Arnold Chanon Bloch is a psychotherapist with a Master's degree in Social
Work from the University of Southern California and a Master's degree in Jewish
Communal Service from Hebrew Union College. His many years of clinical
experience include helping families develop strategies for reaching out to loved
ones engaged in destructive group situations and helping cult victims recover
from trauma. Mr. Bloch works with children, adolescents, and adults in
individual, couple, group, and family modalities. Groups he facilitates include
groups for fathers and sons, couples, and adolescents. Mr. Bloch has appeared on
numerous radio and television shows as an expert on the subject of vulnerability
to destructive influences, such as missionary groups, cults, and gangs. A former
coordinator/therapist at the Los Angeles Cult Clinic, he co-authored an article
entitled "From Consultation to Therapy in a Group for Parents of Cultists,"
which was published in Social Casework.
