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About the Author
Shelly Rosen, LCSW, is a relational
psychotherapist with 30 years of clinical
experience. She teaches and supervises at the
Trauma Studies Center at the Institute for
Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York. She
was a therapist, and later Coordinator of The
Cult Hot Line and Clinic in Manhattan from
1983 to 1991. There she worked with
individuals and families who were harmed by
high-demand groups. She continues to see
former cult members and families harmed by
cultic groups in her practice. Ms. Rosen has
had extensive training in trauma-processing
therapies for PTSD and other symptoms of
trauma. She has written for The Cultic Studies
Journal and has a chapter in the book Take Back
Your Life. She provides clinical consultation to
psychotherapists and serves as an advisor to
communities, universities, and governments
regarding the dynamics of authoritarian groups.
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About the Author
Shelly Rosen, LCSW, is a relational
psychotherapist with 30 years of clinical
experience. She teaches and supervises at the
Trauma Studies Center at the Institute for
Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York. She
was a therapist, and later Coordinator of The
Cult Hot Line and Clinic in Manhattan from
1983 to 1991. There she worked with
individuals and families who were harmed by
high-demand groups. She continues to see
former cult members and families harmed by
cultic groups in her practice. Ms. Rosen has
had extensive training in trauma-processing
therapies for PTSD and other symptoms of
trauma. She has written for The Cultic Studies
Journal and has a chapter in the book Take Back
Your Life. She provides clinical consultation to
psychotherapists and serves as an advisor to
communities, universities, and governments
regarding the dynamics of authoritarian groups.
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