Our member Gillie Jenkinson wants to contact therapists who work with survivors of cults to share knowledge and expertise.
Gillie has dedicated her life to working with survivors and into researching what helps ex-cult members recover from an abusive experience.
She says there are potentially thousands of cult survivors in the UK who require help, and she wants to take steps to ensure they get the best possible assistance.
鈥淚t鈥檚 my life鈥檚 work,鈥� said Gillie, director at Hope Valley Counselling. 鈥渁nd It鈥檚 what I work with all the time.
鈥淚 am 67 and the next step I need to do is to pass on information to therapists. The issues don鈥檛 come up in general training, it鈥檚 like it doesn鈥檛 exist.
Thousands of survivors
鈥淭here are thousands of survivors out there.
鈥淚 really want to reach therapists who are working with former cult members. You I hear of former members going into therapy and they report that very often the therapist doesn鈥檛 seem to know where to start or has never heard of cult related issues.鈥�
Gillie is a cult survivor and last week lent her expertise to BBC 2鈥檚 programme and to BBC Radio 4鈥檚 .
And she said she has developed an approach to therapy with survivors that she wrote about in the March edition of Therapy Today in an article titled 鈥�Out in the World: Post-Cult Recovery鈥�.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a tailormade approach for former cult members that I have developed over the years,鈥� she said.
To contact Gillie email her at info@hopevalleycounselling.com