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What Makes a Cult a Cult & Is Brainwashing Real?

What makes something a cult? And wait a second... are cults all bad? Also, how does someone decide to join a cult? The coerced...are they brainwashed? These were the questions that Kat has been asking the past couple of months and this week, they are the questions she is answering on this episode.  To learn more, check out the articles below Kat used for this episode PLUS <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cultish-Language-Fanaticism-Amanda-Montell/dp/0062993151">Cultish</a> By Amanda Montell <a href="https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/probing-question-does-brainwashing-exist/">Does Brainwashing Exist?</a> <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-is-a-cult-165512">What is a cult?</a> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/12/what-makes-a-cult-a-cult">What Makes a Cult a Cult?</a>   Follow Kat on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kat.defatta/">@Kat.Defatta</a> Follow the podcast Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/youneedtherapypodcast/">@YouNeedTherapyPodcast</a> Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: <a href="mailto:Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com">Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com</a> Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? <a href="https://threecordstherapy.com/">Click here!</a>   Produced by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/houstontilley/">@HoustonTilley</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Kathryn DeFatta, who has earned her Masters of Education from Vanderbilt University in Human Development Counseling, is inviting you into conversations around what it’s like to live fully in a world where we’ve become accustomed to shut parts of ourselves off. Here you will find a space that welcomes in discomfort, tough questions, and hard truths, all while showing how to find joy through it all.