MY STORY

A fight against a 'hidden menace.'

For three years I worked for and attended the meetings of a Bible-based charismatic cult.  Many felt that the leader displayed characteristics associated with a Narcissistic personality and the group used unethical methods of control and manipulation to keep people entrapped and financially exploit them.  The group did me a serious amount of psychological damage and left me unemployed and isolated (See media links below for more information).

Following this experience, I felt I couldn't pick up with a new life, ignore what had happened and 'move on,' something which was regularly advised.  I needed to do something to raise awareness of coercive control and help people recover from its devastation and committed to make this a focus in my life.

Following my counselling training, I trained as a teacher, specialising in teaching counselling and mental health awareness, and then completed a masters degree in the psychology of coercive controlling behaviour at the University of Salford. 

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'To think again,' is my private practice counselling service and the fruit of those decisions.

Richard Turner

FdSc, PGCE, MSc, MNCPS (Acc.), MSET

25-03-2019