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ICSA Annual Conference

Psychological Manipulation, Cultic Groups, and Harm

New York, NY

July 1-3, 2010


A Practical Approach for Law Enforcement When Dealing with Cultic Groups

Mark Roggeman

Anger, Rage, Pseudo-Personality, and Cults

Sue Parker, Gillie Jenkinson

Boundaries: Recognition and Repair After Leaving a Destructive Cult

 

Canadian Christian Scientists and Healthcare Decisions

Terra Manca

Clinical Roundtable for Mental Health Practitioners

Facilitator: Gillie Jenkinson, M.A.

Cult Witness: A Film by Samuel Stefan

 

Cultic Studies Education

Edward Lottick

Cults and Psychological Manipulation: A Workshop for Mental Health Professionals

 

Cults and Psychological Manipulation: A Workshop for Mental Health Professionals

 

Cults and Psychological Manipulation: A Workshop for Mental Health Professionals

 

Cults on Trial: A Workshop for the Forensic Mental Health Cult Expert

Steve Eichel, Ph.D., William Goldberg, M.S.W.

Energetic Therapies: A Qualitative Research Among Operators of Friuli Venezia Giulia (Northeast of Italy)

Cristina Caparesi

Entrapment and Rejection: The Abusive Treatment of Young People Who Have Been Born into Cults and Wish to Leave, with Special Reference to the Case of the Exclusive Brethren

Peter Caws, Ph.D.

Evolution of the Strategic Interaction Approach- 2010

 

Exploring World Mission Society Church of God: A Growing Korean Doomsday Cult Waiting for 2012

Ji-il Tark, Ph.D. , Ji-won Tark, M.A.

Gnosticism, est, and the Legacy of Kevin Garvey

Joseph Szimhart, Vanessa Weber, M.S.W.

Grandparents and the Second Generation

Amy Siskind, Ph.D., Lois Kendall, Ph.D.

Group Exit Counseling: Comparing Interventions with Three Different Groups of Ex-Members

Joseph Szimhart

Hegemonic Communication Model: The Power Dynamics in the Emergence of a Secret Creative Self

Miriam Boeri, Ph.D., Karen Pressley

Helping Ex-Members to Get Free of Cultic Control Through Psychological Counseling

Wenzhong Wang

Helping Middle-School Children Develop Critical Thinking Skills to Resist Thought Reform and Emotional Manipulation During Custody Conflicts

Amy Baker, Ph.D.

Hijacked by Gypsies

Karen Young

Hope for the Hopeless: The Rise of the Seventh-Day Adventist Sect

Timothy Dunfield

How Grief Becomes Disenfranchised When Losing a Child to a Cult

 

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

How to Bring About Change in Controversial Groups

Michael Kropveld, Dianne Casoni, Ph.D.; Anuttama Dasa; Michael Langone, Ph.D.; Marie Andree Pelland, Ph.D.

Illegitimate Pain: Dimensions, Dynamics, and Implications

J. Scott Kenney, Ph.D., Jacqueline Slowey

Islamic Soft-Power Antidote to Extremist Terrorism

Kadir Ayhan

Law of Love or Law of Sex

Ashley Henderson

Liberal Education and Critical Thinking: Protection Against Cultic/High-Demand Groups?

Russell Bradshaw, Ph.D.

Music As a Therapeutic and Psychoeducational Tool in Work with Former Members: An Experiential Workshop

Debbie Carroll, Ph.D.

Non-Structured Groups and Emotional Dependence

Josep M. Jansà, Vega González, Luca Basile, Laura Merino, José Fernández

Paul R Martin Memorial Lecture

Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.

Phoenix Project: Ex-Member Art and Literary Works

Diana Pletts

Polish Approaches to Helping Former Cult Members and Families of Cult-Affected Loved Ones

 

Protecting the Elderly from Cult Harm

Jishen Sun

Psychological Make-Up of a Muslim Suicide Bomber

Aftab Khan, M.D.

Psychological Treatment After Leaving Cults

Ningning Cheng

Psychosis and Cults

Miguel Perlado, Ph.D.

Public Policy and Cults in Europe

Francois Bellanger, Ph.D.

Recent Insights into the Neuroscience of Thought Reform: From Neurons to Groups

Tara Stewart, Ph.D.

Religion, Revisionists, and a Marxist Framework for the Rise and Fall of Communalistic Cults

Robin Willey

Research Studies on Leaving and Launching: Stories from Children Parented by Committed Cult Members

Patricia Millar, M.A., Ph.D. candidate, Moderator; Miriam Boeri, Ph.D., *Natascia Boeri; Stephen Kent, Ph.D.; *Stacey Gordey, M.A.; Janja Lalich, Ph.D.

Self-Care Issues for Mental Health Professionals

Linda Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.

Sex and a Celibate Holy Man: A Case Study of the Use of Defence Mechanisms to Create and Maintain an Illusion

Alice Herron

Some Things I Learned During My Seventeen Years in the Hare Krishna Movement (Revisited)

Steven Gelberg, M.T.S.

Something Old, Something New: A Comparative Analysis of 19th Century Utopian Groups with Contemporary New Religious Movements

Ronald Enroth, Ph.D.

Testifying in Court

William Goldberg, M.S.W.

The Four-in-One Online Network for Undertakings in Educational Transformation in China

Chen Quingping, Ph.D.

The Impact of Cults on Creativity—Psychological, Sociological, Aesthetic/Philosophical Views

Dana Wehle

The Instant Optimist: Positive Psychology Meets Cult Recovery

Arthur Buchman, M.A.

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, M.S., N.P., C.N.N.

The Mental Health of Second-Generation Adult Survivors of the Exclusive Brethren: Preliminary Findings from a Quantitative Study

Jill Mytton

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 Ferriss

What I Have Learned About Life

Nori Muster

What’s the Difference? Brainwashing, Mind Control, Influence, Education, and/or Enlightenment?

Eileen Barker, Ph.D.

Who Will Save Nigerian Universities?: A Survey of Students’ Perceptions of the Causes and Solutions to Cult Violence in Nigerian Universities

Adesoji Oni, Ph.D.

Workshop for Former Cult Members Who Were Parents in a Cult

Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.

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