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AFF Conference Events

 October 14, 2004, Atlanta, GA

The Conference program on Friday and Saturday begins at 9:00 a.m. (arrive at least 30 minutes early for registration) and ends at 9:00 p.m. Informal socials after 9:00 p.m. Thursday’s family and ex-member workshops begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m.  Full refund up to 30 days prior to conference; partial refund thereafter (contact AFF). 

 

Time	Event	Room
8:00 AM 9:00 PM	Bookstore & Registration THURSDAY - SATURDAY	Foyer Lower Level
Thursday, October 14 - Pre-Conference Workshops
10:00 - 5:00 *	Workshop for Former Group Members Carol Giambalvo; Joseph Kelly	Garbo Lower Level
10:00 - 5:00	Workshop for Family Members Livia Bardin, M.S.W. & Patrick Ryan (MDL)	Valentino Lower Level
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch [Meal is only for those who signed up for the meal; see your name badge]	Mansfield I Lobby Level
3:00 – 3:30	Break/Refreshments	Foyer Lower Level
5:00 – 6:00	Pre-Dinner Social with cash bar	Mansfield I Lobby Level
6:00 - 7:00	Dinner  [Meal is only for those who signed up for the meal; see your name badge]	Mansfield I Lobby Level
7:00 – 9:00 pm	Coping With Triggers (for ex-member workshop participants) Joseph Kelly	Valentino Lower Level
7:00 - 11:00	Evening Social with cash bar	Mansfield I Lobby Level
Friday
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome and Introduction Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.	Bogart/Hepburn Lower Level
9:15 - 10:30	The Comet and Its Tail: Cultic Studies from Afar Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.	Bogart/Hepburn Lower Level
10:30 – 11:00	Break/Refreshments	Foyer Lower Level
11:00 - 12:30	Analysis of Ex-Members from the Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center: Building a Model of Ex-Member Pathology and Identity Ron Burks, Ph.D.; Paul Martin, Ph.D.; Carmen Almendros	Valentino Lower Level
	Controversies Concerning Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf Schools, I Sharon Lombard, B.F.A., Coordinator; Diana Winters (How Anthroposophy's Beliefs Manifest in Early Waldorf Education); John Holland (The Story Behind OpenWaldorf.com); Discussant: Michael Winship, Ph.D.	Garbo Lower Level
	Approaches to Exit Counseling: Part I David Clark, Rick Halpern; Patrick Ryan; Craig Branch; Discussants: Sandy Andron; Carol Giambalvo	Fitzgerald Lower Level
12:30 – 2:00	Lunch  [Meal is only for those who signed up for the meal; see your name badge] Luncheon Speaker 1:30 – 2:00: M. Langone - AFF Progress Report	Mansfield 3 Lobby Level
2:00 – 3:30	ISOT (In Search of Truth) Michael Martella, M.F.T., Coordinator;; Ed Abdallah; Joyce Martella	Valentino Lower Level
	Controversies Concerning Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf Schools, II Dan Dugan (How Waldorf Schools are Promoted in the Media);  Discussant: Michael Winship, Ph.D.	Garbo Lower Level
	Approaches to Exit Counseling: Part II David Clark, Rick Halpern; Patrick Ryan; Craig Branch; Discussants: Sandy Andron; Carol Giambalvo	Fitzgerald Lower Level
3:30 -4:00	Break/Refreshments	Foyer Lower Level
4:00 -5:30	One-on-One Cultic Relationships Lois Bernard, L.C.S.W. (Out of the Forest: A Comparison of Cult Thought Reform to the Battering Relationship); Discussants: Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.; William Goldberg, M.S.W.	Valentino Lower Level
	Controversies Concerning Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf Schools, III Peter Staudenmaier (Race and Redemption: Racial and Ethnic Evolution in Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy); ); Discussant: Michael Winship, Ph.D.	Garbo Lower Level
	The Nuwaubians: From a Black Separatist to Supremacist Cult Gary Wilkerson, M.Ed.; Discussant: Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D.	Fitzgerald Lower Level
5:00 – 6:00	Pre-Dinner Social with cash bar	Lombard Lobby Level
