The BITE model of Authoritarian Control is a framework that examines the behaviors, information, thoughts, and emotions that can be manipulated to enslave people.

Mind control refers to the manipulative techniques and psychological tactics used by certain groups or individuals to exert undue influence over an individual’s thoughts, beliefs, and behavior, often resulting in the individual losing their autonomy and critical thinking abilities.

The Influence Continuum represents a graphic visualization of how to identify ethical influence to unethical destructive mind control. These include individuals, leadership and organizations.

The use of Artificial Intelligence in developing more and more effective ways to personalize unethical influence over scale is a major challenge. Authoritarian dictators use cults as proxy groups but can also manipulate and control individuals’ minds and behaviors through data mining, sophisticated algorithms, and targeted psychological manipulation techniques.

Professional therapists, coaches, attorneys, judges, educators and researchers can benefit from Steven Hassan’s courses by gaining valuable insights and practical tools to help individuals who have been subjected to undue influence, manipulation, or coercive control, as well as learning effective techniques for deprogramming and helping individuals recover from harmful psychological manipulation in a compassionate and ethical manner.