|
Time |
Event |
Room / Track |
|
8:00 a.m.
–
6:00
p.m.
|
Bookstore
Friday - Sunday |
|
|
Thursday, June 26 – Pre-Conference Workshops |
|
9:00 – 10:00 |
Registration |
|
10:00 – 5:00 |
Workshop for
Former Group
Members
Carol Giambalvo;
Joseph Kelly
[For ex-members only] |
Ex-Member |
|
10:00 – 5:00 |
Workshop for
Family Members
Michael Langone,
Ph.D.; Patrick
Ryan; Ron Loomis |
Family |
|
10:00 – 5:30 |
Workshop for
Mental Health
Professionals
Testifying in
Court
(William
Goldberg,
M.S.W., L.C.S.W.)
– 10:00 a.m. –
11:00 a.m.
Clinical Issues:
Working with
First-Generation
Former Cultists
(Rachel
Bernstein, MS.Ed.,
LMFT) – 11:00
a.m. – 12:00
p.m.
Clinical Issues:
Working with
Second-Generation
Former Cultists
(Leona Furnari,
M.S.W.; Michael
Martella, M.F.T.)–
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Clinical Issues:
Working with
Families (Linda Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.; Roberta
Eisenberg,
M.S.W.) – 2:15 –
3:15 p.m.
Clinical Roundtable for Mental Health
Practitioners (Facilitator:
Gillie Jenkinson,
M.A.) – 3:30 –
5:00 p.m.
[For mental health professionals only] |
Mental Health |
|
varies |
Lunch |
|
varies |
Break |
|
5:00 – 7:00
|
Dinner Break |
|
6:00 –
11:00 |
ICSA Social at
the Sheraton
University Hotel |
Fairmont Room |
|
7:00 – 9:00
|
Optional Discussion Session: Born or Raised
Michael Martella,
M.A.; Joyce
Martella
[Session is only
for people born
or raised in
high-demand
groups.] |
Ex-Member |
|
7:00 – 9:00 |
Introductory Workshop for Mental Health Professionals
Rosanne Henry,
M.A., L.P.C.;
Rachel
Bernstein, Ms.Ed.,
LMFT; Leona
Furnari, M.S.W. |
Mental Health |
|
7:00 – 9:00 |
Research Network Meeting
Rod Dubrow-Marshall,
Ph.D. |
Research |
|
Friday, June 27 |
|
8:00 – 9:00 |
Registration |
|
9:00 – 9:30 |
Welcome and
Introduction
Phil Elberg;
Michael D.
Langone, Ph.D
Awards
William
Goldberg, M.S.W. |
|
|
9:30 – 10:30 |
The Violent
Outcomes of
Ideological
Extremism: What
Have We Learned
Since Jonestown?
Janja Lalich,
Ph.D. |
Keynote Address |
|
10:30 –11:00 |
Break |
|
11:00 – 12:30 |
Coping with Triggers
Carol Giambalvo;
Joseph Kelly
[For ex-members
only] |
Ex-Member |
|
The Boundary Between Cultic and Benign in Spiritual Groups
Elliot Benjamin,
Ph.D.
Problems With
Justification:
How to Critique
Cults Without
Asking "How
Abusive Was Your
Experience?
Alicia Juskewycz |
Research |
|
Cults on Trial:
Issues for the
Forensic Mental
Health Cult
Expert
(Steve K. D. Eichel, Ph.D., ABPP
[For mental
health
professionals
only] |
Mental Health |
|
Myths,
Misnomers, and
Missed Signals:
Demystifying
Cult Research
Janja Lalich,
Ph.D., Moderator
The Naming Game:
Why Academics
Should be
Concerned about
Terms
Miriam Boeri, Ph.D.
What the
Scholars Missed
and Why they
Missed Them: A
Retrospective
Examination of
Several Major
“Cult” Stories
from the End of
the Twentieth
Century
Stephen A. Kent,
Ph.D. |
Research |
|
How Grief Becomes Disenfranchised When Losing a Child
Rosanne Henry,
M.A., L.P.C. |
Family |
|
Influence, Law, and Ethics in the 21st Century
Alan Scheflin,
J.D., LL.M.;
Discussants: .;
Francois
Bellanger,
Ph.D.; Rod
Dubrow-Marshall,
Ph.D.; Masaki
Kito, Esq; Paul
Martin, Ph.D. |
Legal |
|
12:30 – 2:00 |
Lunch
|
|
|
|
Special Lunch
Discussion
Session: On
Going to College
or Graduate
School After a
Cult Experience
Moderator: Janja
Lalich, Ph.D.
