Rachel Bernstein
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard Apr 2025
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Nobody Should Believe Me · Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein · 10 Apr 2025
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a family member says, too little, too late, sorry. But instead, to have them really understand that they were in a torturous situation too. They were put in a torturous situation too. And now they have to deal with the sense of responsibility and guilt of allowing things to happen to their loved one. So they have a lot of healing to do.
And what they need is not anger directed at them, but they need someone to really make them feel welcome And to be patient and to get them on the road so that they can heal because they're going to need a lot of help.
Right. It's also, I think, an incredibly powerful message to send a child that someone who was so sure of something before has now changed their mind based on new information or based on just being willing to look at it. And when kids see adults actually turning around and saying, I'm so sorry, it is transformative.
It is so hopeful that there are people in this world who were colluding, who were letting them be harmed, who may have been fostering it to a certain degree in ways that they're not even aware, but just emboldening the person to feel they could get away with it because they felt supported and believed in doing it.
Then they get to see their parent being willing to do something very uncomfortable for them. And that is actually very healing. Because they were put through so much that was uncomfortable for themselves, for their parent. And so then it's a way, I think, to really align with the fact that they were both victimized. by the same disorder. And that can be very unifying.
And it's important to make that relationship happen and not make that person too scared to come forward, too scared to connect. Because why do that to them if they really are saying, oh my goodness, I now see. That should be welcomed, really.
You can find more Rachel in my practice. You can go to my website, RachelBernsteinTherapy.com. I'm based in Los Angeles, but I work with people all over the world. And I have support groups for people who have been involved in cults or who have been abused by their cult leader groups. And for families and friends also have loved ones in cults.
And I have the weekly podcast called indoctrination and you can listen to it wherever you listen to podcasts. And so certainly be in touch if you feel like there's a situation you need some help with, or you want to figure out what's happening or how to talk to your loved one about something that you're noticing. I do a lot of
talking about talking, how do we have these conversations that are difficult to have and can be really instructive. There are also some videos on my website about how to have those kinds of conversations and also how to find safer therapy because I'm contacted by people who got involved in therapeutic relationships that were not at all healthy. And that makes me so frustrated. I can't tell you.
So I thought it's my time to do some education about that. And then on podcasts like these, and I'm so glad that you're covering this. I know it's not an easy subject at all.
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