Feb 24, 2022

Cult Recovery and Trauma

Laura ChandlerICSA Annual Conference: Cult Recovery and Trauma

Laura Chandler

Friday, June 24th

1:00 PM-1:50 PM


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This presentation will be for mental health professionals to recognize the signs and symptoms of a client currently being in a cult or a dangerous group. The presentation will consist of skills that the provider can use in order to help a person that is currently in a cult or is currently experiencing distress from past experience. It is important to note that a cult or a dangerous group may or may not have anything to do with religion. Also, a cult has nothing to do with the type of religion a person or a group of people practice. The signs that someone may be in a dangerous cult is if the person experiences a lot of stress from this group by trying to meet the group's expectations. Is this group very controlling? Does the group tell the individual who they can or can't date or be friends with? Where they can or can't live? Does the individual experience financial distress due to giving the group large sums of money? Is the individual being isolated from friends and family outside of the group? Does the individual spend a lot of time recruiting new members? Does the individual have an unusual fear of the outside world? The presentation will consist of skills that the therapist can utilize with the individual such as CBT that can help the individual to challenge black and white thinking related to the cult. Also, the therapists will learn coping skills to teach to the individual to heal from the trauma such as relaxation skills and positive memories.


Owner/Director

Eagles Counseling, LLC

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania. I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and Certified Specialist in Anger Management. I graduated from Immaculata University with my Master's Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2017. I am the owner and director of Eagles Counseling, LLC. I have been working as a therapist since 2018. Prior to being a therapist, I was working as a mental health case manager at various locations in Pennsylvania from 2007-2018. I am also in recovery from being in a religious cult. I was a member of a religious cult from 2002-2006.


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