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Why trauma disrupts sleep: Understanding insomnia and recovery

Justice delayed or justice served? The High Court appeal of the Unification Church dissolution order and the challenges of the dissolution process

Planned obsolescence in personal growth: Coercion, capitalism and cult dynamics in large group awareness trainings (LGATs)

Interpreting power: Sacred texts and coercive control: Evidence from Jewish sectarian contexts

Coercive control is not just about fringe groups anymore: Using neuroscience to inform recovery from unethical influence across different social contexts

The Red String Project: Identity, belief, myth & meaning

The Perfect Storm: Vertical and horizontal contributions to the cult experience

Hypnosis and coercion: What people believe vs. What we know

Born into captivity: Children raised in cultic systems and the hidden architecture of coercion — An insider perspective from a cult leader’s daughter

Exit costs: The aftermath of cult conditioning and coercive control — Re-traumatization, identity collapse, and the silent pathways back into exploitation

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