VOLUME 7 |ISSUE 1 |2016 1717
Notes
[1] Much of the content of the former Brethren website is still
accessible on the wayback machine, a site that archives most
websites, at the following URL: https://web.archive.org/
web/20071011075830/http://theexclusivebrethren.com/
index-1.asp
[2] A t the time of this blog entry, David was working for an
Exclusive Brethren company, and he recognized that to
obtain a similar wage outside he would need to show his
qualifications, which he didn’t have because of the group’s
ban on higher education.
References
Exclusive Brethren Christian Fellowship. Separation. Retrieved
online at https://web.archive.org/web/20071011075830/http://
theexclusivebrethren.com/index-1.asp
Exclusive Brethren Christian Fellowship. Who are they? Retrieved
online at https://web.archive.org/web/20071011075830/http://
theexclusivebrethren.com/index-1.asp
the survivor (2008, June 11). Irrational magnetism. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2008_06_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007a, July 3). Leading men among the Brethren.
Retrieved from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_
archive.html
the survivor (2007b, July 3). Relocation. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/relocation.html
the survivor (2007, July 6). Ex-Exclusives. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007a, July 7). Post archive: Time to get personal.
Retrieved from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_
archive.html
the survivor (2007b, July 7). Reporting from limbo. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, July 11). Networking. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/networking.html
the survivor (2007a, July 12). A letter to the community.
Retrieved from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_
archive.html
the survivor (2007b, July 12). Through a glass darkly. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, July 14). Why oh why. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, July 15). Post-archive: Time to get personal.
Retrieved from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_
archive.html
the survivor. (2007, July 16). Ex-exclusives. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, July 19). Reporting from limbo. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/reporting-from-
limbo.html
the survivor (2007, July 21). Not yet halfway. Retrieved from
http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, August 17). Mental recycling. Retrieved from
http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_08_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 2). The rules of society. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 3). Touched. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 10). A hostile world. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 24). The pros of exes. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 27). Purpose in life. Retrieved from
http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 30). A hostile world. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007a, September 30). A hostile world. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/hostile-world.
html
the survivor (2007b, September 30). Milestones. Retrieved from
http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-min=2007-
01-01T00:00:00Z&updated-max=2008-01-01T00:00:00Z&max-
results=50
the survivor (2007, October 23). Nearing the end. Retrieved from
http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_10_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, November 9) Test of separation. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-
min=2007-01-01T00:00:00Z&updated-max=2008-01-
01T00:00:00Z&max-results=50
About the Author
Jill Mytton is a Chartered Counselling
Psychologist. Currently, she is a visiting
lecturer in the School of Psychology,
London Metropolitan University, and
at the New School of Psychotherapy
and Counselling, London, where she is
also a research supervisor for doctoral
students. She is currently studying for
a doctorate at the Metanoia Institute affiliated with Middlesex
University. She is listed on the British Psychological Society
media list for Cults and Thought Reform and has been involved
in several TV and radio broadcasts. Her primary research interest
is the mental health of second-generation adults (SGAs)—i.e.,
those born or raised in cultic groups. She has presented at
several conferences, including INFORM London, April, 2008
the annual Division of Counselling Psychology conferences in
Dublin, 2008, Leicester, 2012, London 2014, and Harrogate 2015
and the ICSA annual conferences in Geneva, 2009, Montreal,
2012, and Stockholm, 2015. She was born and raised in the
Exclusive Brethren, leaving at the age of 16, when her parents
decided to leave. Apart from a small private practice, she also
runs an email support group for former Exclusive Brethren and
has become a point of contact for leavers of several groups. n
Notes
[1] Much of the content of the former Brethren website is still
accessible on the wayback machine, a site that archives most
websites, at the following URL: https://web.archive.org/
web/20071011075830/http://theexclusivebrethren.com/
index-1.asp
[2] A t the time of this blog entry, David was working for an
Exclusive Brethren company, and he recognized that to
obtain a similar wage outside he would need to show his
qualifications, which he didn’t have because of the group’s
ban on higher education.
References
Exclusive Brethren Christian Fellowship. Separation. Retrieved
online at https://web.archive.org/web/20071011075830/http://
theexclusivebrethren.com/index-1.asp
Exclusive Brethren Christian Fellowship. Who are they? Retrieved
online at https://web.archive.org/web/20071011075830/http://
theexclusivebrethren.com/index-1.asp
the survivor (2008, June 11). Irrational magnetism. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2008_06_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007a, July 3). Leading men among the Brethren.
Retrieved from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_
archive.html
the survivor (2007b, July 3). Relocation. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/relocation.html
the survivor (2007, July 6). Ex-Exclusives. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007a, July 7). Post archive: Time to get personal.
Retrieved from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_
archive.html
the survivor (2007b, July 7). Reporting from limbo. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, July 11). Networking. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/networking.html
the survivor (2007a, July 12). A letter to the community.
Retrieved from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_
archive.html
the survivor (2007b, July 12). Through a glass darkly. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, July 14). Why oh why. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, July 15). Post-archive: Time to get personal.
Retrieved from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_
archive.html
the survivor. (2007, July 16). Ex-exclusives. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, July 19). Reporting from limbo. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/reporting-from-
limbo.html
the survivor (2007, July 21). Not yet halfway. Retrieved from
http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_07_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, August 17). Mental recycling. Retrieved from
http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_08_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 2). The rules of society. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 3). Touched. Retrieved from http://
ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 10). A hostile world. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 24). The pros of exes. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 27). Purpose in life. Retrieved from
http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, September 30). A hostile world. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007a, September 30). A hostile world. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/hostile-world.
html
the survivor (2007b, September 30). Milestones. Retrieved from
http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-min=2007-
01-01T00:00:00Z&updated-max=2008-01-01T00:00:00Z&max-
results=50
the survivor (2007, October 23). Nearing the end. Retrieved from
http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2007_10_01_archive.html
the survivor (2007, November 9) Test of separation. Retrieved
from http://ebsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-
min=2007-01-01T00:00:00Z&updated-max=2008-01-
01T00:00:00Z&max-results=50
About the Author
Jill Mytton is a Chartered Counselling
Psychologist. Currently, she is a visiting
lecturer in the School of Psychology,
London Metropolitan University, and
at the New School of Psychotherapy
and Counselling, London, where she is
also a research supervisor for doctoral
students. She is currently studying for
a doctorate at the Metanoia Institute affiliated with Middlesex
University. She is listed on the British Psychological Society
media list for Cults and Thought Reform and has been involved
in several TV and radio broadcasts. Her primary research interest
is the mental health of second-generation adults (SGAs)—i.e.,
those born or raised in cultic groups. She has presented at
several conferences, including INFORM London, April, 2008
the annual Division of Counselling Psychology conferences in
Dublin, 2008, Leicester, 2012, London 2014, and Harrogate 2015
and the ICSA annual conferences in Geneva, 2009, Montreal,
2012, and Stockholm, 2015. She was born and raised in the
Exclusive Brethren, leaving at the age of 16, when her parents
decided to leave. Apart from a small private practice, she also
runs an email support group for former Exclusive Brethren and
has become a point of contact for leavers of several groups. n
