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Time |
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Room |
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8:00 AM
9:00 PM
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Bookstore & Registration
THURSDAY - SATURDAY |
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Pre-Conference Workshops:
Thursday, October 16 |
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Room Key:
BM = Bright Meadow
Ballroom; RI = Rhode Island; MA = Massachusetts;
S/L =
Springfield/Longmeadow (second floor); Suf = Suffield (second
floor); TBD = To be Determined |
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10:00 - 5:00 |
Workshop for Former Group Members
Carol
Giambalvo & Joseph Kelly
(Only ex-group
members permitted in this workshop) |
RI |
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Workshop for Family Members
Livia
Bardin, M.S.W. & Patrick Ryan |
MA |
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12:00 1:00 |
Lunch Break |
BM |
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3:00 3:30 |
Break |
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5:00 6:00 |
Pre-Dinner Social with cash bar |
BM |
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6:00 -
7:00 |
Dinner |
BM |
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7:00 9:30 |
Workshop for Mental Health
Professionals
Rosanne
Henry, M.A., L.P.C., Coordinator; William Goldberg, M.S.W.,
L.C.S.W.; Arnold Markowitz, C.S.W. (Nonprofessionals may
attend as observers) |
MA |
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7:00 9:00 |
Special Session for People Born or
Raised in Cultic Groups
Lorna
Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Facilitator; Carol Giambalvo
(Only ex-group
members permitted in this session) |
RI |
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7:00 -
11:00 |
Evening Social - with cash bar |
BM |
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Friday, October 17 |
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9:00 - 9:30 |
Welcome
Herbert
Rosedale, Esq. |
RI/MA |
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9:30 - 10:30 |
Introduction to the Conference
Michael
Langone, Ph.D. |
RI/MA |
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10:30 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Perspectives on Hare Krishna, Part I
Steve K.
Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D., Coordinator; Anuttama Dasa (Changes in
ISKCON); Krishnakant Desai, M.A. (The Great Guru Hoax: Why
ISKCON is Still A Cult); Discussants: Steven Gelberg; E. Burke
Rochford, Ph.D. |
RI |
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11:00 12:30 |
Cold Reading and the Cult Leaders
Mystique
William
Goldberg, M.S.W. |
MA |
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Canadian Researchers Present, Part I
Mike
Kropveld, Coordinator; Adriana Pacheco (Child Abuse in the
Breakaway Windsor, Quebec Baptist Church); James A. Beverley,
Ph.D. (The Inner Teachings of Moon) |
S/L |
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Advanced
Communication for Families
(for those who have completed AFF's
Family Workshop)
Livia Bardin,
M.S.W.; Patrick Ryan. |
Suf |
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12:30 2:00 |
Lunch Break |
BM |
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12:30 2:00 |
Luncheon Discussion Group for Families
with Cult-Involved Loved Ones
Arnold
Markowitz, C.S.W.; Dana Wehle, C.S.W. |
TBD |
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2:00
3:30 |
Perspectives on Hare Krishna, Part II
Steve K.
Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D., Coordinator; E. Burke Rochford, Ph.D.
(Changes in the ISKCON Social Milieu); Steven Gelberg (Leaving
ISKCON); Discussants: Anuttama Dasa; Krishnakant Desai, M.A. |
MA |
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Spanish
Researchers Present Part II
Josep Jansa,
M.D., Coordinator; Carmen Almendros (Perceived Psychological
Abuse of Former Members of Diverse Cultic Groups: Assisted vs.
Non-assisted by Cult Awareness Groups); Ferran Alonso (Legal
Regulations and Police Responsibilities with Regard to
Totalistic Groups); Jose Carrobles, Ph.D. (Update on Spanish
Research with the Group Psychological Abuse Scale);
Discussant: Ron Burks, Ph.D. |
RI |
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Social Therapy
Erika
Van Meir, L.M.F.T.., Coordinator (Social Therapy: Reflections
from a Former "Trainee"); Dennis King (Learning from LaRouche:
A Brief History of Fred Newman's Copycat Cult); Marina Ortiz
(Slave to a Dream: Inside the International Workers Party);
Discussant: William Goldberg, M.S.W. |
S/L |
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2:00 2:45 |
Finding a Therapist and Making Therapy
Work
Lorna
Goldberg, M.S.W.; William Goldberg, M.S.W. |
Suf |
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2:45 3:30 |
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Cult
Recovery
Daniel
Shaw, C.S.W. |
Suf |
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3:30 -4:00 |
Break |
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4:00 -5:30 |
Spanish Researchers Present Part I
Josep
Jansa, M.D., Coordinator (Patients in the Barcelona Cult
Clinic: Who are They?); Pere Cubero, M.D. (Paranoid Groups: An
Approach to Understanding the Cult Phenomenon); Miguel Perlado
(From Cults to Social Addictions: Looking for a New Paradigm) |
RI |
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Twelve
Tribes
Rev. Robert Pardon;
Discussant: James Beverley, Ph.D. |
MA |
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4:00 4:45 |
Attachment and Totalist Organizations
Alexandra Stein, M.L.S. |
S/L |
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4:45-5:30 |
How To Investigate Cults: Paper
Trailing and Cultivating Sources
Dennis
King |
S/L |
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5:00 6:00 |
Pre-Dinner
Social with cash bar |
BM |
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6:00 7:00 |
Dinner |
BM |
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7:30 9:00 |
Coping with
Triggers
Joseph Kelly
(Only ex-group
members permitted in this session) |
S/L |
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Canadian Researchers Present, Part II
Mike
Kropveld, Coordinator; Dianne Casoni, Ph.D. (Processes
of Group Idealization That Lead to Dangerous Conduct);
Marie-Andrιe Pelland (Allegations of Violence Against Cultic
Groups) |
MA |
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NJ Kids Case: A Cult on Trial
Philip
Elberg, Esq.; Discussants: Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Alan
Scheflin, J.D., LL.M. |
RI |
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9:00 - 11:00 |
Evening Social - with cash bar |
BM |
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Saturday, October 18 |
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9:00 - 10:30 |
Research
from Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center
Ron Burks, Ph.D.
