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8:00 AM

9:00 PM

Bookstore & Registration

THURSDAY - SATURDAY

Pre-Conference Workshops: Thursday, October 16

Room Key:  BM = Bright Meadow Ballroom; RI = Rhode Island; MA = Massachusetts;

S/L = Springfield/Longmeadow (second floor); Suf = Suffield (second floor); TBD = To be Determined

10:00 - 5:00

Workshop for Former Group Members

Carol Giambalvo & Joseph Kelly

(Only ex-group members permitted in this workshop)

RI

Workshop for Family Members

Livia Bardin, M.S.W. & Patrick Ryan

MA

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch Break

BM

3:00 – 3:30

Break

5:00 – 6:00

Pre-Dinner Social – with cash bar

BM

6:00 -

7:00

Dinner

BM

7:00 – 9:30

Workshop for Mental Health Professionals

Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C., Coordinator; William Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.; Arnold Markowitz, C.S.W. (Nonprofessionals may attend as observers)

MA

7:00 – 9:00

Special Session for People Born or Raised in Cultic Groups

Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Facilitator; Carol Giambalvo

(Only ex-group members permitted in this session)

RI

7:00 -

11:00

Evening Social - with cash bar

BM

Friday, October 17

9:00 - 9:30

Welcome

Herbert Rosedale, Esq.

RI/MA

9:30 - 10:30

Introduction to the Conference

Michael Langone, Ph.D.

RI/MA

10:30 – 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:30

Perspectives on Hare Krishna, Part I

Steve K. Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D., Coordinator; Anuttama Dasa (Changes in ISKCON); Krishnakant Desai, M.A. (The Great Guru Hoax: Why ISKCON is Still A Cult); Discussants: Steven Gelberg; E. Burke Rochford, Ph.D.

RI

11:00 – 12:30

Cold Reading and the Cult Leader’s Mystique

William Goldberg, M.S.W.

MA

Canadian Researchers Present, Part I

Mike Kropveld, Coordinator; Adriana Pacheco (Child Abuse in the Breakaway Windsor, Quebec Baptist Church); James A. Beverley, Ph.D. (The Inner Teachings of Moon)

S/L

Advanced Communication for Families (for those who have completed AFF's Family Workshop)

Livia Bardin, M.S.W.; Patrick Ryan.

Suf

12:30 – 2:00

Lunch Break

BM

12:30 – 2:00

Luncheon Discussion Group for Families with Cult-Involved Loved Ones

Arnold Markowitz, C.S.W.; Dana Wehle, C.S.W.

TBD

2:00 –

3:30

Perspectives on Hare Krishna, Part II

Steve K. Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D., Coordinator; E. Burke Rochford, Ph.D. (Changes in the ISKCON Social Milieu); Steven Gelberg (Leaving ISKCON); Discussants: Anuttama Dasa; Krishnakant Desai, M.A.

MA

Spanish Researchers Present – Part II

Josep Jansa, M.D., Coordinator; Carmen Almendros (Perceived Psychological Abuse of Former Members of Diverse Cultic Groups: Assisted vs. Non-assisted by Cult Awareness Groups); Ferran Alonso (Legal Regulations and Police Responsibilities with Regard to Totalistic Groups); Jose Carrobles, Ph.D. (Update on Spanish Research with the Group Psychological Abuse Scale); Discussant: Ron Burks, Ph.D.

RI

Social Therapy

Erika Van Meir, L.M.F.T.., Coordinator (Social Therapy: Reflections from a Former "Trainee"); Dennis King (Learning from LaRouche: A Brief History of Fred Newman's Copycat Cult); Marina Ortiz (Slave to a Dream: Inside the International Workers Party); Discussant:  William Goldberg, M.S.W.

S/L

2:00 – 2:45

Finding a Therapist and Making Therapy Work

Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.; William Goldberg, M.S.W.

Suf

2:45 – 3:30

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Cult Recovery

Daniel Shaw, C.S.W.

Suf

3:30 -4:00

Break

4:00 -5:30

Spanish Researchers Present – Part I

Josep Jansa, M.D., Coordinator (Patients in the Barcelona Cult Clinic: Who are They?); Pere Cubero, M.D. (Paranoid Groups: An Approach to Understanding the Cult Phenomenon); Miguel Perlado (From Cults to Social Addictions: Looking for a New Paradigm)

RI

Twelve Tribes

Rev. Robert Pardon; Discussant: James Beverley, Ph.D.

