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This article is an electronic version of an article originally
published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1989, Volume 6, Number 1, pages . Please
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Family Responses to a Young Adult’s Cult Membership and Return
Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., A.C.S.W.
N.J. Institute
William Goldberg, M.S.W., A.C.S.W
Community Support Center, Pomona, NY
Abstract
This article deals with the process of a young adult child's cult involvement
and return from the family's perspective. Four overlapping stages characterize
the responses of most families: ignorance or denial, recognition, exploration,
and action. The family's emotional reactions while the cultist is in the cult as
well as out of the cult are discussed as are treatment considerations. Also
briefly discussed are situations involving adult children with parents in a cult
and the effects of parents' cult membership on young children.
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