This book seeks to educate counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, and other professionals about the benefits and challenges of a fundamentalist religious upbringing and the impact on adult wellbeing.

There is a lack of research-based literature on this topic, which can often be disregarded and overlooked in clinical work.

Gill Harvey is a therapeutic counsellor/psychotherapist, supervisor, researcher, and trainer from the UK, working mainly in private practice. Her specialist interest is in working with those affected by strict religious groups and/or cults and providing clinical supervision for therapists who work in this area. Gill also provides qualitative research supervision for Master’s and Doctoral students.