MA

4:00 – 4:45

Attachment and Totalist Organizations

Alexandra Stein, M.L.S.

S/L

4:45-5:30

How To Investigate Cults: Paper Trailing and Cultivating Sources

Dennis King

S/L

5:00 – 6:00

Pre-Dinner Social – with cash bar

BM

6:00 – 7:00

Dinner

BM

7:30 – 9:00

Coping with Triggers

Joseph Kelly

(Only ex-group members permitted in this session)

S/L

Canadian Researchers Present, Part II

Mike Kropveld, Coordinator; Dianne Casoni, Ph.D. (Processes of Group Idealization That Lead to Dangerous Conduct); Marie-Andrée Pelland (Allegations of Violence Against Cultic Groups)

MA

NJ Kids Case: A Cult on Trial

Philip Elberg, Esq.; Discussants:  Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.

RI

9:00 - 11:00

Evening Social - with cash bar

BM

Saturday, October 18

9:00 - 10:30

Research from Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center

Ron Burks, Ph.D. (Eyewitnesses to Evil, The Truth About Apostate's "Atrocity Tales"); Paul Martin, Ph.D.; Rod Marshall, Ph.D.

RI

Polygamy in the Courts: Past and Present Implications on the Religious Landscape

Andrea Moore-Emmett; Discussant: Herbert Rosedale, Esq.

MA

The Legion of Christ

Jose Barba, Ph.D., Paul Lennon, S.T.L., M.A. & Juan Jose Vaca, M. Ed. Sc., M.Th., M.Ph. ; Discussant: Michael Langone, Ph.D.

S/L

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 – 12:30

Sociological Research

Stephen Kent, Ph.D. (Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of First Generation “Cult” Members); Amy Siskind, Ph.D (Child-Rearing Practices in Five NRMs)

RI

Exit Counseling Case Study: Psychotherapy Group

Carol Diament; Patrick Ryan; Joseph Kelly

S/L

11:00 – 11:45

Why Attorneys Don't Want to Accept Cult-Related Litigation

Peter Georgiades, Esq.

MA

11:45 – 12:30

Cult-Related Litigation: Discussion

Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Peter Georgiades, Esq.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.

MA

12:30 – 2:00

Lunch Break

BM

12:30 – 2:00

Luncheon Discussion Group for Families with Cult-Involved Loved Ones

Arnold Markowitz, C.S.W.; Dana Wehle, C.S.W.

TBD

2:00 – 3:30

Conflicts Between Scholarship and Advocacy

Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Peter Georgiades, Esq.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.

MA

Strategic Interaction Approach: Case Studies

Steven Hassan, M.A.

S/L

After the Cult: Who am I?

Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C., Facilitator

 (Only ex-group members permitted in this session)

Suf

2:00 – 2:45

International Churches of Christ and the Identity/Reality Model of Thought Reform

David Anderson

RI

2:45 – 3:30

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Predicament: The Issues, Deceits, and Truths Surrounding Falun Dafa and its Potential Benefit to Cult Victims

Frank Tian Xie, Ph.D.

RI

3:30 – 4:00

Break

4:00- 5:30

Sociological and Psychological Perspectives on Harm: Practical Applications

Eileen Barker, Ph.D., Coordinator (Relative and Absolute Harms: Some Sociological Tensions); Nancy Ammerman, Ph.D. (Understanding New Religions:  Sociological Lessons from the Field); Dick Anthony, Ph.D. (Psychological Consultation with Members, Ex-members and the Leadership of New Religions)

MA

Exit Counseling Case Study: Opus Dei

David Clark Dianne DiNicola; Tammy DiNicola

S/L

New Religious Movements in China

Zixian Deng, Coordinator (The Emergence of NRMs in China: A Comparison of Organization Structures and their Interaction with Theology); Shen Zhenyu (Historical Review of the Growth of Falun Gong); Wang Wenzhong, Ph.D. (Using Group Counseling to Help Cult Victims); Wan Yan Hai (On Evil)

RI

5:00 – 6:00

Pre-Dinner Social – with cash bar

Suf

6:00 – 7:00

Dinner

S/L

7:30 – 9:00

Interreligious Responses to Cults

Rabbi A. James Rudin

RI/MA

9:00 – 11:00

Evening Social - with cash bar

S/L

Sunday, October 19

8:30 – 9:45

Optional Ex-Member Wrap Up

Suf