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Dr. Raffaella Di Marzio

 

ICSA Today, Co-Correspondent, Italy

 

Dott. Raffaella Di Marzio, a clinical psychologist, set up a support and counseling centre in Rome, Italy, for all those troubled, directly or indirectly, by experiences associated with belonging to a cult: the Counseling Center SRS (Sectes, Religions, Spirituality). She is a member of the managing board of SIPR (Italian Society of Psychology of Religion). She has published more than 100  articles about cults, mind control, and New Religious Movements, is a contributor to CESNUR's Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy and to Encyclopedia Religions of the World. A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices (J. Gordon Melton - Martin Baumann [eds.], ABC CLIO, Santa Barbara [California] 2002).  Raffaella Di Marzio has three degrees:  Psychology (University "La Sapienza" of Rome, 1981), Educational Science (Pontifical Salesian University, 1981), History of Religions (University "La Sapienza" of Rome, 2003). She also has a Bachelor’s degree in Religious Science (Institute for Religious Studies Ecclesia Mater, linked to the faculty of theology of Pontifical Lateran University). She has been a catholic religion teacher in a Senior High School in Rome since 1981. Dr. Di Marzio is ICSA Today's News Co-Correspondent for Italy. Websites: http://www.dimarzio.it (in Italian and English) and, only in English: http://cultreligionspirituality.blogspot.com/.

 

Dott. Raffaella Di Marzio, psicologa clinica, ha fondato e dirige un  centro di consulenza e informazioni  a Roma, in Italia, per tutte le persone che hanno problemi a causa di sette e nuovi gruppi spirituali: il Centro di Consulenza online SRS (Sette, religioni e Spiritualità). E’ membro del Direttivo della SIPR (Società Italiana di Psicologia della Religione). Ha pubblicato  più di cento articoli su sette, controllo mentale e Nuovi Movimenti Religiosi, è collaboratrice dell’Enciclopedia delle Religioni in Italia  a cura del CESNUR (2006) e della Encyclopedia Religions of the World. A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices (J. Gordon Melton - Martin Baumann [eds.], ABC CLIO, Santa Barbara [California] 2002). E’ laureata in Psicologia (Università La Sapienza di Roma), in Scienze dell’Educazione (Università Pontificia Salesiana di Roma) e in Scienze Storico-Religiose (Università La Sapienza di Roma). Ha anche il Magistero in Scienze Religiose presso l’istituto di Scienze Religiose Ecclesia Mater dell’Università Lateranense. E’ insegnante di religione in un liceo  romano dal 1981. Siti Web: http://www.dimarzio.it (in Italiano e in inglese) e, interamente in inglese: http://cultreligionspirituality.blogspot.com/

 

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