Category: Psychology of Totalism

Bounded Choice, Lourdes Torres vs Doug Phillips lawsuit, Psychology of Totalism, Totalist Institution

Lourdes, Lifeboats, and Bounded Choice: Part IV (The Complicated Process of Exiting Totalist Groups)

Cindy K

*** Obstacles that Second Generation Adults like Lourdes Torres-Manteufel must overcome when exiting threatening, high demand situations and groups like Doug Phillips' Vision Forum *** Part IV in a Series Link to Part I Link to Part II Link to Part III by Cindy Kunsman, UnderMuchGrace.com   "When we leave, we actually don’t have what… Continue reading Lourdes, Lifeboats, and Bounded Choice: Part IV (The Complicated Process of Exiting Totalist Groups)

Bounded Choice, Doug Phillips & Vision Forum, Homeschool Movement, Lourdes Torres vs Doug Phillips lawsuit, Psychology of Totalism, Sexual Abuse/Assault and Churches, Spiritual Abuse, Stay-At-Home Daughters Movement, Totalist Institution, Vision Forum, Women and the Church

Lourdes, Lifeboats, and Bounded Choice: Part III (Raised in a Totalist Institution)

Cindy K

*** Using Katie Botkin's lifeboat analogy, Cindy Kunsman explores the “Second Generation Adult” and Lourdes Torres-Mantefeuel's alleged sex abuse by Vision Forum's Doug Phillips ***   Part III in a Series Link to Part I Link to Part II By Cindy Kunsman, UnderMuchGrace.com On the same day that Lourdes Torres-Manteufel's petition was filed, the first cousin… Continue reading Lourdes, Lifeboats, and Bounded Choice: Part III (Raised in a Totalist Institution)

Bounded Choice, Lourdes Torres vs Doug Phillips lawsuit, Psychology of Totalism, Totalist Institution

Lourdes, Lifeboats, and Bounded Choice: Part II (No Choice in Totalist Institutions)

Cindy K

  *** Cindy Kunsman explains how Doug Phillips relegated Vision Forum acolytes to bounded choice – a dynamic only intensified for Lourdes Torres-Manteufel by alleged sex abuse. *** Note from Julie Anne:  This is Part 2 of Cindy Kunsman's series on Bounded Choice.  In this series she is helping us to understand the process people go… Continue reading Lourdes, Lifeboats, and Bounded Choice: Part II (No Choice in Totalist Institutions)

Bounded Choice, Doug Phillips & Vision Forum, Lourdes Torres vs Doug Phillips lawsuit, Personal Stories, Psychology of Totalism, Recovery Process, Totalist Institution

Lourdes, Lifeboats, and Bounded Choice: Part I (An Illustration)

Cindy K

*** After reading the account of the Lourdes Torres-Manteufel abuse by Vision Forum founder, Doug Phillips, Cindy Kunsman reflects on her own sex abuse story. *** Note from Julie Anne:  I remember talking to Cindy Kunsman around the time the Lourdes Torres-Manteufel lawsuit was made public. Lourdes' story greatly affected her in a personal way, reminding her… Continue reading Lourdes, Lifeboats, and Bounded Choice: Part I (An Illustration)