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AFF Annual Conference 2002 - Events

June 14-15, 2002,  Orlando, FL

Conference: Understanding Cults and New Religious Movements -- Perspectives of Researchers, Professionals, Former Members, and Families 

 

Pre-conference - workshops on Thursday, June 13, 2002

Workshop for Former Group Members
(10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Coordinator: Carol Giambalvo
 
Workshop for Families and Friends
(10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Coordinator: Livia Bardin, M.S.W.
 
Free Workshop for Mental Health Professionals
(7:00p.m. – 9:30 p.m.) Coordinator: Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C.; Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.; William Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
 

Conference Events - Friday, June 14, 2002

Schedule subject to change.

 

Introduction
Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.  
Brainwashing, Social Psychology, and the Courts
Alan Scheflin, J.D., L.L.M., Coordinator; Edward Frishholz, Ph.D.; Paul Martin, Ph.D.
A Conversation with Dr. Margaret Singer
Margaret T. Singer, Ph.D.
Anyone Can Be Fooled
Sandy Andron, Ed.D.
Church Universal and Triumphant
Joseph Szimhart, Coordinator
Political Groups: Deed and Creed
Rod Marshall, Ph.D., Coordinator; Dennis Tourish, Ph.D.; Discussant: Janja Lalich, Ph.D.
The Jim Roberts Group Parents Network
Ronald Loomis, Coordinator; Joseph Szimhart; James Foster; Larry Wilcox
Advances in Social Science Research
Miriam Williams Boeri, Doctoral Candidate; Marie-Andree Pelland, Ph.D. Student
Waldorf Schools: Theory & Practice
Dan Dugan; Sharon Lombard
Report from Canada
Mike Kropveld
Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves
Steven Hassan, M.Ed.
Clinical and Diagnostic Issues
Josep Jansa, M.D., Coordinator; Miguel Perlado Recacha
Spanish Research with the Group Psychological Abuse Scale
Dr. Jose Carrobles; Carmen Almendros, Doctoral Student; Cesar Mascarenas, M.D.; Discussant, Rod Marshall, Ph.D.
Research in Latin America 
Paul Carden, Coordinator; Jorge Erdely, Ph.D.; Cesar Mascarenas, M.D.
Research on the Jehovah’s Witnesses
Paul Carden, Coordinator; Jerry Bergman, Ph.D.; Herbert Rosedale, Esq., Discussant
Inner Experience and Conversion
Michael Langone, Ph.D.; Joseph Kelly; Patrick Ryan
Counseling Issues: The Experience of RETIRN
Linda Dubrow, Ph.D.; Steve Dubrow-Eichel, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.; Roberta Cobrin Eisenberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., BCD

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Conference Events - Saturday, June 15, 2002

Harm in New Religious Movements: Perspectives from Sociology, Religious Studies, and Psychology
Jean-Francois Mayer, Ph.D., Coordinator; Eileen Barker, Ph.D.; Arthur Dole, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.; Phillip Lucas, Ph.D.; Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D.
Inside Polygamy
Andrea Moore Emmett
Kashi
Rosanne Henry, M.A., Coordinator; Harry Brodie, M.D.; Paul Martin, Ph.D.; Discussant: Steve Dubrow-Eichel, Ph.D.
Marriage After the Cult
Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Advances in Psychological Research
Ron Burks, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate; Rod Marshall, Ph.D.; Jonibeth Whitney,Ph.D.; Carmen Almendros, Doctoral Student; Discussant: Paul Martin, Ph.D.
International Churches of Christ
Carol Giambalvo, Coordinator; Ron Burks, M.A.; David Clark; Kathy Kelly Endres, M.A.
Children of Providence: Born and Raised in the Unification Church
Donna Collins, Coordinator; Flore Aslid; Thelord Schuhart; Discussants, Eileen Barker, Ph.D., Steve Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D.

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