by Tara Backes | Feb 24, 2025 | In the Media, Presentations
Jamie Marich, PhD (she/they) speaks internationally on EMDR therapy, trauma, addiction, dissociation, expressive arts, yoga, and mindfulness, and runs a private practice and online training network in her home base of Akron, OH. Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is a...
by Tara Backes | Sep 23, 2024 | Essays, In the Media
Taking a stand against Donald Trump as a public facing therapist and therapeutic trainer is not new to me and to my company, The Institute for Creative Mindfulness. As someone who grew up very conservative (with one parent even espousing many of the talking points of...
by Tara Backes | Jun 27, 2024 | In the Media
Janja Lalich is an author and educator who specializes in researching cults and coercion, and has written several books, including “Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships.” Keely Griffin is a former member of a spiritual relationship...
by Tara Backes | Nov 21, 2023 | In the Media
Listen to the podcast Here Just recently, the Emmy-nominated filmmakers behind Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult released a new three-part documentary series that seeks to expose The Twin Flames Universe, or TFU as a high control organization. Dr. Janja Lalich,...
by Tara Backes | Jul 17, 2023 | In the Media
Look inside the cult leader’s playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people’s minds, bodies and souls. Coming July 28th, you can watch this darkly satirical crime docuseries. I’m interested to see how the filmmaker...
by Tara Backes | Jun 6, 2023 | Blog, In the Media, Presentations
The Accent Wealth Podcast interviewed Dr. Janja Lalich, the international authority in the fields of Cults and Coercion who has written numerous books and articles on the subject. In this interview, Dr. Lalich discusses cults, who tend to join them, her experience...
