Families: Additional Resources

Readings

Priority resources are in bold font.

• An Investigation into Cult Pseudo-Personality: What is It and How Does It Form? - Gillie Jenkinson, M.A. Cultic Studies Review , 7(3), 2008, 199-224. 

• Aspects of Concern Regarding Legion of Christ Mind Control Reflected in Its Rules, Norms, and Ex-Member Testimonies. J. Paul Lennon. ICSA E-Newsletter, 5(2), 2006. 

• Attacks on Peripheral versus Central Elements of Self and the Impact of Thought Reforming Techniques. Richard Ofshe, PhD & Margaret Thaler Singer, PhD Cultic Studies Journal, 3(1), 1986, 4-18. 

• Back From the Brink: An Abusive Church Movement Recovers Its Balance. Lawrence A. Pile. 

• “By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them”: How Good and Bad Works Can Deceive – the Case of the Legion of Christ – Michael Langone. ICSA Today, 3(3), 2012, 2-5. 

• Charismatic Covenant Community. Adrian Reimers. Cultic Studies Journal, 3(1), 1986, 28-42. 

• Clinical Update on Cults. Michael Langone. Psychiatric Times, July 1996. 

• Cult Formation. Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. Cultic Studies Journal, 8(1), 1991, 1-6. 

• Cults and Families. Doni Whitsett, Ph.D. & Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D. Cultic Studies Review, 3(2), 2004. 

• Cults, Conversion, Science, and Harm (Introduction to 2001 ICSA Annual Conference).  Michael Langone, PhD. 

• Deprogramming: An Analysis of Parental Questionnaires. Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. Cultic Studies Journal, 1(1), 63-78. 

• Devotees and Their Parents. Dhyana-kunda devi dasi. ISKCON Communications Journal, 4(1), 1996, 33-41. 

• Domestic Violence in a Fabricated Family: Reflecting on a Cult Next Door. Elizabeth R. Burchard. ICSA Today, 11(2), 2020, 4-9. 

• Dysfunctional Churches. Ronald Enroth. Cult Observer, (9)4, 1992. 

• Exit Intervention: A New Approach to Saving Family Members From Destructive Groups. Steven A. Autenrieth. International Journal of Cultic Studies, 8, 2017, 50-59.

• Families Helping Families. Trudy Kendrick.

• Family Workshop (Power Point). Michael D. Langone Ph.D. 

• From Deprogramming to Thought Reform Consultation. Carol Giambalvo. 

• How a Dysfunctional Family Functions Like a Cult. Jose Fernandez Aguado. 

• How Could Anyone Join a Cult?!! Maureen Griffo. 

• How to Find Information on a Group. Larry Zilliox, Jr. 

• ICSA Recovery Workshops: The Colorado Model. Carol Giambalvo; Rosanne Henry. ICSA Today, 1(1), 2010, 2-9. 

• Influence. Robert Cialdini. 

• Leaving and Recovering From Cultic Groups and Relationships: Overview (Power Point). Michael Langone Ph.D. 

• Moments of Grace. Nancy Miquelon. Cultic Studies Journal, 15(2), 1998, 109-119. 

• My Experience in YWAM: A Personal Account and Critique of Cultic Manipulation. Laurie Jacobson. Cultic Studies Journal, 3(2), 1986, 204-233.

• On Using the Term "Cult."  Herbert L. Rosedale, Esq. and Michael D. Langone, PhD.

• Panel Discussion: Can Cultic Groups Change—The Case of ISKCON. ISKCON Communications Journal, 7(2), 1999, 41-52. 

• Physical Child Abuse in Sects. Lois Kendall, PhD. ICSA Today, 2(2), 2011, pages. 

• Pitfalls To Recovery. Paul R. Martin, Ph.D. 

• Post-Cult Problems: An Exit Counselor's Perspective. Carol Giambalvo. 

• Prevalence.  Michael Langone

• Problem Solving An Approach for the Cult-Impacted Family. Dr. Sandy Andron, Ed.D. AFF News, 4(1). 

• Psychological Abuse. Michael D. Langone, PhD. Cultic Studies Journal, 9(2), 1991, 206-218. [sh] 

• Questionnaire Study: Preliminary Report. Michael D. Langone, PhD. 

• Reject the Wicked Man - Coercive Persuasion and Deviance Production: A Study of Conflict Management. Jerry Paul McDonald. Cultic Studies Journal, 4.2/5.1, 1987/88, 59-121. 

• Religion vs. Cult. Rev. Richard Dowhower. 

• Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes of Thought in Closed Groups. A Collective of Women. Cultic Studies Journal, 14(1), 1997, 58-84. 

• Sifting the Wheat from the Tares: 20 Signs of Trouble in a New Religious Group. Peter Vere. ICSA E-Newsletter, 4(2), 2005. 

• The Art of Hoping: A Mother’s Story. Anonymous. 

• The Colorado Model. Carol Giambalvo; Roseanne Henry. 

• The Definitional Ambiguity of "Cult" and ICSA's Mission.  Michael D. Langone.

• The Role of the Family. Wendy Ford Wolfberg.  Excerpted from Recovery from Abusive Groups. 

• Thought Reform Exists: Organized, Programmatic Influence. Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D. The Cult Observer 11(6), 1994. 

• Unique Ways to Reach Out to Loved Ones Involved in Cultic Groups - Rachel Bernstein

• Vulnerable Characteristics. Robert Fellows, MTS. From Easily Fooled. Copyright Robert Fellows. 

• What Messages are Behind Today's Cults? Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D. Monitor of the American Psychological Association, May 1997, 14.

• When You’re Asked About Cults. Robert Fellows, MTS. From Easily Fooled. Copyright Robert Fellows.