Cults & Healthcare Neglect with Dr Caroline Ansley

Special Guest: Dr Caroline Ansley

Dr Ansley is the founder of Centrepoint Restoration Project, a website that serves as a connection point, archive of information and safe landing space for former children of New Zealand’s notorious Centrepoint cult – with which Caroline has personal experience. She is also a General Practitioner, with over 20 years' clinical experience in community medicine, and 10 years' experience working in clinical leadership in the Canterbury Health System.


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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

As Senior Clinical Editor of Canterbury and West Coast Community Healthpathways, Dr Caroline Ansley is uniquely positioned to help health practitioners navigate the complexities around healthcare when it comes to current and former cult members.

You may recognise Caroline’s name as a co-host of the Cult Chat podcast, an award-winning collaboration between the Olive Leaf Network, the Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust, and the Centrepoint Restoration Project. Caroline also featured in the 2021 docudrama Heaven & Hell – the Centrepoint Story, and is the lead author of an open letter signed by over 50 former Centrepoint members and children. Addressed to the adults of the former Centrepoint Community and published in the NZ Herald in 2021, it asks the adults of Centrepoint to make right the harms that they caused or allowed to happen to the children.

If you have been personally affected by involvement in a cult, or would like to support those who have been, you can find support with or donate to Cult Information and Family Support if you’re in Australia (via www.cifs.org.au), and you can find resources outside of Australia with the International Cultic Studies Association (via www.icsahome.com).


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August 21st, 2024

1 hr 0 mins 37 secs