For seven years of her twenties, Gillie Jenkinson was in a religious cult. She recalls being told what to eat, when to sleep and what clothes to wear.
"It was completely coercive, controlling," she says, going on to add that the group operated from an "ordinary" looking terraced house.
She remembers giving all of her money to the group, believing it would go towards their mission of "saving the world".
"None of that happened, we didn't save anybody or do anything with it, but you're sold a lie," she explains.
After leaving the cult, she sought mental health support to help process her experiences but she was unable to find any trained therapist with experience in helping cult survivors.







