Joseph Szimhart
began research into cultic
influence in 1980, after ending
his two-year devotion to a New
Age sect called Church Universal
and Triumphant. He began to work
professionally as an
intervention specialist and exit
counselor in 1986 on an
international scale. From 1985
through 1992, he was chairman of
an interdenominational, cult
information organization in New
Mexico. Since 1998 he has
worked in the crisis department
of a psychiatric emergency
hospital in Pennsylvania. He
continues to assist families
with interventions and former
members in recovery, including
consultations via phone and
Internet. He maintains a cult
informational website, lectures,
consults for the media, and has
published articles, book
reviews, and papers related to
the cult problem. http://jszimhart.com/
(jszimhart@windstream.net)
