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Cult-aware therapy network (mainstream)
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Mainstream cult-aware therapist network — ICSA directory of licensed mental-health professionals with specific cult-recovery training.
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Minimal documented control
BITE breakdown
Behavior Control1/10
Information Control1/10
Thought Control1/10
Emotional Control1/10
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0 — mainstream cult-aware therapist network; very low-control reference.
Profile facts
Founded
Modern
Members
Mainstream clinical professionals
Active in
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In context
ICSA maintains a directory of cult-aware therapists. Religious Trauma Institute, Reclamation Collective, and other networks provide cult-recovery-trained licensed mental-health professionals. Mainstream voluntary clinical practice.
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering new religious movements.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
Evidence by BITE axis
Information Control
- very low-control reference
Timeline
- ModernCult-aware therapist network develops
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
Sources
- ICSA cult-aware therapist directory search ↗
- Ill Winds Buffet Communal Sect — https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/29/archives/ill-winds-buffet-communal-sect-ill-winds-buffet-a-communal-sect-of.html open ↗
- Group that once criticized Scientologists now owned by one — http://cnn.com/US/9612/19/scientology open ↗
- Regulation of Religious Proselytism in the United States. — https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2069&context=lawreview open ↗
- Ted Patrick Convicted of Seizing Woman Said to Have Joined Cult; Escaped From Abductors — https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/30/archives/ted-patrick-convicted-of-seizing-woman-said-to-have-joined-cult.html open ↗
- Church attacks new French anti-cult law — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jun/23/jonhenley open ↗
- alternative html version — https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/audit/fosthome.html open ↗
- Effects of the Western Anti-Cult Movement on Development of Laws Concerning Religion in Post-Communist Russia — https://www.jstor.org/stable/23921284 open ↗
- Effects of the Western Anti-Cult Movement on Development of Laws Concerning Religion in Post-Communist Russia — Journal of Church and State (2000) — https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjcs%2F42.2.247 open ↗
- Problems over money continue at Unification Church: lawyers — https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14668795 open ↗
- Editors' Introduction: Impact and Ramifications: The Aftermath of the Aum Affair in the Japanese Religious Context — https://www.jstor.org/stable/41495887 open ↗
- Japanese Police Find Body of a Lawyer Believed Killed by Cult — https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/07/world/japanese-police-find-body-of-a-lawyer-believed-killed-by-cult.html open ↗
- EXPLAINER: The Unification Church's ties to Japan's politics — https://apnews.com/article/shinzo-abe-japan-crime-tokyo-south-korea-4bac3b7b504b857bc4d2a8ff503b4b37 open ↗
- Deep Dive Episode 139: The Church, the State and Kishida's headache — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/podcast/unification-church-kishida/ open ↗
- Categorization of New Religious Movements in American Print Media — Sociological Analysis (1988) — https://doi.org/10.2307%2F3711011 open ↗
- A.C.L.U. AIDE WARNS ON SEIZING CULTISTS; A Danger Is Seen in Actions by Parents Who Seek to 'Deprogram' Children Held Brainwashed — https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/02/06/936907202.html?pageNumber=175 open ↗
- 1979–2019: The Changing Population of ICSA — https://www.icsahome.com/articles/1979-2019-the-changing-population-of-icsa open ↗
- http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000809117&categorieLien=id — http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000809117&categorieLien=id open ↗
- L’entreprise face au risque sectaire : un enjeu humain et économique, un défi professionnel — https://www.miviludes.interieur.gouv.fr/publications-de-la-miviludes/guides/l%E2%80%99entreprise-face-au-risque-sectaire-un-enjeu-humain-et-%C3%A9conomiq open ↗
- Texte de la circulaire gouvernementale du 27 mai 2005 disponible sur Légifrance — https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PRMX0508471C open ↗
- lire en ligne — http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/France/Les-sectes-profitent-de-la-mode-du-coaching-en-entreprise-2013-04-25-952891 open ↗
- lire en ligne — http://www.lefigaro.fr/formation/2012/02/08/09006-20120208ARTFIG00720-1500-organismes-de-formation-infiltres-par-les-sectes.php open ↗
- L'Église de Scientologie devant la justice française — http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2008/09/08/01016-20080908ARTFIG00470-l-eglise-de-scientologie-devant-la-justice-francaise-.php open ↗
- Article du _Monde_ du 18 janvier 2008 — https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2008/01/18/ordonnances-de-non-lieu-pour-des-membres-de-la-scientologie_1000985_3224.html open ↗
- L'Église de scientologie sera jugée en 2009 à Paris pour escroquerie — https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2008/09/09/l-eglise-de-scientologie-menacee-de-dissolution-en-france_1093070_3224.html open ↗
- Rapport sur les sectes dans l'Union européenne A4-0408/1997 — http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+REPORT+A4-1997-0408+0+DOC+PDF+V0//FR&language=FR open ↗
- Politique des États-Unis pour la promotion de la liberté religieuse internationale_ Commission des États-Unis sur la liberté religieuse internationale — http://www.uscirf.gov/events/speeches/2002/june/06052002_France_fr.html open ↗
- http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2002/13608.htm — https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2002/13608.htm open ↗
- Mission interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires — http://www.miviludes.gouv.fr/spip.php?page=plan open ↗
- US Department of State. 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom — https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127333.htm open ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Mainstream-comparator lighter.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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