Meg reminds us of the strength that comes from speaking our truth and fighting for justice! Proud of you! -Paris Hilton, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and survivor

Read this book to understand why tough-love residential treatment does not help troubled teens-and what must be done to prevent these businesses from preying on vulnerable families. -Maia Szalavitz, author of several books including Help At Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids, and contributing opinion writer for the New York Times

Thanks to Meg for her openness and bravery that threads itself through her memoir, and through her life's work. -Rachael Bernstein, educator, therapist, author, cult and re-acclamation specialist, board member of ICSA, and host of the weekly podcast, IndoctriNation

Becoming UNSILENCED gives voice to all the teens abused in a very troubling industry. An important and compelling read for understanding coercion and cultic environments. -Sarah Edmondson, author of Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life, and host of the podcast A Little Bit Culty

This book also provides an excellent map and resources to those readers needing to deconstruct and understand their own experiences as young people growing up under religious group control. -Daniella Mestyanek Young, author of Uncultured, and scholar of cults, extreme groups, and extremely bad leadership

Meg Appelgate's heartfelt book adds to the increasing number of well written memoirs that document the misdiagnosis and mistreatment that characterize the Troubled Teen Industry. -Phil Elberg, attorney and Troubled Teen Industry expert

Applegate offers readers an example of how adult TTI survivors continue to heal through advocacy. Becoming UNSILENCED tells a story about what pushes so many to speak out, lifting voices together to sustain the social movement against institutionalized abuse. -Marcus Chatfield, TTI researcher and historian