(Eyewitnesses to Evil, The Truth About Apostate's "Atrocity
Tales"); Paul Martin, Ph.D.; Rod Marshall, Ph.D. |
RI |
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Polygamy in the Courts: Past and
Present Implications on the Religious Landscape
Andrea
Moore-Emmett; Discussant: Herbert Rosedale, Esq. |
MA |
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The Legion
of Christ
Jose
Barba, Ph.D., Paul Lennon, S.T.L., M.A. & Juan Jose Vaca, M.
Ed. Sc., M.Th., M.Ph. ; Discussant: Michael Langone, Ph.D. |
S/L |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00 12:30 |
Sociological Research
Stephen
Kent, Ph.D. (Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of
First Generation Cult Members); Amy Siskind, Ph.D (Child-Rearing
Practices in Five NRMs) |
RI |
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Exit Counseling Case Study:
Psychotherapy Group
Carol
Diament; Patrick Ryan; Joseph Kelly |
S/L |
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11:00 11:45 |
Why Attorneys Don't Want to Accept
Cult-Related Litigation
Peter
Georgiades, Esq. |
MA |
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11:45 12:30 |
Cult-Related Litigation: Discussion
Herbert
Rosedale, Esq.;
Peter Georgiades,
Esq.; Alan Scheflin,
J.D., LL.M. |
MA |
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12:30 2:00 |
Lunch Break |
BM |
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12:30 2:00 |
Luncheon Discussion Group for Families
with Cult-Involved Loved Ones
Arnold Markowitz,
C.S.W.; Dana Wehle, C.S.W. |
TBD |
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2:00 3:30 |
Conflicts Between Scholarship and
Advocacy
Herbert
Rosedale, Esq.;
Peter Georgiades,
Esq.; Alan Scheflin,
J.D., LL.M. |
MA |
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Strategic
Interaction Approach: Case Studies
Steven Hassan,
M.A. |
S/L |
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After the
Cult: Who am I?
Rosanne Henry,
M.A., L.P.C., Facilitator
(Only ex-group
members permitted in this session) |
Suf |
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2:00 2:45 |
International Churches of Christ and
the Identity/Reality Model of Thought Reform
David
Anderson |
RI |
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2:45 3:30 |
Ancient
Wisdom for Modern Predicament: The Issues, Deceits, and Truths
Surrounding Falun Dafa and its Potential Benefit to Cult
Victims
Frank
Tian Xie, Ph.D. |
RI |
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3:30 4:00 |
Break |
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4:00- 5:30 |
Sociological and Psychological
Perspectives on Harm: Practical Applications
Eileen
Barker, Ph.D., Coordinator (Relative and Absolute Harms: Some
Sociological Tensions); Nancy Ammerman, Ph.D. (Understanding
New Religions: Sociological Lessons from the Field); Dick
Anthony, Ph.D. (Psychological Consultation with Members,
Ex-members and the Leadership of New Religions) |
MA |
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Exit
Counseling Case Study: Opus Dei
David Clark
Dianne DiNicola; Tammy DiNicola |
S/L |
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New Religious Movements in China
Zixian
Deng, Coordinator (The Emergence of NRMs in China: A
Comparison of Organization Structures and their Interaction
with Theology); Shen Zhenyu (Historical Review of the Growth
of Falun Gong); Wang Wenzhong, Ph.D. (Using Group Counseling
to Help Cult Victims); Wan Yan Hai (On Evil) |
RI |
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5:00 6:00 |
Pre-Dinner
Social with cash bar |
Suf |
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6:00 7:00 |
Dinner |
S/L |
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7:30 9:00 |
Interreligious Responses to Cults
Rabbi A. James Rudin |
RI/MA |
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9:00 11:00 |
Evening
Social - with cash bar |
S/L |
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Sunday, October 19 |
