Dissociation and Depression in Treatment-Seeking Former Members of Contemplative Cults
        Donna Adams, Ph.D.

Self-Report Measures of Psychological Abuse
        Carmen Almendros, Ph.D., Moderator; José Antonio Carrobles, Ph.D.; Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.; Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D.; Álvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira, Ph.D.

Divorce and Cults
        Marybeth Ayella, Ph.D., Moderator; Carol Diament; Jenny Hunter

Parental Alienation Syndrome and the Cult of Parenthood
        Amy J. L. Baker, Ph.D.; Discussants: William Goldberg, M.S.W., Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.

The Red Mosque: A Case Study of How Religion can Evolve into a Terrorist Cult
        Ana Ballesteros Peiró; M. Jesus Martin Lopez; Jose Manuel Martinez

Polygamy and Government: Policies, Powers and Limitations of State and Local Governments
        Livia Bardin, M.S.W. Jane Irvine, ACSW, LCSW; Paul Murphy

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.

The Marginals: People on the Boundary of a New Religious Movement
        Eileen Barker, Ph.D.

Public Policy and Cults in Europe
        Francois Bellanger, Ph.D.

The Boundary between Cultic and Benign in Spiritual Groups
        Elliot Benjamin, Ph.D.

Decline of the Gentle Wind Project: How Former Members Withstood a Lawsuit and Secured a Victory for Free Speech
        James Bergin, M.A.; Matthew Bergin; Judy Garvey; Arthur Dole, Ph.D.; Cathleen Mann, Ph.D.

Workshop for Mental Health Professionals - Clinical Issues: Working with First-Generation Former Cultists
        Rachel Bernstein, MS.Ed., LMFT; Discussant: Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.

Psychotherapy Facades and Legal Charades: My Adventures in the Land of Undue Influence
        Sheila Rae Bradley

Deprogramming: A 24-Year Follow-up
        Gabriel Brandis; Steve K. D. Eichel, Ph.D.

Mind Control in the Cult “Orizzonti Nuovi”: A Schismatic Group of The Family – A Survey of Internal Sources
        Dr. Cristina Caparesi

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Being Freed from Disabling Hooks
        Dan Clark

Update on the International Churches of Christ and the Reemergence of Kip McKean
        David Clark

Identity Construction of Children Growing into Closed Religious Environments
        Lorraine Derocher

Writing as a Tool for Healing from the Trauma of a Cult Experience
        Kristen Skedgell, M.Div., L.C.S.W.

Risk Factors for Therapists Working with Individuals and Families Who have been Affected by Destructive Cults
        Linda Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.

The Continuum of Influence in Addictions Treatment: From Therapeutic Alliance to Undue Influence
        Linda J. Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.; Roberta Eisenberg, M.S.W.; Steven Eisenberg

Workshop for Mental Health Professionals - Clinical Issues: Working with Families
        Facilitators: Linda Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.; Roberta Eisenberg, M.S.W.

Exploring and Developing a Model and Theory of Totalistic Identity in Ex-Cult Members
        Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.; Paul Martin, Ph.D.

Research Network Meeting
        Facilitator: Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.

Roundtable on Theoretical Developments in the Field of Undue Influence and Cults
        Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D., Facilitator; Janja Lalich, Ph.D.; Paul Martin, Ph.D.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.; Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D.

Secular vs. Religious: Identity Issues for Individuals Exiting Bible-based Cults
        Wendy and Doug Duncan

Cults on Trial: Issues for the Forensic Mental Health Cult Expert
        Steve K. D. Eichel, Ph.D.

Closing Comments
        Philip Elberg, Esq., President ICSA

The Use of Coercive Influence by the Tough Love Industry
        Philip Elberg, Esq.; Maia Szalavitz

Welcome and Introduction
        Phillip Elberg, Esq.; Michael Langone, Ph.D.

Polygamy: Recent Developments
        Andrea Moore Emmett; Laura Chapman, Sylvia Mahr

Dissociation and Self-Harm in Cultic Groups
        Sharon K. Farber, Ph.D.

Writing Case Studies
        Sharon Farber, Ph.D.

