Hassan, Steven: - Steven Hassan, PhD is a mental health professional and expert in undue influence tactics used by authoritarian leaders and destructive cults.
His 45 plus years of experience give him a unique perspective on the damaging effects.
Hassan began Helping People affected by undue influence after he was deprogrammed from the Moon cult in 1976 at age 22.
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He is an experienced educator having served as an instructor for the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop, as an elective teacher and a presenter for the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, and in other educational and training capacities for other higher education, professional, law enforcement, governmental, non-governmental and advocacy group audiences.
He is a member of the Program in Psychiatry and the Law at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.
A complex systems approach, based in science and supported by the rule of law, is necessary to protect these rights.
Hassan believes that access to the truth, Freedom of thought, and Freedom from undue influence are basic human rights.
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He developed the Strategic Interactive Approach (SIA), as an effective and legal intervention alternative for families to help cult members.
He developed the BITE Model of Authoritarian Control to identify control tactics and the Influence Continuum Model to discern ethical from unethical influence.
He also is the founder of Freedom From Undue Influence, a not-for-profit entity with the purpose of conducting and publishing the research on undue influence that is needed to update legal and social policies.
He is the Founding Director of the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, which provides training, consulting and support to individuals who are struggling to Leave or recover from a cult and to families and organizations that are concerned about cult behaviors.
His foundational online course is Understand Cults: The Basics.
He is a translated author with books in 10 languages.
He is the author of four books including Combating Cult Mind Control, Freedom of Mind and The Cult of Trump.
His expertise includes harmful influence in cases of destructive religious and political cults, human trafficking, extremist and terrorist groups, one-on-one relationships, families, parental alienation, mini-cults, therapy and self-improvement groups, professional and institutional abuse, corporate and multi-level marketing programs, and harmful belief systems.
Hassan, Steven: - Steven Hassan, PhD is a mental health professional and expert in undue influence tactics used by authoritarian leaders and destructive cults
