Gillie Jenkinson, PhD, is an accredited psychotherapist, international speaker and a Director of Hope Valley Counselling. For over 25 years she has specialised, as therapist and researcher, in the challenges faced by those who have experienced coercive, cultic and spiritual abuse. She created ‘Post-Cult Counselling’ for those who experience trauma in such settings and trains therapists in its use. She is a former member of a Bible-based cultic group. Gillie’s book ‘Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse: A Workbook for Recovery and Growth’ will be published by Routledge in May 2023 and is available for pre-order.