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This
conference, organized in
collaboration with
Info-Cult/Info-Secte of
Montreal.
Who should attend?
Anyone
interested in
cults,
psychological
manipulation,
and related
groups
-
former group
members
-
people born or
raised in cultic
groups
-
families of
group-involved
persons
-
helping
professionals
-
researchers
When
July 1-3, 2010
Thursday, July 1,
there will be four
workshops, as well as
sessions in the evening. The
workshops (10 a.m. - 5:30
p.m.) are:
- Workshop for
Former Members
of Cultic Groups
- Workshop for
Families and
Others:
Understanding
and Responding
to Cultic
Involvements
- Workshop for
Mental Health
Professionals
- Workshop for
Researchers
Friday, July 2nd -
see
detailed draft agenda
Saturday, July 3-
see
detailed draft agenda
Sunday, July 4, there will be a special social event.
The
detailed draft agenda,
lists conference sessions by
day and hour.
Discussion table
options
Each lunch and dinner on
Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday will include
discussion tables for
which attendees can sign up.
More than 90
speakers from 14
countries will
contribute to the
conference.
All catered lunches
and dinners will
include a speaker.
Where
The conference will take place at
the Doubletree Hotel at George
Washington Bridge, Fort Lee, New
Jersey -- across Manhattan's Hudson
River.
Speakers
Here are examples of the
70+ presentations in the
conference:
·
Paul R. Martin Memorial
Lecture
(Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.)
·
Anger, Rage,
Pseudo-Personality and Cults
(Sue
Parker; Gillie Jenkinson)
·
"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)
·
Grandparents and the Second
Generation
(Amy Siskind, Ph.D.; Lois
Kendall, Ph.D.)
·
Recent Insights into the
Neuroscience of Thought
Reform: From Neurons to
Groups
(Tara Stewart, Ph.D.)
·
Psychological Makeup of a
Muslim Suicide Bomber
(Aftab Khan, M.D..)
·
Psychosis and Cults
(Dr. Miguel Perlado)
·
Impact of Cults on
Creativity: Psychological,
Sociological,
Aesthetic/Philosophical
Views
(Dana Wehle, L.C.S.W.)
·
The Undue Influence
Doctrine: A Bastion of
Legally Acknowledged Extreme
Influence
(Linda Demaine, J.D., Ph.D.)
·
The Charles Manson Family
(Patrick O’Reilly, Ph.D.)
·
A Practical Approach for Law
Enforcement When Dealing
with Cult Groups
(Mark Roggeman)
·
Public Policy and Cults in
Europe
(Francois Bellanger, Ph.D.)
·
Polish Approaches to Helping
Former Cult Members and
Families of Cult-Affected
Loved Ones
(Piotr T. Nowakowski, Ph.D.)
·
Islamic Soft Power Antidote
to Extremist Terrorism
(Kadir Ayhan)
·
Sex and a Celibate Holy Man:
A Case Study of the Use of
Defense Mechanisms to Create
and Maintain an Illusion
(Alice Herron )
·
Something Old, Something
New: A Comparative Analysis
of 19th Century Utopian
Groups With Contemporary New
Religious Movements
(Ronald Enroth, Ph.D.)
·
Boundaries: Recognition and
Repair after Leaving a
Destructive Cult
(Rosanne Henry, M.A.,
L.P.C.)
·
Gnosticism, est and the
Legacy of Kevin Garvey
(Joseph Szimhart; Vanessa
Weber, M.S.W.)
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