"Drawing on clinical research, stories from clients, and her own experience, an expert on religious trauma shows how readers can live as healing individuals after leaving a high-demand, high-control religious system"--

Regardless of whether the Church of Scientology can be classified as a cult, ex-members say the group used classic cult techniques to try to stop them from returning to their previous lives. In this program people formerly affiliated with Scientology and with several suspect Christian-based organizations describe methods of psychological control that impacted them daily, making leaving these groups nearly impossible. Emotional blackmail, sexual abuse,...

Angry and frustrated callers can sometimes become abusive or even threatening, making a stressful interaction for the person on the phone. This video teaches viewers the six skills for handling these difficult calls and how to give professional warnings before terminating a phone call by learning how to listen, stay calm, diffuse anger, explain and set limits, focus on resolution and outcome, and complete contact professionally.

Many teens suffer emotional abuse from their peers, family and other trusted adults. Emotional abuse can be difficult to define as there may not be physical signs, however it is clear that this form of destructive behavior is based on power and control. Emotional abuse can affect a students self-esteem and greatly impair psychological development and social interaction. It can manifest itself in social withdrawal, severe anxiety, fearfulness, depression,...

In chapters alternating between "then" and "now," seventeen-year-old Jane Anonymous chronicles the events leading up to her abduction and seven-month captivity and her painful return to family and friends.