Hope Valley Counselling

13/01/2026

Good Housekeeping magazine here in UK have published a piece by Anna Stothard (author and journalist - she is on Instagram) about her experience of being recruited and stalked by an online Wellness 'shaman/guru' shortly after giving birth to her twins. She says "I didn’t consider myself the sort of person who endorsed random shamans on the internet." She was vulnerable and got 'love bombed' by him but thankfully pulled away before she lost years and money to this 'shaman'. It is so important to raise awareness of how people are recruited online and how Wellness 'cults' operate. Jon Atack is quoted and Gillie was honoured that they mentioned https://www.hopevalleycounselling.com/ and included a warning. https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/.../stalked-online-cult/

At home with only her newborn twins and her phone for company, Anna Stothard was lonely and looking for community — so she started to follow a wellness influencer on social media. This is what happened next…

21/12/2025

Seasons Greetings everyone! We have been busy here at Hope Valley Counselling - please do check out what Gillie has been up to in our newsletter

The holiday season is upon us, and some relish setting up Christmas trees and making a huge thing of it, as they were not allowed to celebrate the ‘worldliness’ of it all!

01/12/2025

We're pleased to share that Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army is now available to stream in Australia on SBS On Demand.

For those of you in the UK, it’s still available to watch on BBC iPlayer too, so do catch up if you haven’t seen it yet.

Watch Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

27/11/2025

🌸 Thank you to Tal Gur of Elevate Society for taking the time to review Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse: A Workbook for Recovery and Growth. Here’s the link if you’d like to have a read:

What does it take to finally walk free when your mind has been shaped by coercion, control, and spiritual manipulation? In Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse: A Workbook for Recovery and Growth, Gillie Jenkinson offers a carefully mapped journey toward healing, iden...

07/11/2025

Dr Gillie Jenkinson is deep into Cohort 2 of the Certificate in the Walking Free Model 5-day UK Recovery Workshop with 7 wonderful therapists with lived experience. This is session 1 of 3 sessions and an opportunity to experience the Walking Free Recovery Workbook from 'the inside'. In 2026 the cohorts will merge and the participants will experience it from 'the outside' and learn about the evolution, theory and practice of the model. All trainees are therapists with lived experience of coercive, cultic and/or spiritual abuse. Gillie is grateful to Pauline Hewitt and Vicky Kalis for co-facilitating with her. It has been an intense but great few days!

Events Below, you will find a selection of upcoming and past conferences and training events involving Dr Gillie Jenkinson. Nov 5 to 10 Nov Certificate in The Walking Free Model Wed, 5 Nov 2025 10:00 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:00 Google Calendar ICS The Hope Valley Counselling Certificate in The Walking Fr...

23/10/2025

Parts 1 & 2 of Gillie's appearance on The Thinking Mind Podcast are now available to stream. You can listen to them by clicking one of the links below:

Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e140-surviving-a-cult-part-1-of-2-w-gillie-jenkinson/id1466932169?i=1000726415508
Part 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e145-surviving-a-cult-part-2-of-2-w-gillie-jenkinson/id1466932169?i=1000732217970

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17/10/2025

Alexandra Stein of The Family Survival Trust is hosting a panel of fantastic speakers on the subject of 'Challenging Cults and High Demand Groups' in Sheffield city centre on 26 November 18.30-20.30. Check it out here:

Hear from Emrhys Cooper (actor and film maker), Naomi Brown (Jesus Fellowship Redress Scheme) and Rachael Reign (Surviving Universal UK)

16/10/2025

We are thrilled that the 2024 DeCULT Conference documentary DECULT VOICES: BEYOND BELIEF is now available for all to watch. Dr Gillie Jenkinson is honoured to be featuered. Check this out at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZMhsGHTn30. Well done Anke Richter and all at DeCULT!

Filmed during the first Decult conference in Ōtautahi Christchurch (Aotearoa New Zealand) in 2024, this documentary weaves together raw, unscripted insights ...

24/09/2025

After lots of preparation Dr Gillie is happy to say that the Certificate in the Walking Free Model 5-day UK Recovery Workshop has started today with cohort 1. Cohort 2 will take place in early November. There are 16 trainees in all (8 in each cohort). This is session 1 of 3 sessions and an opportunity to experience the Walking Free Recovery Workbook from 'the inside'. In 2026 the cohorts will merge and the participants will experience it from 'the outside' and learn about the evolution, theory and practice of the model. All trainees are therapists with lived experience of coercive, cultic and/or spiritual abuse. We had a great day!

02/08/2025

Dr Gillie Jenkinson was interviewed for BBC online following screening of the documentary 'Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army' on BBC 2 and BBC iPlayer - check it out here:

A psychotherapist explains how to spot a cult and why more support is needed for those who leave.

20/07/2025

CHECK OUT THIS AMAZING NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A CULT BASED IN THE UK

Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army BBC2 27 July and 3 August 9pm and BBC iPlayer

Dr Gillie Jenkinson had the privilege of being filmed delivering Post-Cult Counselling in a Recovery Workshop for a documentary “Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army” with four amazing survivors. This was filmed at her house in the Hope Valley, UK by a wonderful team who have been very professional and supportive in every way throughout this process.

The two-part documentary includes a history of Jesus Army and archive material, interviews and the Recovery Workshop and is being screened on Sunday 27th July and 3rd August at 9pm on BBC 2 in UK. It will be on BBC iPlayer from 27th July.

There will also be a podcast (which Dr Jenkinson is not involved with) which will be very interesting as it will address legal issues around cults/coercive control amongst many other things.

The trailers and more information about the documentary are now available at this link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0lqmy6x.

If you are interested, please do put the date in your diary and check out the trailer!

25/06/2025

There have been some exciting updates at Hope Valley Counselling!