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Lois Svoboda, M.D.

 

ICSA Today, Family Editor

 

Lois Svoboda, M.D., is a former family medicine physician who has been trained in Marriage & Family Therapy and worked as a medical family therapist for 23 years in Wichita Kansas. Since retiring to Fremont, Nebraska four years ago, she opened a counseling practice and is working with people who have exited cults. In 2005 she planned and was responsible for a full day workshop for former cult members in Omaha, Ne., as well as a one day symposium for medical, law enforcement, clergy, mental health professionals, and the public on Cults and Gangs in Omaha in conjunction with Creighton University. She has served on the board of Wellspring Retreat and Recovery Center and is the Family Editor of ICSA Today.

 

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Conference 2006 CO: Conference Handbook with agenda, bios, & abstracts
Conference 2008: Philadelphia home
I Can't Hear God Any More - book review by Lois Svoboda, M.D.

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