What is Learned Helplessness?
In this clip, therapist Rachel Bernstein and I discuss the concept of “learned helplessness” and what this has to do with cult experiences and abuses.
Rachel Bernstein
Critical Conversations 5.27.20 with Chris Shelton, Melissa Huff and Rachel Bernstein
Our fourth episode of our new call-in show and this week I am featuring a special guest, Rachel Bernstein!
Talking to Cult Members: Listen More/Talk Less
In this clip from my interview with cult recovery therapist Rachel Bernstein, she and I discuss some important tips for talking to people (such as family or friends) who are part of high-control groups. Enjoy!
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The Most Impactful Conversation I Had While a Scientologist
In this clip from my interview with Rachel Bernstein, I bring up the best example I have of how someone can talk effectively to a cult member in such a way as to maintain a solid and loving relationship despite the cult. Enjoy!
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Cult Members are in a Thought Fortress
In this clip from my interview with cult therapist Rachel Bernstein, we discuss how close-minded people in destructive cults can become and why when talking to them, it can seem like they are in a kind of thought fortress which you cannot batter down. You have to be invited in. Enjoy!
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A Therapist Describes How to Talk to a Cult Member
A person in such a mindset cannot receive communication, especially about the cult itself, which is at all critical of it or their beliefs. They simply shut down any such attempts. In this clip from one of my first talks with therapist Rachel Bernstein, she describes exactly what is important and why when talking to a member of any destructive cult or high control, extremist group.
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