Resource finder
Filter the curated recovery-resource directory by category, region, and keyword. No affiliate relationships. Resource details are checked at the dataset publication date; see the country-help pages for jurisdiction- specific helpline numbers verified at a more recent date.
- Helpline · Global
International Cultic Studies Association — questions about high-control groups, referrals to cult-aware therapists, peer support.
- Helpline · USA / international
Free peer-support hotline for people leaving any religion. Trained volunteers, no proselytising.
- Helpline · Australia / NZ
Australian / NZ family-support service for people concerned about a loved one in a high-control group.
- Helpline · UK
UK helpline supporting families and ex-members of high-control groups.
- Helpline · UK / international
Independent UK research-based information service on minority religions and high-control groups, founded at LSE.
- Helpline · Australia
24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention. Use if a loved one in a high-control group is in immediate distress.
- Helpline · UK / Ireland
24/7 emotional-support helpline.
- Support Organisation · Global
Steven Hassan's organisation — BITE Model assessments, exit-counselling resources, family education.
- Support Organisation · UK / international
UK-based charity educating on coercive control across cults, abusive relationships, and online radicalisation.
- Support Organisation · USA
NYC-based organisation supporting people who leave Haredi Judaism. Peer support, scholarships, mental-health referrals.
- Support Organisation · Israel
Israeli organisation supporting people leaving Haredi communities.
- Support Organisation · USA
Utah-based organisation supporting people leaving fundamentalist polygamous Mormon communities.
- Support Organisation · New Zealand
Long-running NZ ex-member support organisation.
- Support Organisation · USA
Advocacy for children harmed by religious medical neglect.
- Support Organisation · USA / international
Survivor-led resource hub for ex-members and abuse survivors of the Two by Twos / 'The Truth' movement.
- Support Organisation · USA
Support for those leaving violent extremist movements.
- Heathens United Against RacismSupport Organisation · USA / international
Universalist heathen organisation supporting people leaving Folkish Asatru groups.
- Support Organisation · USA
Independent investigation organisation specialising in spiritual-community misconduct cases (produced the 2020 3HO report).
- QAnonCasualties (Reddit r/QAnonCasualties)Support Organisation · Online
Peer-support community for family members of QAnon believers.
- Therapy Network · Global
ICSA-maintained directory of licensed mental-health professionals with specific cult-recovery training.
- Therapy Network · USA
Research and clinical resources on Religious Trauma Syndrome (Marlene Winell tradition).
- Therapy Network · USA / international
Network of religious-trauma-informed therapists and educators.
- Therapy Network · Global
Professional society for clinicians working with complex trauma — relevant for severe high-control survivors.
- Combatting Cult Mind ControlBook
Steven Hassan, 1988 (revised 2018). The foundational BITE Model book; CLCI Hub's core methodology source.
- Bounded ChoiceBook
Janja Lalich, 2004. Sociological framework explaining how members make 'real' choices that are nonetheless tightly bounded by group worldview and exit costs.
- Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive RelationshipsBook
Janja Lalich & Madeleine Tobias, 2006. Practical recovery workbook.
- Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of BeliefBook
Lawrence Wright, 2013. Definitive journalistic history of Scientology.
- EducatedBook
Tara Westover, 2018. Memoir of leaving a fundamentalist Mormon-adjacent family for academic life.
- The Storm Is Upon UsBook
Mike Rothschild, 2021. The definitive QAnon analysis.
- UnfollowBook
Megan Phelps-Roper, 2019. Memoir of leaving Westboro Baptist Church.
- Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and ScientologyBook
Leah Remini, 2015. Personal account of leaving Scientology.
- Beyond BeliefBook
Jenna Miscavige Hill, 2013. Memoir of leaving Scientology by the niece of David Miscavige.
- Daughter of GloriavaleBook
Lilia Tarawa, 2017. Memoir of leaving the Gloriavale Christian Community in New Zealand.
- The FamilyBook
Chris Johnston & Rosie Jones, 2016. Definitive account of Anne Hamilton-Byrne's Australian sect.
