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Conference - Talks by Track

    2008 Annual International Conference

    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    June 26-29, 2008.


Ex-member - Friday, 11:00 – 12:30 AM

Coping with Triggers
       Carol Giambalvo; Joseph Kelly

Ex-member - Saturday, 09:00 – 10:30AM

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

Ex-member - Sunday, 09:00 - 10:30AM

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

Ex-member - Sunday, 11:00 – 12:30AM

Ex-Member Debriefing
       Carol Giambalvo

Ex-member - Thursday, 10:00 - 5:00AM

Workshop for Former Group Members
       Carol Giambalvo; Joseph Kelly

Ex-member - Friday, 2:00 - 3:30 PM

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

Ex-member - Friday, 2:00 – 3:30 PM

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.

Ex-member - Friday, 4:00 – 5:30 PM

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

Ex-member - Friday, 4:00 – 5:30 PM

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

Ex-member - Saturday, 4:00 - 5:30PM

Personal Accounts: Former Group Members from Japan
       Yukari Yamamoto; others to be determined

Ex-member - Thursday:, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

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

Ex-member,Mental Health - Saturday, 2:00 – 3:30 PM

Growing Up in Cults: The Special Issues of Children in Cults and Second Generation Cult Members
       Alexandra Stein, Ph.D., Moderator; Juliana Buhring; Donna Collins, Michael Martella, MFT; Gina Catena, MS, CNM, NP

Family - Friday, 11:00 - 12:30AM

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

Family - Saturday, 09:00 - 10:30AM

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

Family - Sunday, 11:00 - 12:30AM

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

Family - Thursday, 10:00 - 5:00AM

Workshop for Family Members
       Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.; Lois Svoboda, M.D., L.M.F.T.; Patrick Ryan

Family - Friday, 2:00 - 3:30PM

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

Family - Saturday, 2:00 - 3:30PM

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

Group - Friday, 11:00 - 11:45AM

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

Group - Friday, 11:00 - 12:30AM

Alcoholics Anonymous: The Disorganized Cult?
       Kevin Garvey

Group - Saturday, 09:00 - 10:30AM

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.

Group - Sunday, 09:00 - 09;30AM

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

Group - Sunday, 10:00 - 10:30AM

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

Group - Sunday, 9:30 - 10:00AM

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

Group - Friday, 2:00 - 3:30PM

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

Group - Friday, 4:00 - 5:30PM

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

Group - Saturday, 2:00 - 3:00PM

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

Group - Saturday, 4:00 - 5:30PM

The Anti-Cult Cult
       Ginger Zyskowski; Carol Giambalvo

Legal - Saturday, 09:00 - 10:30AM

Significant Cult Legal Cases in Japan
       Masaki Kito, Esq.

Legal - Saturday, 11:00 - 12:30AM

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

Legal - Saturday, 11:00 - 12:30AM

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

Legal - Saturday, 11:00 - 12:30AM

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

Legal - Sunday, 11:00 - 12:30AM

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

Legal - Sunday, 9:00 - 10:30AM

Aum Shinrikyo: Its Current Situation
       Taro Takimoto; Masaki Kito

Legal - Friday, 11:00 - 12:30PM

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.

Legal - Friday, 2:00 - 3:30PM

History of Japanese Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales and the Japan Society for Cult Prevention and Recovery
       Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Esq.

Legal - Friday, 4:00 - 5:30PM

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

Legal - Saturday, 1:30 - 2:15PM

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

Legal - Saturday, 2:15 - 3:00PM

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

Legal - Saturday, 4:00 - 5:30PM

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.

Mental Health - Friday, 11:00 - 12:30AM

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

Mental Health - Saturday, 09:00–10:30AM

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.

