Media & Professional Portfolio
Conferences & WebinarS
October 2025
Speaker: “Cults and Coercive Control”
Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers
New Zealand (national webinar)
September 2025
Speaker: “Cults and Healthcare”
Hillmorten Hospital Psychiatry Grand Round
Christchurch, New Zealand
July 2025
Speaker: “The Medical Workforce – Can They Become Advocates and Allies for Cult-Impacted People?”
International Cultic Studies Association Annual Conference
Montreal, Canada
July 2025
Speaker: ”Are Cults Harmful to Health?” -
Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Annual Conference
Christchurch, New Zealand
June 2025
Panelist: “Cult Conversations”
Religious Trauma Collective Annual Event
(on-line event)
May 2025
Speaker: “Understanding Cult Psychology”
Waitaha Branch New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists Forum Day
Christchurch, New Zealand
July 2024
Panelist: “Is New Zealand a Little Bit Culty?”
International Cultic Studies Association Annual Conference
Barcelona, Spain
Articles
December 2024
“The Gloriavale & Centrepoint children - the impetus New Zealand needs to bring about change”
Author, Substack
October 2024
"Changing the C-Word: Cult Survivors on Sensationalism and Stigma”
Interviewee, Radio New Zealand
August 2024
“Cults Often Neglect Vital Health Needs – How an NZ GP Wants to Change That”
Interviewee, New Zealand Listener
July 2024
“An Open Letter Calling for Restorative Justice for the Children of Centrepoint Community”
Author, Substack
July 2023
“Out on Their Own”
Interviewee, New Zealand Listener
December 2022
“Centrepoint Survivor Urges Former Commune Kids to Speak Up Before Clock Runs Out on Abuse-in-Care Inquiry”
Interviewee, Stuff
October 2022
“From Centrepoint to Gloriavale, Why Are We Still Naive About Sexually Dangerous Cults?”
Author, The Spinoff
June 2022
‘The Hardest Word’
Interviewee, Stuff
June 2021
“We, the Children of Centrepoint, Are Breaking Through the Silence”
Author, The Spinoff
May 2021
“Heaven and Hell – The Centrepoint Story: Three Survivors Come Forward in Documentary”
Interviewee, Canvas Magazine
May 2021
“Centrepoint survivors on speaking out and reconciliation”
Interviewee, Newstalk
Television & radio
October 2024
Decult Conference launch
Breakfast TVNZ
Podcasts
The following is a list of podcasts that Dr Ansley has been interviewed in or featured in. This list does not include the Cult Chat podcast, which Dr Ansley is co-host of.
