Excerpted from Leah Remini: Scientology & The Aftermath (Season 1, Episode 8) [Screen: STEVE HASSAN CULT EXPERT & AUTHOR FORMER MEMBER OF THE MOONIES LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR] LR: Our next guest is Steve Hassan. He's a cult expert. He's written books. [00:26:28.234] [Scene: 3D Scientology cross zooms out; center of cross disappears; white screen] Leah Remini (LR): You were a member of a cult, the Moonies. Steve Hassan (SH): Indeed. LR: And, ah, I'm … [Read more...] about Media interview: Cult expert Steven Hassan on his emotional reaction to the Aftermath series (2017)
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Book: Steve Hassan on “Unfreezing” (1988)
Leah Remini promoted Steve Hassan's book[1. Hassan, S. (1988) Combating Cult Mind Control. Park Street Press] on Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (Season 1, Episode 8). THE THREE STEPS TO GAINING CONTROL OF THE MIND [...] On the surface, the three-step process to gaining control of the mind seems quite simple. These three steps are unfreezing, changing, and refreezing. Unfreezing To ready a person for radical change, his reality must first be shaken up. His indoctrinators … [Read more...] about Book: Steve Hassan on “Unfreezing” (1988)