Cult-related Books

Highly reputable publications explain the methodologies and influences used by totalitarian groups to control their members and techniques to break free from their control.

Recovery from Cults

Take Back Your Life
Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships
Janja Lalich
Escaping Utopia
Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over
Janja Lalich
Bounded Choice
True Believers and Charismatic Cults
by Janja Lalich
Recovery from Cults
Help for Victims of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse
Michael D. Langone

Understanding Cults and Coercive Control

Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
Alexandra Stein
Losing Reality
On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset and Religious Zealotry
Robert Jay Lifton
Cults in Our Midst
The Continuing Fight Against Their Hidden Menace
Margaret Thaler Singer
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
A Study of Brainwashing in China
Robert Jay Lifton
Traumatic Narcissism
Relational Systems of Subjugation
Daniel Shaw
Don't You Know Who I Am?
How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility
Ramani Durvasula

Healing from Trauma

Should I Stay or Should I Go
Surviving A Relationship with a Narcissist
Ramani Durvasula
The Body Keeps the Score
Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.
The Gaslight Effect
How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life
Robin Stern, Ph.D.
Trauma Made Simple
Competencies in Assessment, Treatment and Working with Survivors
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
The Psychology of Women
Diverse Perspectives from the Modern World
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
It’s Not You
Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
Ramani Durvasula, Ph.D.
Dissociation Made Simple
A Stigma-free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
The Dissociation Made Simple Flipchart
A Visual Guide for Clinicians Working with Dissociative Clients
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors
Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation
Janina Fisher, M.D.
Running on Empty No More
Transform Your Relationships With Your Partner, Your Parents and Your Children
Jonice Webb, Ph.D.
The Gaslight Effect Recovery Guide
Your Personal Journey Toward Healing from Emotional Abuse
Robin Stern, Ph.D.
Trauma and the 12 Steps
Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Trauma and the 12 Steps–The Workbook
Exercises and Meditations for Addiction, Trauma Recovery, and Working the 12 Steps
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care
Your Personal Journey Toward Healing from Emotional Abuse
Judith Lewis Herman, M.D.
EMDR Made Simple
4 Approaches to Using EMDR with Every Client
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Relinquishment and Addiction
What Trauma Has to Do with It
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Healing Addiction with EMDR Therapy
A Trauma-Focused Guide
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Process Not Perfection
Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Transforming Trauma with Jiu-Jitsu
A Guide for Survivors, Therapists, and Jiu-Jitsu Practitioners to Facilitate Embodied Recovery
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Dancing Mindfulness
A Creative Path ot Healing & Transformation
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Creative Mindfulness
20+ Strategies for Wellness & Recovery
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma
A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists
Janina Fisher, M.D.
The Modern Trauma Toolkit
Nurture Your Post-Traumatic Growth with Personalized Solutions
Christy Gibson, M.D.
It Didn’t Start with You
How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
Mark Wolynn
Trauma and Recovery
The Aftermath of Violence From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Judith Lewis Herman, M.D.
The Inner World of Trauma
Archetypal Defenses of the Personal Spirit
Donald Kalshed
What Happened to You?
Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Bruce D. Perry, Ph.D.
Trauma
The Invisible Epidemic
Paul Conti, M.D.
When Religion Hurts You
Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
Laura Anderson

Stories of Survivors

Scarred
The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life
Sarah Edmondson
Born and Razed
Surviving the Cult Was Only Half the Battle
Beth Granger
Exquisite Torture
Life in a Christian Cult
Carrie Buddington
Uncultured
Daniella Mestyanek Young
The Sound of Gravel
A Memoir
Ruth Wariner
Beyond Belief
My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
Jenna Miscavige Hill
Not Without My Sister
The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed by Those They Trusted
Celeste Jones, Kristina Jones, and Juliana Buhring
Broken Faith
Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America’s Most Dangerous Cults
Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr
Holy Hell
A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness
Gail Tredwell
Escape
My Life Long War Against Cults
Paul Morantz, Hal Lancaster
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
A Mostly True Memoir
Jenny Lawson

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