Ron Burks joins staff. 1994 - Part of staff travels to Sweden to conduct a second program. The piece was published in Cultic Studies Journal. 400th client treated. The estimated membership of those cults is more than 5,000,000.
Some estimates range even higher.
Of the millions who have left cults, tens of thousands have been permanently harmed. Few of them realize the extent of their damage, and, if they do, they often don t know where to go for help. Those people who leave a cult often require considerable time to readjust to life outside the cult and to return to normal living. Many victims continue to struggle with spiritual, doctrinal, health, and psychological issues even after leaving their group. The family and friends of the cult member are often also hurt as a result of the damage they see in the loved one s life and as a result of losing contact with him or her.