Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center
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| Type | non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation in the United States. |
| Genre | Psychology |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Paul R. Martin, Ph.D. |
| Headquarters | Albany, Ohio, United States |
| Key people | Paul R. Martin, CEO Barbara Martin |
| Industry | residential counseling center |
| Services | treatment of individuals exposed to abusive religious groups, organizations, and cults |
| Website | Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center |
Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center is a residential counseling center specializing in the treatment of individuals who they evaluate as having suffered in what they consider abusive religious groups, organizations, cults, domestic violence, clergy and therapist abuse, and manipulative relationships involving mind-control, brainwashing, psychological, emotional, mental, or spiritual abuse. It is accredited by CARF, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. [1] Founded in 1986 by Dr. Paul R. Martin and his wife Barbara, and located in Albany, Ohio, it is the only accredited facility of its kind in the world. [1][2][3]It also is the only counseling facility recommended by the Christian Research Institute. [4] Wellspring is also a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. [5]
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[edit] Services
Wellspring has been a place of recovery for over 500 survivors and ex-members of what they consider abusive groups and relationships. This includes over 100 former members of the International Church of Christ, the largest group, as well as members of Scientology and Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church [3][6] It also offers educational, consulting, and family support services. Several of its staff members are published authors, and Wellspring is also an informational resource to national and international media to raise awareness about coercive persuasion and its treatment. [1][7][8]
Wellspring has been praised by cult researcher Dr. Ronald Enroth, in his best-selling book Churches That Abuse, as well as in the follow-up book, Recovering From Churches That Abuse.[9][10] In the latter he wrote, in part:
Wellspring exists because recovering emotionally, restoring a loving relationship with God, and re-entering society are not easily accomplished on one's own. The accounts in this book reveal how tortuous the path to recovery can be without professional, caring help. The tragedy is that for the victims of spiritual abuse, the options are disappointingly few. Not many programs are especially equipped, as Wellspring is, to treat victims of spiritual abuse.[10]
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Prominent staff include Dr. Martin, executive director and CEO, Mrs. Martin, and Larry Pile, cult researcher and archivist, all former members of Great Commission International, now known as Great Commission Association. Other staff include Stephen Martin; Ron Burks, associate clinical director, who has appeared on a segment of The Montel Williams Show as an expert; and Liz Wells, a former PBS television personality who gave her life to a cult before her recovery at Wellspring. [7][11][12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center. Retrieved on 2007-03-17.
- ^ Corrie Callaghan (February 25,1999). "Center Assists Cult Survivors". . The Ohio State University Post Retrieved on 2007-03-17.
- ^ a b Organizations List Cult-Help. Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
- ^ Cult treatment center braces itself for new millennium. Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
- ^ Larry Pile. Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center - profile. Cultic Studies Journal. Retrieved on 2007-03-17.
- ^ David W. Martin (May 10, 2001). "The Jesus Pyramid". . The Cleveland Scene Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
- ^ a b "Raised in a Cult". The Montel Williams Show. CBS Paramount. [[February 28, 2002]]. Transcript.
- ^ Jim Phillips (November 24, 2004). "Counselor fights for freedom of cult victims 'one mind at a time'". . The Athens News Retrieved on 2007-03-17.
- ^ Enroth, Ronald (1992). Churches That Abuse. Zondervan Publishing House. ISBN 0-310-53290-6.
- ^ a b Enroth, Ronald (1994). Recovering From Churches That Abuse. Zondervan Publishing House, 33. ISBN 0-310-39870-3.
- ^ Michael Sangiacomo (December 23, 2001). "Wellspring: Helping ex-cult members shed guilt and embrace freedom". . The Cleveland Plain Dealer Retrieved on 2007-03-17.
- ^ MyOwnMind - Cult Recovery and Support Groups. Retrieved on 2007-03-17.
[edit] See also
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[edit] External links
- Official site, Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center