After the Cult: Who Am I?
        Leona Furnari, M.S.W.

Workshop for Mental Health Professionals - Clinical Issues: Working with Second-Generation Former Cultists
        Leona Furnari, M.S.W.; Michael Martella, M.F.T.

Coping with Triggers
        Carol Giambalvo; Joseph Kelly

Ex-Member Debriefing
        Carol Giambalvo

Workshop for Former Group Members
        Carol Giambalvo; Joseph Kelly

How to Set Up and Facilitate a Support Group
        William Goldberg, M.S.W, L.C.S.W..; Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

Workshop for Mental Health Professionals: Testifying in Court
        William Goldberg, M.S.W.

Since You've Been Gone: A reading of a new play about the cult experience, to be followed by audience discussion
        Dolores W. Gregory

Distinguished Legal Lecture: Religion, the Truth, and the Public Good (plenary session)
        Marci Hamilton, M.A., J.D.

Religion, the Truth, and the Public Good
        Marci Hamilton, M.A., J.D.

Steve Hassan Reflects on 30 Years of Activism
        Steven A. Hassan, M.Ed., LMHC, NCC

Boundaries: Recognition and Repair after Leaving a Destructive Cult
        Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C.

How Grief Becomes Disenfranchised When Losing a Child
        Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C.

Introductory Workshop for Mental Health Professionals
        Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C

Educate, Communicate and Persevere: Coping with A Cult Experience
        Walter and Julie Jacobs; Joseph Szimhart

An Investigation into Cult Pseudo-personality and How it Forms
        Gillie Jenkinson, M.A.

Workshop for Mental Health Professionals: Clinical Roundtable for Mental Health Practitioners
        Gillie Jenkinson, M.A.

Problems with Justification: How to Critique Cults Without Asking "How Abusive Was Your Experience?"
        Alicia Juskewycz

Manipulating Other People's Marriage for Money
        Randy Kandel, Ph.D., J.D.

Cults and NRMs in Modern Literature
        Dennis King

Significant Cult Legal Cases in Japan
        Masaki Kito, Esq., Takashi Yamaguchi, Esq., Yukari Yamamoto

Update on Cult Legal Cases and Issues in Japan
        Masaki Kito, Esq.; Shuji Nakamura, Esq.; Takashi Yamaguchi, Esq.; Reiko Higashi, Esq.

Myths, Misnomers, and Missed Signals: Demystifying Cult Research
        Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Moderator; Miriam Boeri, Ph.D.; Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D.

Opening Keynote Address: The Violent Outcomes of Ideological Extremism: What Have We Learned Since Jonestown?
        Janja Lalich, Ph.D.

Special Lunch Discussion Session: On Going to College or Graduate School After a Cult Experience
        Janja Lalich, Ph.D.

The Puzzle of Brainwashing
        Janja Lalich, Ph.D.; Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D.

Religious Conflict Resolution for Families
        Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.; Patrick Ryan; Ronald Loomis

Terrorism and Cultic Studies: A Brief Overview
        Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.

Workshop for Family Members.
        Michael Langone; Patrick Ryan; Ron Loomis

Workshop for Family Members. This workshop has reached capacity and we cannot accept additional enrollments.
        Michael Langone; Patrick Ryan; Ron Loomis

Vows of Silence (60 minutes), video followed by panel discussion
        J. Paul Lennon; Juan Vaca; Piotr Nowakowski, Ph.D.

Description of Pre-Conditions of Cultic Personality Dependence: Results of Ukrainian Research into Nontraditional Religious Activity
        Olena Lischynska, Ph.D.

A Survey of Legal and Legislative Professionals in Pennsylvania
        Edward Lottick, M.D.

Group and Individual Counseling with Cult Survivors from a Long-Term Trauma Theory Perspective
        Michael Martella, M.A.

Special Session for Born or Raised (Second Generation)
        Michael Martella, MFT; Joyce Martella

Workshop for Former Group Members: Optional Discussion Session: Born or Raised
        Michael Martella, M.A.; Joyce Martella

An Empirical Examination of Psychological Symptomatology among Different Coercive Group Types
        Paul R. Martin, Ph.D.; Nicole Gullekson, Brian Uhlin & Lindsay Orchowski

The Lifton Scale
        Paul R. Martin, Ph.D.; Nicole Gullekson

The Wellspring Treatment Model for Victims of Cults and Cultic Relationships
        Paul R. Martin, Ph.D.; Donna Adams, Ph.D.