- UnorthodoxBook
Deborah Feldman, 2012. Memoir of leaving the Satmar Hasidic community in Williamsburg.
- The Reluctant ApostateBook
Lloyd Evans, 2017. Detailed insider account of leaving Jehovah's Witnesses.
- Premka: White Bird in a Golden CageBook
Pamela Saharah Dyson, 2020. Memoir documenting Yogi Bhajan's abuses inside 3HO.
- The SullivaniansBook
Alexander Stille, 2023. Definitive account of Saul Newton's Manhattan therapy cult.
- Podcast
Travis View, Julian Feeld, Jake Rockatansky. Long-running deep-dive analysis of QAnon and adjacent movements.
- Podcast
Sarah Edmondson and Anthony 'Nippy' Ames (former NXIVM). Survivor-led conversations across many high-control groups.
- Podcast
John Dehlin's long-running podcast on LDS history, doubt, faith crisis, and exit.
- Podcast
Jane Marie. Investigative series on MLM cults and 'wellness' fraud.
- Podcast
Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker. Where wellness, conspiracy theory, and religion intersect.
- Podcast
Rachel Bernstein, MFT. Cult-aware therapist interviewing survivors across many groups.
- The Telling The Truth PodcastPodcast
Long-running ex-Two-by-Two / 'The Truth' podcast.
- Going Clear (HBO, 2015)Documentary
Alex Gibney's documentary based on Lawrence Wright's book. Definitive Scientology overview.
- Wild Wild Country (Netflix, 2018)Documentary
Six-part series on the Rajneeshpuram experiment in Oregon.
- The Vow (HBO, 2020)Documentary
Multi-part series on NXIVM, made by ex-members Mark Vicente and Sarah Edmondson.
- Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult (Starz, 2020)Documentary
India Oxenberg's first-person account of NXIVM.
- Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (Netflix, 2022)Documentary
Documentary on Warren Jeffs and the FLDS.
- Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (HBO, 2023)Documentary
On Amy Carlson's QAnon-adjacent online cult.
- Escaping Twin Flames (Netflix, 2023)Documentary
On Twin Flames Universe and the Divines.
- The Secrets of Hillsong (FX, 2023)Documentary
Series on Hillsong Church scandals.
- Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (Netflix, 2024)Documentary
Investigation of Robert Shinn's 7M Films and Shekinah Church.
- Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator (Netflix, 2019)Documentary
On Bikram Choudhury's sexual misconduct.
- The Family (Netflix / SBS, 2016)Documentary
Anne Hamilton-Byrne and the Australian Family.
- Rise and Fall of Mars Hill (Christianity Today, 2021)Podcast
Mike Cosper's podcast series on Mark Driscoll's Mars Hill collapse.
- Academic / Research
Peer-reviewed journal and annual academic / clinical conferences.
- Academic / Research
Independent UK research-based information service on minority religions and high-control groups.
- Academic / Research
Long-running archive of news, court records, and academic material on hundreds of groups.
- Open TabernacleAcademic / Research
Independent academic blog on traditional Catholic high-control sub-currents.
- Academic / Research
Italian academic centre on new religious movements.
- Online Community
Reddit ex-Jehovah's Witnesses community.
- Online Community
Reddit ex-Mormon community.
- Online Community
Reddit ex-Muslim community.
- r/exjw, r/Mormon, r/exchristian, r/exscientologyOnline Community
Per-group ex-member subreddits exist for almost every major high-control group covered on this site.
- Online Community
Family members of QAnon believers share experiences.
- Online Community
General cross-group discussion of high-control groups.
- Therapy Network
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is one of the most-used parts-based therapies in cult-recovery work. The IFS Institute directory lists certified practitioners by country and specialty.
- Strange Bedfellows podcastPodcast
Long-running cult-recovery podcast widely cited in the r/exjw and r/exmormon communities. Founder-perspective interviews with ex-members across multiple traditions.
- Trish McEvoy / The Cult HackersOnline Community
TikTok / YouTube cult-recovery educator with a substantial Gen-Z deconversion audience. Useful as a contemporary entry point for younger users navigating exit.
