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Time |
Event |
Room / Track |
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8:30
a.m.
9:00
p.m.
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Bookstore
Thursday - Saturday
Phoenix Project Art &
Literary Exhibit
Friday - Saturday |
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Thursday, July 1
Pre-Conference
Workshops |
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Registration
begins at 8:00
A.M. |
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8:30 - 9:45 |
Orientation for
Mental Health
Professionals
New to the
Cultic Studies
Field
Rosanne Henry,
M.A., L.P.C.
(If you plan to attend this special session, please e-mail ICSA:
mail@icsamail.com) |
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10:00 5:30 |
Workshop for
Former Group
Members
Carol
Giambalvo;
Joseph Kelly;
Joyce Martella,
M.A.; Michael
Martella, Ph.D.
Welcome and Introductions -
10:00 12:00
Overview of the Recovery Process with Open Discussion
- 1:30 - 3:30
Critical thinking and open Q/A and discussion
- 4:00 - 5:30
[For ex-members only]
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10:00 5:30 |
Workshop for
Families and
Others:
Understanding
and Responding
to Cultic
Involvements
Overview, Conversion, Conflict Resolution
(Michael Langone,
Ph.D.; William
Goldberg, M.S.W.;
Patrick Ryan) -
10:00 - 12:00
Discussion for Families and Friends of Group Involved Persons:
Assessment,
Communication,
Relationship
Building,
Strategizing
(William
Goldberg, M.S.W.;
Patrick Ryan) -
1:30 - 5:30
Film: "My Big Fat Moonie Wedding"
(Discussion with
Gordon Neufeld,
one of the
people in the
film) - 1:30 -
3:00
Post-Cult Recovery Issues (Ron Burks,
Ph.D.) 3:30 -
5:30 |
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10:00 5:30 |
Workshop for
Mental Health
Professionals
Clinical Issues: Working with First-Generation Former Cultists
(Linda
Dubrow-Marshall,
Ph.D.) 10:00 -
10:55
Clinical Issues: Working with Second-Generation Former Cultists
(Joyce Martella,
M.A.; Michael
Martella,
Ph.D.) 11:05 -
12:00
Clinical Issues: Working with Families
(Lois Svoboda,
M.D.) 1:30 -
2:30
Clinical
Roundtable for
Mental Health
Practitioners (Facilitator:
Gillie
Jenkinson, M.A.)
2:45 - 3:30
Joint
Mental
Health/Research
Network
Discussion
Rosanne Henry,
M.A., L.P.C.;
Rod
Dubrow-Marshall,
Ph.D. - 4:00 -
5:30
[For mental
health
professionals
only] |
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10:00 5:30 |
Workshop for
Researchers
Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D., Facilitator |
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12:00 1:30 |
Lunch |
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Meal Discussion
Tables |
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Luncheon Talk:
Hijacked by
Gypsies
Karen Young |
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3:30 - 4:00 |
Break |
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6:00 7:30 |
Dinner |
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Meal Discussion
Tables |
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Dinner Talk:
Recovery and
Residential
Treatment
William Goldberg, M.S.W. |
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7:30 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.] |
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7:30 - 9:00 |
Poster Session*
The Instant
Optimist:
Positive
Psychology Meets
Cult Recovery
Arthur Buchman, M.A.
Law of Love or
Law of Sex
Ashley Danielle Henderson
The Watchtower
Indoctrination
Cocktail: Mass
Media,
Interpersonal
Communication,
and a Liberal
Dose of
Questions: An
Examination of
the What Does
The Bible Really
Teach? Campaign
Stephen Ferris
Not Me: Using
Memoirs to
Develop
Understanding of
Why People Join
and Stay in
Cults
Marybeth Ayella, Ph.D. |
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7:30 - 9:00 |
Poster Session*
Who Will Save Nigerian Universities?: A Survey of Students
Perceptions of
the Causes and
Solutions to
Cult Violence in
Nigerian
Universities
Adesoji A. Oni,
Ph.D.
Psychological Treatment After Leaving Cults: The Care House in
Nanjing Xiaguan
Ningning Cheng
Protecting the Elderly from Cult Harm
Jishen Sun
Helping Ex-Members to Get Free of Cultic Control through
Psychological
Counseling
Dr. Wenzhong
Wang
Cults, Terror
and Mind Control
Cults and
Terrorism in a
Post 9/11 World
Raphael Aron |
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5:30 6:00
7:30 - 11:00 |
ICSA Social
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Friday, July 2 |
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Registration
begins at 8:00
A.M. |
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9:00 9:25 |
Welcome and
Introduction
Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.; Carolle Tremblay |
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9:25 - 9:30 |
Move to
Breakouts |
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9:30 10:30 |
Some Things I
Learned During
My Seventeen
Years in the
Hare Krishna
Movement
(Revisited)
Steven J. Gelberg, M.T.S.
