Acknowledgements I want to thank my family first and foremost. Tony, my husband and editor extraordinaire, for his love and all-round support over the years, it has been invaluable in more ways than I can begin to say – thank you! Hannah and Esther, my beautiful creative daughters, thank you for being you and always contributing wisdom and love to my life and this project – I am so proud of you. Thank you to my many friends (you know who you are!) and Martin, Emma and Rod for cheering me on and affirming that Mum and Dad would be so proud. Sheila Mudadi-Billings, your insight, friendship, wisdom, sisterhood, challenge and honesty mean the world to me. My therapist, Janet Hawksworth, who faithfully sat with me, helping me emotionally heal with her kindness, compassion and understanding. Thank you to my supervisor, Louise Porteous, for your consistent ongoing support and encouragement – you were there at the beginning of the Post-Cult Counselling journey and your input has been invaluable. My ICSA friends, Lorna and Bill Goldberg, Michael Langone, Gina Catena and too many more to name, who have welcomed me into your circle and have contributed so much love and insight into my life. Thank you to Wellspring Retreat and Resource Centre for the opportunity to intern with you, I never forget all you have done for me. I also want to acknowledge those who have ‘passed’: Dr Paul Martin, Dr Betty Tylden and Lady Daphne Vane, all heroes in their time. Thank you to Camilla Charnock for her beautiful illustrations, and Lydia Lapinski at thoughtsmakethings.com for the graphic design, it has been a dream working with you both. I want to thank all my clients who had the courage to enter into Post-Cult Counselling – I hope you learned as much from me as I learned from you – and those who participated in my research and generously gave of their time and their story. And finally, thanks to the therapists who attended the Certificate in Post-Cult Counselling and dared to try out my Recovery Workbook with their clients and found it helped!