Steven Hassan, M.Ed., LMHC,
NCC, has been involved in educating the public about mind control and
destructive cults since 1976. He actively counsels mind control victims and
their families and is a licensed Mental Health Counselor, holding a Master’s
degree in counseling psychology from Cambridge College.
He is the author of Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves (Freedom of
Mind Press, 2000). In 1988, he authored the critically acclaimed book Combating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue and
Recovery from Destructive Cults (Park Street Press).