Cult Themes

Feeling Special

Social Contact

§ I have been to parties where the practitioner was and the practitioner didn’t discuss the implications of traveling in the same social circles.

§ The practitioner has invited me to parties.

§ I have invited the practitioner to parties to which he/she came.

§ I have invited the practitioner to parties to which he/she did not come but said it was because of a prior engagement.

§ I have attended professional meetings with this practitioner at his/her invitation.

§ This practitioner and I usually attend the same AA or Al-Anon (or equivalent) meeting.

§ This practitioner often gives me a ride to the bus at the end of the session.

§ This practitioner often gives me a ride home.

§ I have stayed at this practitioner’s house overnight.

§ I have spent social time with members of this practitioner’s family.

§ I have been/am intimately involved with one or more members of this practitioner’s family.

§ This practitioner and I have close friends in common.

§ Practitioner said or implied that we could be friends when treatment was over.

§ The practitioner sometimes takes drugs or drinks alcohol with me.

§ The practitioner has given me illegal drugs.

§ I have seen my practitioner nude at the health spa, gym, etc.

§ I have seen my practitioner at the gym or health club (dressed).

§ My practitioner and I are on the same sports team.

§ My practitioner and I are on competing sports teams and predictably see each other in that context.

§ I have access to a lot of personal information about the practitioner from mutual friends or colleagues.

§ We have never discussed how social contact outside the professional relationship might affect the professional relationship.

§ Other kinds of social contact. Please describe:

§ The practitioner told me that I was his/her favorite client.

§ The practitioner talked about other clients in my presence.

§ The practitioner took calls from other clients in my presence and let me know who they were.

§ The practitioner said that she/he had never known anyone like me before.

§ The practitioner gives me lots of presents and says they’re a reflection of how important I am to him/her.

§ The practitioner tells me about other clients in a way that makes me feel important, trusted and special.

§ The practitioner told me I was special.

§ Other ways the practitioner helped you feel special. Please describe:

§ There are many clients who seem close to this practitioner. I have met them or heard about them.

§ The practitioner likes to foster a sense of family and community among his/her clients, which I have been part of.

§ There are often parties or social meetings at the practitioner’s home, which I have attended.

§ The practitioner often takes former clients on as trainees at his/her training institute.

§ The practitioner plays the role of “guru” for his/her clients. He/she has a vision about how the world should be and is trying to develop a community of clients as followers/participants in this community.

§ I myself have been part of the planning group for the community the practitioner hopes to develop.

§ The practitioner talks about other clients I know with no respect for their right to confidentiality.

§ Ritualized group activities such as ceremonies were part of my relationship with the practitioner and his/her community.

§ The practitioner is the “guru” of the group in which she/he is involved.

§ Ritualized, sadistic activity in the presence of others.

§ Other ways the practitioner established a community or family-type atmosphere. Please describe:

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