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RESOURCES: Suicide | Cult Recovery | Online Therapy
ONLINE SUPPORT
Online therapy is not appropriate if you feel suicidal or for other emergencies. If you need immediate help or are suicidal, these sites can help you for free:
Suicide Hotlines in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and other countries.
The Samaritans offer free confidential email, snail mail, and phone support to anyone feeling suicidal.
Teenagers, call Covenant House NineLine, 1-800-999-9999
If You Are Thinking About Suicide: Read This First.
CULT RECOVERY LINKS
CounterCultSearch.com: an excellent resource for finding cult counselors, info, and more.
Online Video: Steven Alan Hassan, M.Ed. LMHC, NCC on Cult Recovery and Exiting
Steven Hassan, Cult Counselor
Rick Ross, Exit Counselor & Cult Information
Mike Doughney's Meditation Information Network on Transcendental Meditation. Every site I've founded has been a footnote to Mike Doughney's efforts, who first saw the potential of cult education on the Internet.
Mike Doughney's Ex-Cult.org
F.A.C.T.net
Joe Szimhart, Exit Counselor
Carol Giambalvo
Marin County, CA: Colleen Russell, MFT
Wellspring Retreat & In-Residence Recovery Center
ReFocus: Recovery from Trance
New Jersey
New York: Cult Hotline & Therapy Groups
London: Cult Information Center
Guidelines for Cult Recovery Therapists
Cult Legal Help
Law Firm Specializing in Cultic Abuse
Cult Research Links
International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)
Cult Awareness and Information Center
FACTNet
Guruphiliac.blogspot.com
Cultic News Network
Arthur Deikman's Cults & Spirituality
Amma: Cult of the Hugging Saint
Cult Articles & Media
Counseling for Cult "Walkaways"
Depersonalization & "Witnessing"
Disability after Cult Involvement
FACTNet: How I Healed
How to Be a Successful Cult Leader
Marriage & Children after the Cult
Psychopathology of a Cult Leader
The Wave: Film on Nazi Persuasion
INFORMATION ABOUT ONLINE THERAPY
Myths and Realities of Online Clinical Work
An article by the Third Clinical Case Study Group of the International Society for Mental Health Online
...Through this paper, we hope to illuminate the potential for online clinical work, and to share our evolving understanding of what is truly possible, despite the prevalent myths and realities which shape our thinking about online "therapy" and the nature of Internet-facilitated communication and behavior....
Dr. Michael Fenichel's Current Topics In Psychology is a great resource for psychological topics, including online therapy. See The Here and Now of Cyberspace and Online Psychotherapy: Technical Difficulties, Formulations, and Processes.
The Psychology of Cyberspace is a must read about the psychology of cyberspace. For psychotherapy online, see his articles Psychotherapy and Clinical Work in Cyberspace, and A 5-Dimension Model of Online and Computer-Mediated Psychotherapy. An index for all of his online articles.
Dr. Azy Barak has created a list of references about the internet and mental health. Also see his article Psychological Applications on the Internet: A Discipline on the Threshold of a New Millennium.
Storm A. King's articles on mental health issues online and online therapy.
Best Practices in e-Therapy is an informative series about ecounseling written by Dr. John Grohol of Psych Central.
The International Society For Mental Health Online (ISMHO) has written Suggested Principles for the provision of online mental health services.
The Clinical Case Study Group of ISMHO offers observations about online therapy in their paper, "Hypotheses about Online Psychotherapy and Clinical Work".
Metanoia — The ABC's of Internet Therapy offers practical information — oriented to the needs of clients — about online counseling: including what it is, how it works, and who it can help.
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