Mental Health - Sunday, 09:00 - 09:30AM

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

Mental Health - Sunday, 09:30 - 10:00AM

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

Mental Health - Sunday, 10:00 - 10:30AM

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

Mental Health - Sunday, 11:00 - 12:30AM

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

Mental Health - Thursday, 10:00 - 11:00AM

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

Mental Health - Thursday, 11:00 - 12:00AM

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

Mental Health - Friday, 2:00 - 2:45PM

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

Mental Health - Friday, 2:45 - 3:30PM

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

Mental Health - Friday, 4:00 - 4:45PM

Psychological and Relational Harm in People Affected by Cults: A Preliminary Analysis
       Miguel Perlado, Inma Sánchez, Luca Basile, Josep Mª Jansà, Núria Ribas, Vega González, Esther Maté, Marga Cano

Mental Health - Friday, 4:45 - 5:30PM

Cults and Creativity
       Dana Wehle, L.C.S.W.

Mental Health - Saturday, 2:00 - 2:45PM

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

Mental Health - Saturday, 2:45–3:30 PM

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

Mental Health - Saturday, 4:00 - 5:00PM

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.

Mental Health - Saturday, 5:00 - 5:30PM

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

Mental Health - Thursday, 1:15 - 2:15PM

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

Mental Health - Thursday, 2:15 - 3:15PM

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

Mental Health - Thursday, 3:30 - 5:00PM

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

Mental Health - Thursday, 7:00–9:30PM

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

Miscellaneous - Friday, 09:00 - 09:30AM

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

Miscellaneous - Friday, 09:30 - 10:30AM

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

Miscellaneous - Sunday, 09:00 - 09:45AM

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

Miscellaneous - Sunday, 09:45 - 10:30AM

Cults and NRMs in Modern Literature
       Dennis King

Miscellaneous - Friday, 12:30 - 2:00PM

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

Miscellaneous - Friday, 4:00 - 4:30PM

Writing Case Studies
       Sharon Farber, Ph.D.

Miscellaneous - Friday, 4:30 - 5:00PM

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

Miscellaneous - Friday, 5:00 - 5:30PM

Avoiding Legal Entanglements When Writing
       Takashi Yamaguchi, Esq.

Miscellaneous - Saturday, 2:00 - 3:30PM

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

Miscellaneous - Saturday, 4:00 - 4:30PM

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

Miscellaneous - Saturday, 5:00 - 5:30PM

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

Miscellaneous - Saturday, To Be AnnouncedPM

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

Miscellaneous - Sunday, 12:30 - 12:45PM

Closing Comments
       Philip Elberg, Esq., President ICSA

Research - Friday, 11:00 - 11:30AM

Modeling Variables Relevant to Cult Recruitment and Continued Participation
       Elisabeth Robbins, Ph.D., LMFT, LMHC

Research - Friday, 11:00 - 12:30AM

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

Research - Friday, 11:30 - 12:00AM

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

Research - Saturday, 09:00 - 09:35AM

Attachment, Networks, and Discourse in Extremist Political Organizations: A Comparative Case Study
       Alexandra Stein, Ph.D.

Research - Saturday, 09:00 - 10:30AM

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

Research - Saturday, 09:35 - 10:05AM

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

Research - Saturday, 10:05 - 10:30AM

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

Research - Sunday, 09:00 - 09:30AM

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

Research - Sunday, 09:00 - 09:30AM

Identity Construction of Children Growing into Closed Religious Environments
       Lorraine Derocher

Research - Sunday, 09:30 - 10:00AM

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

Research - Sunday, 09:30 - 10:00AM

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

Research - Sunday, 10:00 - 10:30AM

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

Research - Sunday, 10:00 - 10:30AM

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

Research - Sunday, 11:00 - 11:30AM

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

Research - Sunday, 11:30 - 12:00AM

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

Research - Friday, 12:00 - 12:30PM

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

Research - Friday, 2:00 - 3:30PM

Dissociation and Depression in Treatment-Seeking Former Members of Contemplative Cults
       Donna Adams

Research - Friday, 2:30 - 3:00PM

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

Research - Friday, 3:00 - 3:30PM

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

Research - Friday, 4:00 - 4:30PM

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

Research - Friday, 4:30 - 5:00PM

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

Research - Friday, 5:00 - 5:30PM

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

Research - Saturday, 2:00 - 3:30PM

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.

Research - Saturday, 4:00 - 5:30PM

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.

Research - Saturday, 4:00 - 5:30PM

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

Research - Sunday, 12:00 - 12:30PM

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.

Research - Thursday, 7:00 - 9:00PM

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


 
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