Born and Raised in a Cult - Support Group
Mary Jo Cysewski, MA is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a special interest in closed, high demand groups or cults. She facilitates a support group. This particular support group targets those who were born or raised within one of these groups. What follows is her invitation sent to ex-morninglanders.com. The address of the meeting place has been removed to protect the privacy of those who may want to participate. For the record, Mary Jo was known as Tia-Lon in Morningland.
Announcing a support group for those who were
born and raised in a closed, high demand group or cult
(also known as 2nd generation ex-members)
The support group is a vital element in the forming of new ideas about who we are and how we operate in our lives. By meeting and communicating with others with whom we share a common experience, we begin to see that we are not alone in our concerns and that these are often shared by others who may have developed ways of coping that can be beneficial to us, and visa versa.
For safety and confidentiality, this is not a drop-in group. Please contact me if you would like to participate or for more information.
Third Sunday of the Month
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Santa Monica, California
$20 per person (sliding scale fee available)
MARY JO CYSEWSKI, MA
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
310-963-4000
maryjo-lmft@comcast.net
Table of Contents
Forums
- articles
- Born and Raised in a Cult - Support Group
- Ex-morninglanders.com, What's that all about?
- Pictures 'o Us
- The Morningland Mailing List
- Websites Resonant with Morningland
- by exers
- Ayer Das / Lee Recalls Sri's Healing
- Copatos / Matt: A Bit of Copatos
- Copatos / Matt: Inner Circle School and Other Lessons
- Copatos / Matt: The Morningland Frying Pan and Fire
- Darma-Ra / Reed: Welcome to Morningland...
- Diravon / Rhoda Pg. 1
- Diravon / Rhoda Pg. 2
- Diravon / Rhoda Pg. 3
- Eon Tabor / Steve: The Rise and Fall of Eon Tabor
- Gyan / Pindar: Response to Gyan's "Truth"
- Gyan / Sharon: Truth
- Ishvara Das / Al: Cloning, Beyond the Ashram
- Ishvara Das / Al: Leaving Morningland and the Fear of Spiritual Death
- Ishvara Das / Al: Morningland Frequently Asked Questions
- Ishvara Das / Al: Quarkdom and the Myth of Hell
- Lepon's Story
- Mon-Ra-Sone / Steve: Ever Changing Perspective
- Moonwolf / Rayne's Story
- Moonwolf / Rayne: Kurukshetra Diary Pg. 1
- Moonwolf / Rayne: Kurukshetra Diary Pg. 2
- Moonwolf / Rayne: Kurukshetra Diary Pg. 3
- Moonwolf / Rayne: Kurukshetra Diary Pg. 4
- Moonwolf / Rayne: Kurukshetra Diary Pg. 5
- Now: Why I left Morningland
- Pathena / Dorie Waxes Poetic on Past Pains and Future Gains.
- Pathena / Dorie's FAQ
- Pathena / Dorie's Writings on Morningland
- Pathena / Dorie: Secrets of the Inner Circle
- Pathena: A Letter to Donato's Gopis
- Pathena: Donato's Death and the Gopi Swan Song
- Pathena: Healing-Training
- Pathena: Introduction to Healing Journey
- Pathena: Message from Donato
- Pathena: Opinions on Healing
- Pathena: Perception and the Filters of Time and Sharing
- Pathena: Recapitulation Exercise
- Pathena: The Birth of the Gathering and the ML Mailing List
- Pathena: The Original Dream of Morningland
- Pathena: Who was Donato?
- Pindar / Will: UPON WAKING
- Quota / Penny: An Introduction
- Quota / Penny: Betrayal
- Quota / Penny: Empowerment
- Quota / Penny: Excommunication
- Quota / Penny: Healing
- Quota / Penny: Healing - Was it Real?
- Rana Lei / Robin: My Story
- Rana Lei / Robin: Raped in the Name of the Master
- Rana Lei / Robin: Strangers
- Rana Lei / Robin: Trust in the Cult
- Seroth / Marcus Shares His Poetry
- Sirisa / Collette: I Dreamt Once That I Was There
- Sriane / Chris: My Simple Abundance
- Treon / Cheryl Remembers Donato/Daniel
- Treon / Cheryl: The Real Story Behind "Leon"
- Treon / Cheryl: We are the Idea and the Power
- Triana (Jane) and Friend share a little Q&A
- Zonuton / Thom's Story
- by others
- eulogies
- fun stuph
- pics
- Anne from Oregon, Tiger from India
- Copatos/Matt In 256 Colors
- Daniel In 256 Colors
- Diravon and Dog
- Ganesha / Laurel
- Images of Noel (Soo-Lian)
- Roseanna In 256 Colors
- Seroth/Marcus Sperato, Pictures
- Steve H. / Eon Tabor in Beirut, 2005
- The Many Loves of Donato
- The Other Ashley Sage
- Varante, Sriane, Khatru
- charts
- gathering
- 1998: The First Gathering (page 1)
- 1998: The First Gathering (page 3)
- 1998: The First Gathering (page Deux)
- 2000: G2 Images and Stuff (page 1)
- 2000: G2 Images and Stuff (page 2)
- 2000: G2 Images and Stuff (page 3)
- 2000: The Official G2 Group Picture
- 2002: Gathering, the Third (page 1)
- 2002: Gathering, the Third (page 2)
- 2002: Gathering, the Third (page 3)
- 2002: Gathering, the Third (page 4)
- 2002: Gathering, the Third (page 5)
- 2004: GIV (4th Gathering Page 1)
- 2004: GIV (4th Gathering Page 2)
- 2004: GIV (4th Gathering Page 3)
- 2007: Christmas @ Janes
- news
- 1978-Apr.: Cult Arms Aquarian Age Spirit
- 1978-Apr.: Cult Steps Surely on "Truth" Path
- 1978-Apr.: Morningland Vows to Drop Suit If...
- 1978-Apr.: Morningland poses disquieting paradox
- 1978-May: Cult Says Members Harassed
- 1978-May: Sect Has Its Roots in Star Trek, Occult
- 1979-May: Cult at Ctr of Church-State Controversy
- 1980-Apr.: Bribe Charge
- 1980-Apr.: Bribe Charge
- 1980-Apr.: ML Leader Enters Innocent Plea
- 1983-Dec.: Morningland Conspiracies
- 1984-Feb.: Ca. Pursues Morningland Leader
- 1984-Mar.: Court Turns Over Decision v. ML Attny.
- 1986-Dec.: Morningland Church Bomb Scare
- 1986-Dec.: Morningland Church Bomb Scare
- 1986-Dec.: Morningland Church Bomb Scare
- 1986-Oct.: Life in ML, an Ex-disciple Reports
- 1986-Oct.: ML Accused of Charging to Heal AIDS
- 1986-Oct.: The ML Church, and Its Controversy
- 1997-Mar.: Just Like Heaven's Gate: Sunday
- 1998-Dec.: Apocalypse Now. No, Really. Now!
- 1999: The End of the World as We Know It
- 2001-Mar.: Ed Masry, More Famous than Donato
- 2004-Jan.: Bones of Contention

