he gets the family to back off a bit, he scores instant points with the loved one he's ultimately trying to reach. document.getElementById('cloak5fb41fcd031f23f99e1fe74c1f0c8e03').innerHTML = ''; Michelle Queen does not consider herself part of QAnon, but she does believe some of its most outlandish conspiracies including that Satan-worshipping elites in a secret pedophile cabal are killing babies and drinking their blood. Oh, absolutely. 211 E 43rd St, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10017 Web site: www.sarabwaters.com Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. P.O. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak9ab5a63abd787008bc43f649316071fa').innerHTML = ''; A cult keeps people in by its magnetizing and entrancing environment, so if the person gets away from this environment, they'll have space to think and reflect. "Often strong men muscle the subject into a car and take him to a place where he is cut off from everyone but his captors,". QUEEN: That's right - and sturdy bridges, not nothing that's going to fall apart. var addyfd9ed15925585d1f1899766b95a93c7b = 'steve' + '@'; A security team guards the person for several days, 24 hours a day, while the deprogrammer, former cult members, and family members present information. BENSCOTER: You know, that sounds outrageous, but, you know, I wasn't stupid. TED's editors chose to feature it for you. You can find this movie on Vudu. But it's a tedious and time-intensive process, and one that Benscoter concedes, cannot keep up with disinformation spreading virally online. In the media, cult experts are still often referred to as 'deprogrammers' - people who 'deprogram' someone who has been 'programmed' by 'brainwashing' or 'mind control'. He hopes destigmatizing those who have fallen prey to disinformation, and might make it easier for them to get out with their dignity intact. What deprogramming amounted to, of course, was a form of forced behavior modification. var addy_text8034107a87f3497c1eaf99e1fec2acf0 = 'info' + '@' + 'dallascult' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak8034107a87f3497c1eaf99e1fec2acf0').innerHTML += ''+addy_text8034107a87f3497c1eaf99e1fec2acf0+'<\/a>'; It's also taxing a bevy of "deprogrammers" who are trying to help. 01.19.21. Instead, Hassan recommends reconnecting with the believer over shared interests and experiences, like fishing or vacations taken together, because those reminders will help the believer remember their identity before the conspiracy theory took hold of them. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Our country needs leadership that will bring us together more than ever, he said in a statement. FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday rejected conspiracy theories blaming left-wing extremists for the violence. BENSCOTER: I think now is the time to start building bridges. Sound of My Voice. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; SMITH: It's a tedious and time-intensive process, too, that can't keep up with disinformation spreading virally online. var addy_textf020b5c9b482943f070d4f6e57a6e054 = 'erikastille' + '@' + 'bellsouth' + '.' + 'net';document.getElementById('cloakf020b5c9b482943f070d4f6e57a6e054').innerHTML += ''+addy_textf020b5c9b482943f070d4f6e57a6e054+'<\/a>'; You didn't want to be drawn back to that confusion. Specializes in recovery from authoritarian religious organizations. document.getElementById('cloak1d7636c60bf66e28f720217bac536c67').innerHTML = ''; addyb2de03711ae6bd99ac1a0f1add652edf = addyb2de03711ae6bd99ac1a0f1add652edf + 'socal' + '.' + 'rr' + '.' + 'com'; Today, experts say the engagement. Phone: 317.536.5482, Deirdre Hart Wilson, CSW Las Vegas/Henderson A survivor of a destructive group who specializes in recovery from cults, trauma, and abuse.Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. 1: It can help to know that you are not the first person to leave a controlling group and you won't be the last. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; But it's much more difficult. Phone: (303) 444-0992, Rosanne Henry, L.P.C. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; The Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 26, 2016 How Well-Meaning, Intelligent People End Up in a Cult. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. addy9ab5a63abd787008bc43f649316071fa = addy9ab5a63abd787008bc43f649316071fa + 'protonmail' + '.' + 'com'; Cult Hotline And Clinic Description: Provides a 24 hour hotline, services to former and current cult members and their families and friends. BENSCOTER: I know you do. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: It's a fraud. So the question is, when someone buys into disinformation or conspiracy theories, how do you help them back out? And so then we have a path to go on. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. BENSCOTER: It establishes this camaraderie and this feeling of righteousness and this cause for your life, and that feels very invigorating and almost addictive. Subscribe 33K views 1 year ago KONCRETE Podcast S1 E123 Rick Alan Ross is a cult deprogrammer who has been helping people escape cults since 1982. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. In Combating Cult Mind Control, Hassan describes what he calls his "BITE model," an acronym for the four components of "mind control": behavior, information, thought, and emotional control. document.getElementById('cloak1d5d405a44b140051bf1a553979856bb').innerHTML = ''; Margaret Singer, PhD psychologist advocates for "showing them how their own decision-making power had been taken away from them." Before Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij created The OA, the pair teamed up for a spellbinding drama about two journalists who try to infiltrate a secluded cult led by an . SHAPIRO: Disinformation is not new. Overcoming the charisma of cult leaders, such as Jim Jones, is not an easy task. document.getElementById('cloak12e374cf467cf94c035e499fed3d9ec1').innerHTML = ''; The question is whether the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol can begin to steer some of the Trump faithful toward the kind of cult deprogramming they so . Recovering Emotionally 1 Work on your boundaries. Queen says she gets most her information from a trusted friend who "digs deeper" on the internet than she does. I decided to make this first post on the cult aspect of Alcoholics Anonymous. But an Ipsos poll taken after the attack on January 6 found that only 27% of Republicans believe that Joe Biden legitimately won the presidential election. var addy_textd837acf5bd986a89f36638fee3f1630d = 'andreamoore4' + '@' + 'verizon' + '.' + 'net';document.getElementById('cloakd837acf5bd986a89f36638fee3f1630d').innerHTML += ''+addy_textd837acf5bd986a89f36638fee3f1630d+'<\/a>'; Colleen Russell, LMFT, CGP 1036 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Kentfield, CA 94904 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. And many of these beliefs are fueled by false conspiracy theories that people found online. Modeling QAnon as a cult suggests that "deprogramming" techniquesa kind of "un-brainwashing"could be helpful, but when deprogramming was used in its 1970s heyday, it usually began with. 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