... the Five Stages of Deprogramming:

1. Discredit the figure of authority: the cult leader.

2. Present contradictions (ideology vs. reality): “How can he preach love when he exploits people?” is an example.

3. The breaking point: When a subject begins to listen to the deprogrammer; when reality begins to take precedence over ideology.

4. Self-expression: When the subject begins to open up and to voice some of his own gripes against the cult.

5. Identification and transference: when the subject begins to identify with the deprogrammers, starts to think of himself as an opponent of the cult rather than a member of it.

https://www.cultnews101.com/1992/12/deprogramming-case-study-part-1.html