(Meet at the
conference
bookstore. If
you haven’t
already, e-mail
Dr. Lalich at
jlalich@csuchico.edu).
Open only to
ex-members. |
|
|
2:00 – 3:30 |
Starting Out: A Discussion of Key Practical Issues People Face
When They Leave
Cults—Housing, Employment, Education, Social Skills, etc.
Livia Bardin,
M.S.W. |
Ex-Member |
|
Authentic
Writing and Cult
Recovery
Daniel Shaw,
LCSW, Moderator;
Fred Poole;
Marta Szabo |
Ex-Member |
|
The Use of
Coercive
Influence by the
Tough Love
Industry
Phil Elberg,
Esq.; Maia
Szalavitz |
Group |
|
Risk Factors for Therapists Working with Individuals and Families
Who have been
Affected by
Destructive
Cults
Linda J.
Dubrow-Marshall,
Ph.D.
The Continuum of
Influence in
Addictions
Treatment: From
Therapeutic
Alliance to
Undue
Linda J.
Dubrow-Marshall,
Ph.D.; Roberta
Eisenberg,
M.S.W.; Steven
Eisenberg |
Mental Health |
|
Dissociation and
Depression in
Treatment-Seeking
Former Members
of Contemplative
Cults
Donna Adams,
Ph.D.
An Empirical
Examination of
Psychological
Symptomatology
among Different
Coercive Group
Types
Paul R. Martin,
Ph.D.; Nicole
Gullekson, Brian
Uhlin & Lindsay
Orchowski
The Wellspring
Treatment Model
for Victims of
Cults and Cultic
Relationships:
Research and
Mental Health
Paul R. Martin,
Ph.D.; Donna
Adams, Ph.D. |
Research |
|
Religious Conflict Resolution for Families
Michael D.
Langone, Ph.D.;
Patrick Ryan |
Family |
|
History of
Japan’s National
Network of
Lawyers Against
Spiritual Sales
and the Japan
Society for Cult
Prevention and
Recovery
Shuji Nakamura
Esq, Masaki Kito
Esq, Taro
Takimoto Esq. |
Legal |
|
3:30 –4:00 |
Break |
|
4:00 –5:30 |
Special Session
for Born or
Raised (Second
Generation)
Michael
Martella, MFT;
Joyce Martella
[For
second-generation
ex-members only] |
Ex-Member |
|
After the Cult:
Who Am I?
Leona Furnari,
M.S.W.
[For ex-members
only] |
Ex-Member |
|
Novel Unsupported Therapies: Pseudoscientific and Cult-Like
Characteristics
Monica Pignotti,
MSW, Moderator;
James D.
Herbert, Ph.D.;
Jean Mercer,
Ph.D. |
Group |
|
Cults and
Creativity
Dana Wehle,
L.C.S.W.; Gillie
Jenkinson, M.A. |
Mental Health |
|
The Marginals:
People on the
Boundary of a
New Religious
Movement
Eileen Barker,
Ph.D.
Mind Control in
the Cult
“Orizzonti
Nuovi”: A
Schismatic Group
of The Family –
A Survey of
Internal Sources
Dr. Cristina
Caparesi
The Problem of
“Sectarian
Mentality”
Within Church
Communities
Piotr Tomasz
Nowakowski,
Ph.D. |
Research |
|
Writing Case
Studies
Sharon Farber,
Ph.D.
Writing as a
Tool for Healing
from the Trauma
of a Cult
Experience
Kristen Skedgell
Avoiding Legal
Entanglements
When Writing
Takashi
Yamaguchi, Esq. |
Miscellaneous |
|
Polygamy and
Government:
Policies, Powers
and Limitations
of State and
Local
Governments
Livia Bardin,
M.S.W.
Jane Irvine,
ACSW, LCSW; Paul
Murphy |
Legal |
|
5:30 – 7:00 |
Dinner Break |
|
6:00 – 11:00 |
ICSA Social at
the Sheraton
University Hotel |
Fairmont Room |
|
7:30 – 9:00 |
“Since You've
Been Gone” – s
script-in-hand
staged reading
of a new play
about the cult
experience, to
be followed by
audience
discussion
D. W. Gregory |
|
|
7:00 – 11:00 |
The Phoenix
Project Exhibit |
