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Kaynor J. Weishaupt, M.S., M.F.C.C., is a licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor
with a Masters of Science degree in clinical psychology who practices in San Rafael,
California. An ex-Witness herself, she specializes in working with ex-Jehovah‟s Witnesses
and their families, and is the cofounder of the San Francisco Bay Area ex-JW Support
Group.
Michael D. Stensland is active in Ohio University‟s Cultic Studies Lab. He is a doctoral
candidate in clinical psychology and is also completing the course requirements for the
quantitative psychology degree.
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