Daniel Shaw, LCSW, Psychoanalyst, Private Practice, New York City and Nyack, NY; Faculty and Clinical Supervisor, The National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP), New York, NY; former co-chair, Continuing Education Committee, The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.   Shaw spent thirteen years as a staff member in Siddha Yoga (SYDA Foundation).  There he wore many hats, including:  manager of the residential Manhattan facility, educator, spokesperson, public relations coordinator, community organizer, and writer/director of public programs.  Shaw exited Siddha Yoga in 1994, published an Open Letter about Siddha Yoga on the internet in 1995, and helped create the Leaving Siddha Yoga website (www.leavingsiddhayoga.net) , one of the first internet websites for ex cult members.  Shaw is the author of “Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective”, published in the Cultic Studies Journal; and of numerous psychoanalytic papers.  danielshawlcsw@gmail.com; www.danielshawlcsw.com