Psychological Violence Strategies of the ETA Terrorist Network in the Basque Country: An Exploratory Study
        Javier Martín-Peña; Álvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira; Jordi Escartín; Clara Porrúa; Federico Javaloy

Child Sexual Abuse in Cults: Can It Be Prevented?
        Kimberlee Norris, Esq.

The Problem of “Sectarian Mentality” Within Church Communities
        Piotr Tomasz Nowakowski, Ph.D.

A Causal Model of Some Perceived Socio-Psychological and Academic Factors as Determinants of Cult Membership Among University Students in Southwestern Nigeria
        Adesoji A. Oni, Ph.D. & Kola Babarinde, Ph.D.

The Socialization of Women into a Polygamous Lifestyle: The Experience of Canadian Fundamentalist Mormons
        Marie-Andrée Pelland, Ph.D.; Dianne Casoni, Ph.D.

Novel Unsupported Therapies: Pseudoscientific and Cult-Like Characteristics
        Monica Pignotti, MSW, Moderator; James D. Herbert, Ph.D.; Jean Mercer, Ph.D.

Phoenix Project II: Ex-Member Art and Literary Works
         

Phoenix Project: Ex-Member Art and Literary Works
        Diana Pletts

Thirty Years of Treatment for Individuals and Families Affected by Psychologically Manipulative Groups (GMP): An Epidemiological Perspective
        Núria Ribas, Josep Maria Jansà, Luca Basile, Inma Sánchez, Vega González, Miguel Perlado, Esther Maté, Marga Cano, Teresa Fernández

Charisma in Absentia: Comparing Recruitment Session Leadership Strategies of Cults and New Religious Movements
        Joshua Rosenblum, M.A.

Disconfirming Inaccurate, Self-Limiting Beliefs Formed Through Thought Reform with Corrective Emotional Experience
        Colleen Russell, L.M.F.T.

Cults on Campus: Case of the JMS in Japanese Universities
        Yoshihide Sakurai, Ph.D.

Influence, Law, and Ethics in the 21st Century
        Alan Scheflin, J.D., Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.; Discussants: Francois Bellanger, Ph.D.; Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.; Masaki Kito, Esq.; Paul Martin, Ph.D.

Authentic Writing and Cult Recovery
        Daniel Shaw, LCSW, Moderator; Fred Poole; Marta Szabo

Informal Case Presentations and Group Supervision - for Psychotherapists Working With Former Cult Members
        Daniel Shaw, LCSW

Four Approaches to Helping Families
        Lois Svoboda, M.D., LMFT, Moderator; David Clark; Joseph Szimhart; Joseph Kelly/Patrick Ryan; Steve Hassan, M.Ed., LMHC, NCC

Elements of Harmful Cult Activity: An Exit Counselor’s Working Model
        Joseph Szimhart

Aum Shinrikyo: Its Current Situation
        Taro Takimoto, Esq.; Masaki Kito, Esq.

Cults, the Law, and Government: A Discussion
        Moderator: Michael Kropveld; Marci Hamilton, J.D.; Francois Bellanger, Ph.D.; Masaki Kito, Esq.; Stephen Mutch, Ph.D., LL.B.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.

Cults and Creativity
        Dana Wehle, L.C.S.W., M.F.A.; Gillie Jenkinson, M.A.; Colleen Ruseell, L.M.F.T.

Resiliency and Post Traumatic Growth in the Healing Journey towards Recovery
        Doni Whitsett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

History of Japanese Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales and the Japan Society for Cult Prevention and Recovery
        Shuji Nakamura Esq, Masaki Kito Esq, Taro Takimoto Esq.

Avoiding Legal Entanglements When Writing
        Takashi Yamaguchi, Esq.

The Anti-Cult Cult
        Ginger Zyskowski; Carol Giambalvo