Hope Valley Counselling

30/07/2026

Some thoughts from Northumberland from Gillie...🌊

29/07/2026

Gillie had the pleasure of joining Sarah Edmondson and Anthony "Nippy" Ames on the A Little Bit Culty podcast to talk about thought reform, trauma, recovery, and the journey that ultimately led to Walking Free.

Across this two-part conversation, Gillie shares both her lived experience and over 30 years of specialist work supporting survivors of coercive control, cultic and spiritual abuse.

🎧 Part 1: https://alittlebitculty.com/episode/dr-gillie-jenkinson-on-thought-reform-trauma-and-walking-free-part-1

🎧 Part 2: https://alittlebitculty.com/episode/dr-gillie-jenkinson-on-thought-reform-trauma-and-walking-free-part-2

19/07/2026

Gillie is happy to announce that it is the last day of the Certificate in the Walking Free Model for people based in the UK, Europe and USA (the Australia and NZ Certificate ends mid-September). It is always such a privilege to work with others with lived experience of coercive, cultic and spiritual abuse who have turned their terrible experiences around, trained and gone on to help others leaving and recovering from similar experiences. They experienced the Walking Free Model from the 'inside' in a 5-day intensive going through my Workbook together as ‘clients’ last year and then learned the evolution of and theory behind the model from the 'outside' over 5 days in April. Over these 4 days we are discussing issues around working as professionals in the cultiverse (thanks for that term Anke Richter!). After today some will move on to the next stage, as I mentor and supervise them for a while as they integrate Walking Free Counselling into their practices. Hopefully, in time, some will join the Hope Valley Counselling Affiliates! I wish them all the very best and look forward to watching them flourish as specialist counsellors and practitioners. I thank the wonderful Pauline Hewitt and Vicky Kalis for co-facilitating. Well done all, it is hard work and especially exhausting for those in USA getting up at 2am! My sweet little dog Alby is with a dog sitter and having a great time with lots of other dogs.

Walking Free From the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse: A Workbook for Recovery and Growth "I see the process of recovery and growth after a coercive, cultic or spiritually abusive experience as a journey. It takes time and effort and we need a roadmap as we navigate across bumpy terra...

15/07/2026

17/04/2026

Gillie speaking at the Houses of Parliament, raising awareness of cultic and spiritual abuse.

02/04/2026

Gillie has been featured on bbcglobalwomen Instagram alongside some incredible women with incredible inspiring stories, check it out if you are interested:

306K Followers, 326 Following, 2,840 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from BBC Global Women ()

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!