The Psychology of Cults with Dr Elizabeth Mullan

Schedule

Tue Jan 21 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Cyprus Avenue | Cork, CK

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Discover how cults manipulate and control people, their non-religious forms, and their widespread prevalence in modern society. With Q&A.
About this Event

When we hear the word ‘cult’, we might think about notorious religious groups such as Heaven’s Gate, Children of God, and Scientologists. But cults and other high control groups are everywhere, and they definitely are not always religious in character, with some luring people in under the false pretence of wellness and personal growth.

It’s estimated there are around 2,000 cults in operation in the UK today, and 10,000 in the United States. Research from The Family Survival Trust in 2022 called this phenomenon a “hidden epidemic" in the UK, estimating thousands of adults and children are being deceived into joining cult groups. This talk examines the psychology of cults: what draws people to join cults, why they might stay, and what cult leaders and leadership members get out of controlling people.

Doors open at 7pm, talk starts at 7:30pm - come down early to grab a good seat!

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Dr Elizabeth Mullan (PhD) is an award-winning psychologist, psychotherapist and cult survivor. She has over 20 years of experience researching cult psychology, institutional, familial, and spiritual abuse, as well as the effects of coercive control and traumatic narcissism. She has spoken widely in the UK and internationally on cults, and has published widely on the themes of family, abuse and narcissism, as well as psychedelic therapy and psychedelic cults. Her first book, focusing on adoption reunion and trauma, was published by Routledge in 2017.



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Cyprus Avenue, Caroline Street, Cork, Ireland

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