Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse A Workbook for Recovery and Growth Gillie Jenkinson Illustrations by Camilla Charnock Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York -- -- For all who have been through the trauma of coercive, cultic and spiritual abuse, and their families and therapists. - # Does this book apply to me? Walking Free is for those: - who have suffered coercion and abuse in groups or relationships of all types: religious, spiritual, counselling, coaching, self-realisation, wellness, domestic and family relationships, business, pyramid schemes, political, gangs and more - whose lives were dominated or taken over by a leader, a group or a relationship, cutting them off psychologically and maybe physically from mainstream society - whose thinking and emotions have been suppressed and confused - whose identity has been changed, controlled, formed or re-formed - who struggle with life and relationships, perhaps with depression, anxiety, addiction or a sense of cultural and spiritual dislocaiton, and are strating to connect these struggles to their coercive and abusive experience - who think they are weird because they grew up in or joined a coercive, cultic and/or spiritually abusive group or relationship - who think they are less than others or that they are stupid because they got taken in, duped and betrayed - who just wanted to make the world a better place but ended up coerced and exploited - who barely recognise themselves anymore - who want to make sense of what happened, understand and be understood - who want to recover and grow from these experiences and are looking for a roadmap to navigate the terrain in order to heal - who are therapists in need of a navigation tool to help survivors of coercive, cultic and spiritual abuse to heal This book is for you!