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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.

Key facts

Company.name
Synanon
Company.image
Casa del Mar Santa Monica.jpg
Company.image_caption
Club Casa del Mar (seen here in 2005), at one time a Synanon facility
Company.type
For-profit
Company.genre
New Religious Movement
Company.foundation
1958
Company.founder
Charles Dederich Sr.
Company.location
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Company.key_people
Charles Dederich Sr.
Company.products
Drug rehabilitation
Company.dissolved
1991 (US)

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Beginnings
  • Practices
  • Lifetime rehabilitation concept
  • Criminal activity and collapse
  • Subsequent treatment approaches
  • Popular depictions
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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.

It was said to be one of the "most dangerous and violent cults America had ever seen". Synanon disbanded in 1991 after several members were convicted of offenses including financial misdeeds, evidence tampering, terrorism, and attempted murder.

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