- Helpline
Steven Hassan's Freedom of Mind Resource Center operates a separate intake channel for BITE-model consultation and Strategic Interaction Approach (SIA) referrals — distinct from the general FOM contact form.
Practitioner directory for clinicians trained in complex PTSD and structural dissociation — particularly relevant for severe high-control exits where dissociation is a primary post-cult symptom.
- Support Organisation · USA
Legal-resource hub covering MLM-debt recovery, predatory consumer contracts, and pyramid-scheme civil remedies — the practical legal pathways an exiting MLM member uses to claw back lost money.
- Academic / Research · USA / international
Rick Ross's archive includes a substantial legal-resource section covering undue-influence litigation, custody cases involving high-control religion, and case-law precedents available to plaintiffs and their attorneys.
- Support Organisation · USA
Connects low-income individuals to pro bono legal help — useful for cult exits involving custody disputes, divorce from a still-in spouse, or financial recovery where private counsel is out of reach.
- Academic / Research · USA
Federal Trade Commission's regulatory guidance on multi-level marketing — the authoritative US source for what an MLM is legally required to disclose, how income claims are evaluated, and how to file a complaint after financial harm.
- Academic / Research · USA
Practical consumer-finance guide covering debt-snowball planning, credit-card hardship programs, and bankruptcy considerations specifically calibrated for ex-MLM distributors carrying inventory-loaded debt.
- Academic / Research · USA
Non-profit watchdog maintaining a searchable database of MLM income disclosures, regulatory actions, and false-income-claim documentation — useful both as a pre-join-evaluation reference and for exit-stage harm documentation.
- Support Organisation · USA
The US high-school-equivalency credential — first stepping-stone for many born-in members of insular high-control groups (FLDS, Gloriavale-equivalent, some ultra-Orthodox communities) whose formal education stopped early.
- Academic / Research · UK
Distance-learning university with no formal entry requirements — a recognised second-chance pathway for ex-members of insular UK communities. Combines flexibly with the Workers' Educational Association for sub-degree-level catch-up.
- Support Organisation · New Zealand
New Zealand's largest distance-learning provider — a frequent first step for adults exiting Gloriavale and other insular NZ communities who need to upgrade from limited internal schooling to nationally recognised credentials.
- Helpline · USA / international
24/7 crisis line for LGBTQ young people. Particularly relevant for members of high-control religious communities whose exit is forced or accelerated by the discovery of their orientation or gender identity. Multilingual and multi-platform.
- Support Organisation · USA / international
Peer community for LGBTQ Christians and those leaving anti-LGBTQ Christian communities — the most-cited support network in evangelical-exit literature for members navigating both faith and identity simultaneously.
- Support Organisation · USA / international
Survivor-led network for people harmed by ex-gay / conversion-therapy programmes within high-control religious communities. Documents harm patterns, supports legal-action signatories, and provides peer connection for survivors.
- Academic / Research · France
Mission Interministérielle de Vigilance et de Lutte contre les Dérives Sectaires — the French inter-ministerial mission against cultic deviances. Maintains the most institutional cult-watch infrastructure in Europe; receives complaints, publishes annual reports, and coordinates with police on prosecution.
- Helpline · Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia's cult-information helpline. The most active German-language cult-recovery and family-support service; provides individualised consultations, refers to local clinicians, and maintains a comprehensive group-information database.
- Support Organisation · Japan
Japanese 'Zenkoku Reikan Shōhō Taisaku Bengoshi Renraku-kai' — the Tokyo-based volunteer lawyer network founded in 1987 specifically around Unification Church / Aum-style harms. Authoritative source for ex-member legal advice in Japan and a major reference for the 2022–2024 post-Abe-shooting legislative work.
- Academic / Research · Italy / international
Center for Studies on New Religions — the largest European academic centre on new religious movements. Publishes peer-reviewed Nova Religio articles, hosts annual conferences, and maintains substantial Italian-language and English-language reference material.
- Academic / Research · Europe
European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Cults and Sects — umbrella body coordinating ~30 national member organisations across the EU and EEA. The European-level reference contact for journalists, regulators, and family-side investigators.
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