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Scheflin, A. W. (2015). Supporting human rights by testifying against human wrongs.
International Cultic Studies Journal, 6, 69–82.
Schore, A. (2012). The science of the art of psychotherapy. W. W. Norton and Co.
Silverstone, A., McManus, C., &Dubrow-Marshall, R. (2021). Understanding the experiences of coercive control
and sexual exploitation. Sagesse.
Singer, M. (2003). Cults in our midst: The continuing fight against their hidden menace. Jossey-Bass.
Singer, M., Temerlin, M., &Langone, M. (1990). Psychotherapy cults. Cultic Studies Journal, 7(2), 101–125.
http://cultrecovery101.com/cult-recovery-readings/psychotherapy-cults/
Smith, L., &Coloma, C. (2009). Renting Lacy: A story of America’s prostituted children. Shared Hope.
Stein, A. (2016). Terror, love, and brainwashing: Attachment in cults and totalitarian systems. Routledge.
Thomas, R. (2023). Ending the game. https://endingthegame.com/
Tobias, M., &Lalich, J. (1994a). Captive hearts, captive minds: Freedom and recovery from cults and other
abusive relationships. Hunter House Publishers.
Tobias, M., &Lalich, J. (1994b). Who Joins Cults and Why? Cult Recovery 101.
http://cultrecovery101.com/cult-recovery-readings/who-joins-cults-and-why/
Tops, O., Antelo, E., Rodriguez-Carballeira, A., Almendros-Rodriguez, C. (2017). Taxonomy of Psychological
and Social Disturbances in Survivors of Group Psychological Abuse. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment
&Trauma. 27(9), 1003-1021.
Usacheva, M., Smalley, C., Hafer, N., Brooks, S. (2021). Ending the game: A new psychoeducational curriculum
for victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Women &Criminal Justice, 32, 257–276.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2021.1885568
Vanderwheele, T. J., Wortham, J. S., Caray, L. B., Case, B. W., Cowden, R. C., Duffee, C., Jackson-Meyer, K., Lu,
F., Mattson, S. A., Padgett, R. N., Peteet, J. R., Rutledge, J., Symons, X., &Koenig, H. G. (2025).
Moral trauma, moral distress, moral injury, and moral injury disorder: definitions and assessments.
Frontiers in Psychology, 5(16), 1422441. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1422441
VICE Asia. (2021). Why it’s so hard to leave a South Korean fringe church [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4lH1wLqUI
Walters, E., Satija, N., Smith, M. (2017, Feb. 13). Sold Out: Imprisoned Pimps Tell How They Recruit, Sell Girls.
The Texas Tribune. https://wacotrib.com/news/police/article_ac1a7d79-1be7-503c-8f8b-6d60c55b0d0f.
html
West, L., &Martin, P. (1994). Pseudo-identity and the treatment of personality change in victims of captivity and
cults. In S. J. Lynn &J. W. Rhue (Eds.). Dissociation: Clinical and theoretical perspectives. Guilford
Press, Inc. (pg. 268–289). http://www.dreichel.com/Pseudoidentity.htm
Scheflin, A. W. (2015). Supporting human rights by testifying against human wrongs.
International Cultic Studies Journal, 6, 69–82.
Schore, A. (2012). The science of the art of psychotherapy. W. W. Norton and Co.
Silverstone, A., McManus, C., &Dubrow-Marshall, R. (2021). Understanding the experiences of coercive control
and sexual exploitation. Sagesse.
Singer, M. (2003). Cults in our midst: The continuing fight against their hidden menace. Jossey-Bass.
Singer, M., Temerlin, M., &Langone, M. (1990). Psychotherapy cults. Cultic Studies Journal, 7(2), 101–125.
http://cultrecovery101.com/cult-recovery-readings/psychotherapy-cults/
Smith, L., &Coloma, C. (2009). Renting Lacy: A story of America’s prostituted children. Shared Hope.
Stein, A. (2016). Terror, love, and brainwashing: Attachment in cults and totalitarian systems. Routledge.
Thomas, R. (2023). Ending the game. https://endingthegame.com/
Tobias, M., &Lalich, J. (1994a). Captive hearts, captive minds: Freedom and recovery from cults and other
abusive relationships. Hunter House Publishers.
Tobias, M., &Lalich, J. (1994b). Who Joins Cults and Why? Cult Recovery 101.
http://cultrecovery101.com/cult-recovery-readings/who-joins-cults-and-why/
Tops, O., Antelo, E., Rodriguez-Carballeira, A., Almendros-Rodriguez, C. (2017). Taxonomy of Psychological
and Social Disturbances in Survivors of Group Psychological Abuse. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment
&Trauma. 27(9), 1003-1021.
Usacheva, M., Smalley, C., Hafer, N., Brooks, S. (2021). Ending the game: A new psychoeducational curriculum
for victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Women &Criminal Justice, 32, 257–276.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2021.1885568
Vanderwheele, T. J., Wortham, J. S., Caray, L. B., Case, B. W., Cowden, R. C., Duffee, C., Jackson-Meyer, K., Lu,
F., Mattson, S. A., Padgett, R. N., Peteet, J. R., Rutledge, J., Symons, X., &Koenig, H. G. (2025).
Moral trauma, moral distress, moral injury, and moral injury disorder: definitions and assessments.
Frontiers in Psychology, 5(16), 1422441. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1422441
VICE Asia. (2021). Why it’s so hard to leave a South Korean fringe church [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4lH1wLqUI
Walters, E., Satija, N., Smith, M. (2017, Feb. 13). Sold Out: Imprisoned Pimps Tell How They Recruit, Sell Girls.
The Texas Tribune. https://wacotrib.com/news/police/article_ac1a7d79-1be7-503c-8f8b-6d60c55b0d0f.
html
West, L., &Martin, P. (1994). Pseudo-identity and the treatment of personality change in victims of captivity and
cults. In S. J. Lynn &J. W. Rhue (Eds.). Dissociation: Clinical and theoretical perspectives. Guilford
Press, Inc. (pg. 268–289). http://www.dreichel.com/Pseudoidentity.htm
