| Titel: | Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective |
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| Autor: | Shaw, Daniel |
| Mediengruppe: | --- |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Cultic Studies Review |
| Jahr: | 2003 |
| Band: | 2 |
| Heft: | 2 |
| Seiten: | --- |
| Sprache: | English |
| Abstract: | Using his own 10 year experience in Siddha Yoga under the leadership of Gurumayi, the author presents psychoanalytic conceptualizations of narcissism in an effort to develop a way of understanding cult leaders and their followers, and especially of traumatic abuse in cults from the follower's perspective. A psychoanalytically informed treatment approach for working with recovering cult followers is proposed, consisting of providing: 1) an understanding of the leader's extreme dependence on the follower's submission and psychological enslavement; 2) a clear and firm, detailed understanding of the leader's abusiveness; and 3)an exploration of normative and/or traumatic developmental issues for the follower, as part of a process of making sense of and giving meaning to the follower's experience. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract) |