Gillie
Jenkinson is a Director of Hope
Valley Counselling Limited and
specialises in offering counselling
and psychotherapy to those who have
left cults or coercive
relationships/groups and those who
have been abused. Ms. Jenkinson is a
trained Counsellor with an Advanced
Diploma in Pastoral Counselling and
an MA in Gestalt Psychotherapy. She
is accredited and registered with
United Kingdom Council for
Psychotherapy (UKCP) and a member of
British Association for Counselling
and Psychotherapy (MBACP). In 1999
she did a month long internship at
Wellspring, Ohio and returned summer
2008. She has many years experience
working with survivors of rape,
sexual abuse, and cults, as well as
with clients with other issues. She
is a trained Supervisor (Diploma in
Supervision) and supervises a number
of individuals. Ms. Jenkinson runs
an ex-member support and education
group in London. She has presented
her research, “What helps Ex-cult
members recover from an abusive cult
experience," at ICSA Conferences in
Madrid (2005) and Denver (2006) and
a paper on cult pseudo-personality
and neuroscience in Brussels (2007)
and Philadelphia (2008). She
presented two papers at the ICSA
conference in Geneva (2009), one on
facilitating an ex-cult member
support and education group and one
on issues therapists need to know
about in order to effectively help
ex-cult members. She has had a paper
published in Cultic Studies Review,
winter 2008, entitled ‘An
Investigation into Cult
Pseudo-Personality: What Is It and
How Does It Form?’ Ms. Jenkinson has
co-authored a chapter entitled
‘Pathological Spirituality’ with Dr.
Nicola Crowley for a medical text
book entitled ‘Spirituality and
Psychiatry’ published by Gaskell
(Royal College of Psychiatrists
publishing house) in UK - 2009.
Ms. Jenkinson is Mental Health
Editor of ICSA Today.
www.hopevalleycounselling.com
Gillie
Jenkinson is a Director of Hope
Valley Counselling Limited and
specialises in offering counselling
and psychotherapy to those who have
left cults or coercive
relationships/groups and those who
have been abused. Ms. Jenkinson is a
trained Counsellor with an Advanced
Diploma in Pastoral Counselling and
an MA in Gestalt Psychotherapy. She
is accredited and registered with
United Kingdom Council for
Psychotherapy (UKCP) and a member of
British Association for Counselling
and Psychotherapy (MBACP). In 1999
she did a month long internship at
Wellspring, Ohio and returned summer
2008. She has many years experience
working with survivors of rape,
sexual abuse, and cults, as well as
with clients with other issues. She
is a trained Supervisor (Diploma in
Supervision) and supervises a number
of individuals. Ms. Jenkinson runs
an ex-member support and education
group in London. She has presented
her research, “What helps Ex-cult
members recover from an abusive cult
experience," at ICSA Conferences in
Madrid (2005) and Denver (2006) and
a paper on cult pseudo-personality
and neuroscience in Brussels (2007)
and Philadelphia (2008). She
presented two papers at the ICSA
conference in Geneva (2009), one on
facilitating an ex-cult member
support and education group and one
on issues therapists need to know
about in order to effectively help
ex-cult members. She has had a paper
published in Cultic Studies Review,
winter 2008, entitled ‘An
Investigation into Cult
Pseudo-Personality: What Is It and
How Does It Form?’ Ms. Jenkinson has
co-authored a chapter entitled
‘Pathological Spirituality’ with Dr.
Nicola Crowley for a medical text
book entitled ‘Spirituality and
Psychiatry’ published by Gaskell
(Royal College of Psychiatrists
publishing house) in UK - 2009.