In any area related to human influence - from politics to mass communication, from pedagogy to psychotherapy, there is a growing danger of disguised and intense forms of manipulation and psychological violence. A leading cult expert and professional psychotherapist with nearly twenty-five years of experience, Stephen Hassen presents an innovative approach that will help free millions of people from the grip of destructive mind control. Now everyone who wants to understand the concepts of “zombification”, “brainwashing”, “mind control”, “totalitarian sect”, “psychological violence” or who has actually encountered the listed phenomena has the opportunity to learn significantly more about the achievements of modern psychology in explaining the real content of these terms. What gives this book particular value is its detailed presentation of the latest methods of helping those who have suffered from the most severe and sophisticated forms of psychological violence. For psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists, teachers and social workers, lawyers and law enforcement officials, politicians, clergy , relatives and friends of those involved in mind-controlling psychocults (totalitarian sects, false trainings and similar entities), and for anyone who wants to support basic human rights and preserve freedom.