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Wellspring is a special place with a group of people that truly care for those that are hurting. I can’t say thank you enough for all the help each of you gave me. former member of an abusive campus organizationI came to Wellspring with no hope, but I am going home with much hope for my future. I came to Wellspring like a walking dead person, but I am going home very much alive! survivor of multiple battering relationships
Outside of giving me a profound sense of hope, I how have a more clear sense of direction. Both hope and direction were greatly lacking in my life before I came to Wellspring. former cult member who was recruited at an Ivy League university.
I am writing you all to thank you for the care and support that you gave me and (6 year old daughter) while we were at Wellspring last month. I cannot begin to put into words what my time at Wellspring did for me. former cult member who escaped with her small daughter
You have been so kind to me. I need kindness to live. I’m not used to it. I really, really appreciate your care. woman who was sexually abused by her therapist
Thank you for your warm, open, and loving hearts. Thank you for your unending acceptance. Thank you for going above and beyond in order to comfort and soothe a hurting heart. I thank God for you! woman who was raised in an abusive church founded by her parents.
I want all the misled/suffering ones to have a chance to come to Wellspring! You gave me WONDERFUL gifts including the ability to trust again, and a precious two weeks that I could TOTALLY be myself. I wish ALL mental health facilities would truly help others like you do there. former member of an abusive multi-level marketing scheme
Everyone was so amazing while I was there. I’ve now started school again and am living with my mom and dad. Our whole relationship as a family is great now! I haven’t heard from my “ex-controller” at all, and that is a very good thing! Thank you so much for everything you did for me. I can’t see myself ever getting taken advantage of again. young woman who had been involved in an abusive relationship with college roommate
I am still so grateful for the impact you all have had on my life. The work you put in has so many dividends to those of us who were fortunate enough to cross your path. business man who was treated at Wellspring after he left a cult 10 years earlier
You all affected my life more than words could ever be responsible for describing. I fall back every day on what I learned there about myself and the cult dogma. I cannot tell you what a surprise it was like to be seen as a human being. For so many years I was told that I was someone who could not make friends. And now to feel that I was liked and could make friends…what a revelation! former cult member who had been physically and sexually abused by the leader of the group
I really needed my stay at Wellspring. I needed all that I learned there to make any kind of permanent, lasting progress. I had no idea that I would learn so much – and that it could make this much of a difference in every aspect of my life. former member of an abusive church
I am crying as I write this, but for the first time in a long time there are tears of joy, not sadness. When I came here, I felt completely hopeless, and I was contemplating killing myself. Today I not only have the will to live, but I’ve been given some tools I can use to get my life back. I have learned so many good things here, and I feel empowered to use them! woman who was sexually abused by a bishop of a mainstream denomination
The depression is gone, my heart and mind are free for the first time in my entire life of almost 48 years. All this would not be possible without counselors like you! woman who was born and raised in an internationally-known cult
I doubt that I would have ever fully recovered from the effects of being in a thought reform group all on my own. In four years I read so many books on recovery. I also talked to several pastors and many people who didn’t have a clue as to what my needs were or how to help me even begin to recover. I tried so hard to make it on my own. By the end of two weeks my heart was saying – this is like going home with a gift. I have begun to discover the real me. former 20-year member of a cult
My heart is overflowing with gratitude as I think of the many ways you have helped my younger sister. I can honestly say she has really begun to heal and if it were not for you, I don’t know what would have become of her. You have helped her to like herself better and to think of herself as worth something. Thank you very much for being able to feel the pain in her heart and to help her feel understood. Sister of a woman who was sexually abused by her rabbi.
I feel strength and more positive about my future. I don’t know where I’d be without Wellspring. You all have been a major help to me. Just knowing you are there and I can come back for a “booster” shot is very comforting to me as I try to make it on my own without the group. young man who got involved with a cult over the internet
You played an important part of the process that allowed me to emerge from a dark cocoon into the air – a butterfly that can’t go back into that cocoon. battered woman who left the abuser for good after her time at Wellspring
I have been very, very blessed by your kindness, help, comfort, encouragement, and education. I have courage to go home and fight the battle again with new strategies. woman who was sexually abused by a therapist and filing charges with the licensing board
Thank you for the time I spent there one year ago next month! You guys made a difference in me. I met some kind of inner peace and started to reinvent my life. I have a good job now. Keep up the good work! man who left a controlling “human potential” group after having to file bankruptcy from the group’s financial exploitation.
Please know that you at Wellspring are needed! The only real help I got was from you. Though I met many nice people who tried to help me, they looked like big question marks. mother of a teen who was stalked on the internet
No one could understand how we were caught in such a crazy, sick thing as we were and why we just didn’t’ leave when we didn’t like it. No one could understand that we didn’t have any common sense anymore, that we didn’t have any freedom of our own thinking or acting. It was like a spell that had come over us and we were hypnotized. Wellspring understood and unraveled the shame, guilt, and despair that we found ourselves in. father of a family of 6 that joined a communal group to better serve God
My experience at Wellspring was one of great relief – it was so good to know that all the pressure I was feeling wasn’t “just in my head.” I am reminding myself that I will have down times, and all is not lost. For now when I’m aware that I have an emotion I try to stop and give myself some room to feel what I’m feeling. I’m also making time for fun things and to be with people! woman who was battered and kept returning to the abuser before coming to Wellspring