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![]() Club Casa del Mar (seen here in 2005), at one time a Synanon facility | |
Company type | For-profit |
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Genre | New Religious Movement[1][2][3][4] |
Founded | 1958 |
Founder | Charles Dederich Sr. |
Defunct | 1991 (US); still exists in Germany |
Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Key people | Charles Dederich Sr. |
Products | Drug rehabilitation |
Subsidiaries | Synanon Branch, Germany |
Synanon, originally known as Tender Loving Care, was a new religious movement founded in 1958 by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in Santa Monica, California, United States. Originally established as a drug rehabilitation program, Synanon developed into an alternative community centered on group truth-telling sessions that came to be known as the "Synanon Game," a form of attack therapy.[5][6]
Described as one of the "most dangerous and violent cults America had ever seen,"[7][8] Synanon disbanded in 1991 after several members were convicted of offenses including financial misdeeds, evidence tampering, terrorism, and attempted murder.[9][7] However, an offshoot of the group remains active in Germany and Sydney, Australia.[citation needed]
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