What I Have
Learned About
Life
Nori Muster |
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Gnosticism, est
and the Legacy
of Kevin Garvey
Joseph Szimhart; Vanessa Weber, M.S.W. |
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The Mental
Health of
Second-Generation
Adult Survivors
of High-Demand
Groups: A
Quantitative
Study
Jill Mytton
Energetic
Therapies: A
Qualitative
Research Study
Among Operators
of Friuli
Venezia Giulia
(north-east of
Italy)
Caparesi Cristina |
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Critical
Thinking Skills
for Former Cult
Members
Doug Duncan, M.S., L.P.C.; Wendy Duncan, M.A., L.B.S.W.
Cultic Studies
Education
Edward Lottick, M.D. |
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Helping Middle
School Children
Develop Critical
Thinking Skills
to Resist
Thought Reform
and Emotional
Manipulation
During Custody
Conflicts
Amy Baker, Ph.D. |
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10:30 11:00 |
Break
Visit the
Phoenix exhibit
of ex-member art
& literary
works. |
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11:00 12:30 |
Coping with Triggers
Carol Giambalvo;
Joseph Kelly
[For ex-members
only] |
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Anger, Rage,
Pseudo-Personality
and Cults
Anger, Rage and
Relationship -
Sue Parker Hall
Cult
Pseudo-Personality
- Gillie
Jenkinson |
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Sex and a
Celibate Holy
Man: A Case
Study of the Use
of Defense
Mechanisms to
Create and
Maintain an
Illusion
Alice Herron
Non-Structured
Groups and
Emotional
Dependence
Josep Jansa,
M.D. |
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How to Bring
About Change in
Controversial
Groups: Overview
and Examples -
Part I
Michael
Kropveld,
Moderator;
Michael Langone,
Ph.D.; Anuttama
Dasa |
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How Grief Becomes Disenfranchised When Losing a Child
Rosanne Henry,
M.A., L.P.C. |
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12:30 2:00 |
Lunch
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Meal Discussion
Tables |
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Luncheon Talk - Paul R. Martin Memorial Lecture
Rod
Dubrow-Marshall,
Ph.D. (1:30 -
2:00) |
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2-3:30 |
Psychosis and
Cults
Dr. Miguel
Perlado
Group Exit Counseling: Comparing Interventions with Three
Different Groups
of Ex-members
Joseph Szimhart |
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Music as a
Therapeutic and
Psychoeducational
Tool in Work
with Former
Members: An
Experiential
Workshop
Debbie Carroll,
Ph.D.
[For mental
health
professionals
only] |
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Psychological
Research from
Spain and Japan
- Part I
Carmen Almendros, Ph.D.
Fran Barbero
Josι Antonio Carrobles, Ph.D.
Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D.
Alvaro Rodrνguez-Carballeira, Ph.D. |
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How to Bring
About Change in
Controversial
Groups: Research
Developments -
Part II
Michael
Kropveld,
Moderator;
Dianne Casoni,
Ph.D.;
Marie-Andree
Pelland, Ph.D. |
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How the
Government,
Lawyers,
Citizens and
Victims are
Trying to Tackle
the Issues
Concerning
Controversial
Groups,
Especially the
Unification
Church, in Japan
Masaki Kito
Esq.; Takashi Yamaguchi, Esq.;
Yukari Yamamoto |
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3:30 4:00 |
Break
Visit the
Phoenix exhibit
of ex-member art
& literary
works. |
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4:00 5:30 |
Boundaries:
Recognition and
Repair after
Leaving a
Destructive Cult
Rosanne Henry,
M.A., L.P.C.
[For ex-members
only] |
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Grandparents and
the Second
Generation
Personal Account
- SGA (Amy
Siskind, Ph.D.)
Grandparents and
their Potential
Impact on the
Second
Generation (Lois
Kendall, Ph.D.) |
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Psychological
Research from
Spain and Japan
- Part II
Carmen Almendros, Ph.D.
Fran Barbero
Josι Antonio Carrobles, Ph.D.
Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D.
Alvaro Rodrνguez-Carballeira, Ph.D. |
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Canadian
Christian
Scientists and
Healthcare
Decisions
Terra Manca
Hope for the
Hopeless: The
Rise of the
Seventh-day
Adventist Sect
Timothy Dunfield |
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How to Bring
About Change in
Controversial
Groups:
Discussion -
Part III
Michael
Kropveld,
Moderator;
Dianne Casoni,
Ph.D.; Anuttama
Dasa; Michael
Langone, Ph.D.;
Marie-Andree
Pelland, Ph.D. |
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6:00 7:30 |
Dinner |
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Meal Discussion
Tables |
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Dinner Talk:
"The Magical
Mystery Tour is
Dying to Take
You Away" - The
Beatles'
Experience of
Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi's
Transcendental
Meditation, as
Reflected in
Their Music
Gina Catena (7:00 - 7:30) |
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7:30 9:00 |
Polish
Approaches to
Helping Former
Cult Members and
Families of
Cult-Affected
Loved Ones
Piotr T. Nowakowski, Ph.D.
