The Challenge to Heal: After Leaving a High-Control Group - Softcover

Zieman, Bonnie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 153531382X ISBN 13: 9781535313827

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

In an age and culture that places high value on personal freedom, it is shocking to discover how many intelligent, competent people find themselves caught in the suffocating, sticky webs of oppressive, high-control groups. Coercive, manipulative organizations can include groups such as: extremist fundamentalist sects, radical political movements, polygamist communes, human trafficking rings, doomsday cults, multi-marketing schemes, criminal gangs, and so many more.When brave souls dare to leave such high-control groups, they exit needing to reclaim their life, mind, identity, autonomy, emotional equilibrium and to heal the wounds that result from being manipulated, coerced, abused and exploited. The Challenge to Heal is designed to help anyone recover from the inevitable consequences of losing control over one’s life – consequences such as issues with self-esteem, anger, learned helplessness, depression, fear, guilt, self-recrimination, psychosomatic ailments, to name but a few.Chapters in this unique recovery guide cover topics such as: understanding and managing the predictable challenges of breaking with a once valued belief system, Utopian goals, and fellow group members; learning to cope with the difficult emotions that will arise; dealing with guilt; coping with thoughts of suicide; learning how to understand and deal with ostracism or shunning; developing self-acceptance; shaking off the old group identity, and reclaiming one’s authentic, autonomous self.The Challenge to Heal is designed as a recovery guide to accompany survivors of undue influence of any kind through the healing work required to recover and rebuild a new life. With an author who spent thirty years in a repressive, high-demand cult and then, after exiting, went on to become a licensed psychotherapist, you don’t need to walk this challenging road to recovery alone! Will you take up the challenge to heal?(There is a companion volume entitled, "The Challenge to Heal Workbook & Journal" which you can use along with this book to accelerate your recovery from high-control group abuses.)

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About the Author

After being raised as a member of a repressive high-control group, author Bonnie Zieman exited out of the cult and obtained the education she'd been denied while in. After training in two schools of psychotherapy (Gestalt and Psychosynthesis) and obtaining a master's degree in education, Bonnie became a licensed psychotherapist. She is also certified in EMDR therapy which is especially effective in treating PTSD. She worked in private practice as a therapist for over twenty years. Bonnie is the author of four other books related to healing from the after-effects of being subjected to undue influence, and from daring to leave all-consuming, coercive, high-control groups.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 153531382X
• ISBN 13: 9781535313827
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 286