6:00 – 7:30	Dinner  [Meal is only for those who signed up for the meal; see your name badge] Dinner Speaker  7:00 – 7:30: Patrick Ryan - How to Use AFF's Web Sites	Lombard Lobby Level
7:30 – 9:00	Points and Perspectives: Readers & Author Together Discussing Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults Author: Janja Lalich, Ph.D.; Miriam Williams Boeri, Ph.D.; J. Anna Looney, Ph.D.; Alexandra Stein; Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D.	Valentino Lower Level
	Authoritarian Catholic Groups Mary Kochan (Coordinator); Peter Vere, J.C.L., M.C.L. (More Catholic Than the Pope: My Experience with Vatican II and Reactionary Movements); Mike Garde (The Magnificat Meal Movement)	Garbo Lower Level
	Problem Solving Techniques for Ex-Members and Families Sandy Andron, Ed.D.	Fitzgerald Lower Level
9:00 - 12:00	Evening Social with cash bar	Lombard Lobby Level
Saturday
9:00 - 10:30	Guru Traps in Psychotherapy Helen W. Coale, L.C.S.W., L.M.F.T.	Lombard II Lobby Level
	Child Abuse and the Jehovah's Witnesses: Is it Any Worse than in Mainstream Religions? William Bowen; Kimberlee Norris, Esq.; Discussant: Steve K. D. Eichel, Ph.D.	Bogart Lower Level
10:30 - 11:00	Break/Refreshments	Foyer Lower Level
11:00 – 12:30	Spanish Research Update Carmen Almendros; Jose Antonio Carrobles, Ph.D.; Josep Jansa, M.D.	Lombard II Lobby Level
	Brainwashing as a Legal Defense Steve K. D. Eichel, Ph.D.; Paul Martin, Ph.D.; Discussants: Phil Elberg, Esq.; Peter Georgiades, Esq.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.	Bogart Lower Level
11:00 – 11:45	The Potential for Abuse in the Guru-Disciple Relationship Mary Garden; Discussant: William Goldberg, M.S.W	Hepburn Lower Level
11:45 – 12:30	Idealism in Cults J. Anna Looney, Ph.D.
12:30 – 2:00	Lunch  [Meal is only for those who signed up for the meal; see your name badge] Luncheon Speaker 1:30 – 2:00: William Goldberg, M.S.W.- 25+ Years Co-Leading an Ex-Member Support Group	Gable Lobby Level
2:00 – 3:30	Why Attorneys Don't Want to Accept Cult-Related Litigation Peter Georgiades, Esq.; Discussant: Phil Elberg, Esq.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.	Lombard II Lobby Level
	Searching for the 'Truth' about Cults and New Religious Movements Miriam Williams Boeri, Ph.D. ("Question Reality":  Investigating the Cult I Lived in for Fifteen Years); Lawrence Foster, Ph.D. (Living with Polygamy:  Thirty Years as a Non-Mormon Investigating Mormonism’s Most Controversial Practice)	Bogart Lower Level
	Toward a New Strategy and a New Paradigm for the So-Called Anti-Cult Movement W. Dennis King; Discussant: Phil Elberg, Esq	Hepburn Lower Level
3:30 – 4:00	Break/Refreshments	Foyer Lower Level
4:00- 5:30	An Eye on Political Cults: Different Experiences, Converging Perspectives Erika Van Meir, L.M.F.T., Coordinator; Rebecca Bruce, M.S.W., L.S.W., M.B.A. (My Personal Experience in NATLFED); Phyllis Shulman (My Personal Experience in Social Therapy);    Alexandra Stein, M.L.S. (Ideological Justifications for the Control of Attachment Relationships in the Organization, a Marxist-Leninist Cult); Discussant: Janja Lalich, Ph.D.	Lombard II Lobby Level
4:00 – 4:45	Sifting the Wheat from the Tares: What Canon Lawyers Look for When New Movements Arise Peter Vere, J.C.L., M.C.L.	Hepburn Lower Level
4:45 – 5:30	Sexual Abuse of Children: A Legal Perspective Kimberlee Norris, Attorney at Law
5:00 – 6:00	Pre-Dinner Social with cash bar	Gable Lobby Level
6:00 – 7:30	Dinner [Meal is only for those who signed up for the meal; see your name badge] Dinner Speaker  7:00 – 7:30: Mike Kropveld – A Comparison of North American and European Approaches to Cult-Related Issues	Gable Lobby Level
6:00 – 7:30	Dinner Discussion for Families Livia Bardin, M.S.W.; Josep Jansa, M.D.	Crawford Room Lower Level
7:30 – 9:00	Therapeutic Fads, Fallacies, and Fictions: Threats to the General Public Scott Lilienfeld, Ph.D.; Discussant: Arthur Dole, Ph.D.	Lombard I & II Lobby Level
9:00 – 12:00	Evening Social with cash bar	Gable Lobby Level

 

     

 

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