Self-Care Issues
for Mental
Health
Professionals
Linda Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D. |
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The Charles Manson Family
Patrick
OReilly, Ph.D.
A Practical
Approach for Law
Enforcement When
Dealing with
Cult Groups
Mark Roggeman |
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5:30 6:00
7:30 - 11:00 |
ICSA Social |
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9:10 - 10:20 |
Cult Witness A
Film by Stefan
Samuel (Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl9O9PMv0Zo) |
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Saturday, July 3 |
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Registration
begins at 8:00
A.M. |
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9:00 10:30 |
Special Session
for Born or
Raised (Second
Generation)
Michael Martella,
MFT; Joyce
Martella
[For
second-generation
ex-members only] |
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Religion,
Revisionists,
and a Marxist
Framework for
the Rise and
Fall of
Communalistic
Cults
Robin D. Willey
The Four-in-One Online Network for Undertakings in Educational
Transformation
in China
Professor Chen
Qingping, Ph.D. |
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Recent Insights
into the
Neuroscience of
Thought Reform:
From Neurons to
Groups
Tara Stewart, PhD
Illegitimate
Pain:
Dimensions,
Dynamics and
Implications
J. Scott Kenney; Jacqueline Slowey |
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Psychological
Makeup of a
Muslim Suicide
Bomber
Aftab Khan, MD.
Islamic Soft
Power Antidote
to Extremist
Terrorism
Kadir Ayhan |
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Entrapment and
Rejection: The
Abusive
Treatment of
Young People Who
Have Been Born
into Cultic
Groups and Wish
to Leave, With
Special
Reference to the
Case of the
Exclusive
Brethren
Peter Caws,
Ph.D.;
Moderator:
Eileen Barker,
Ph.D.;
Discussants: Jill Mytton, M.A.;
Lois Svoboda,
M.D. |
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10:30 11:00 |
Break
Visit the
Phoenix exhibit
of ex-member art
& literary
works. |
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11:00 12:30 |
Workshop for
Former Cult
Members Who Were
Parents in a
Cult
Lorna Goldberg,
M.S.W., L.C.S.W.;
Rosanne Henry,
M.A., L.P.C. |
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Polygamist
Groups: Two High
Profile Case
Updates
Andrea
Moore-Emmett
Susan Groulx
Laura Chapman |
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The Impact of Cults on Creativity: Psychological, Sociological,
Aesthetic/Philosophical
Views
Dana Wehle,
L.C.S.W.
Hegemonic Communication Model: The Power Dynamics in the
Emergence of a
Secret Creative
Self
Miriam Boeri,
Ph.D.; Karen
Pressley |
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The Undue
Influence
Doctrine: A
Bastion of
Legally
Acknowledged
Extreme
Influence
Linda Demaine,
J.D., Ph.D.
Public Policy
and Cults in
Europe
Francois
Bellanger, Ph.D.
Moderator:
Alan Scheflin,
J.D., LL.M. |
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12:30 2:00 |
Lunch |
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Meal Discussion
Tables |
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Luncheon Talk:
Human Rights and
Cults |
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2:00 3:30 |
Ex-Member
Debriefing
Carol Giambalvo
[For ex-members
only] |
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Cults on Trial:
A Workshop for
the Forensic
Mental Health
Cult Expert
Steve K. D. Eichel, Ph.D.; William Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. |
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Whats the
Difference?
Brainwashing,
Mind Control,
Influence,
Education and/or
Enlightenment?
Eileen Barker, Ph.D.
The Influence
Continuum:
Developments in
the Research of
Undue Influence
in the Social
Sciences
Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D. |
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Research Studies
on Leaving and
Launching:
Stories from
Children
Parented by
Committed Cult
Members
Patricia Millar, M.A., PhD Candidate, Moderator;
Miriam Boeri, Ph.D.; Natascia Boeri; Stephen Kent, Ph.D.; Stacey
Gordey, M.A.;
Janja Lalich,
Ph.D.
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Exploring World
Mission Society
Church of God: A
Growing Korean
Doomsday Cult
Waiting for 2012
Ji-il Tark,
Ph.D.; Ji-won
Tark, Ph.D.
Something Old,
Something New:
A Comparative
Analysis of 19th
Century Utopian
Groups With
Contemporary New
Religious
Movements
Ronald Enroth,
Ph.D. |
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3:30 4:00 |
Break
Visit the
Phoenix exhibit
of ex-member art
& literary
works. |
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4:00 5:30 |
Awards
William
Goldberg, M.S.W.
ICSA Meeting and
Discussion
(open to all
attendees)
Conference
Closing
Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.; Carolle Tremblay |
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6:00 7:30 |
Dinner Break |
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Meal Discussion
Tables |
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Dinner Talk:
Cartwheels in a
Sari
Jayanti Tamm (7:00 - 7:30) |
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7:30 - 8:30 |
Brainstorming:
How to Market,
"Salvation
Road," a Cult
Education Play,
to Schools and
Churches
Charles Breinig, Facilitator |
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5:30 6:00
7:30 - 11:00 |
ICSA Social
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