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• The nature of psychological manipulation and abuse
• Conditions of thought reform programs
• General recovery needs of former members
• Coping with depression and guilt
• Effects of hypnosis and trance techniques
• Critical thinking
• Relationships and intimacy

• Post-traumatic stress syndrome
• Boundaries: re-establishing trust
• Coping with feelings of anger
• Coping with anxiety
• Decision-making
• Reestablishing trust in yourself and others
• Dependency issues
• The grieving process
• Reintegration/identity issues
• Spiritual and philosophical concerns
• Special track for those born into or raised in a cultic group
   

Workshop Agenda - CO 2007

 

The workshops are organized and coordinated by Carol Giambalvo, a thought reform consultant, former member of a controversial group, and author/editor of Exit Counseling: A Family Intervention and The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ (Herbert L. Rosedale, co-editor).

Ms. Giambalvo serves ICSA as Director of Recovery Programs, which include workshops, special publications, professional liaison, and outreach.

 

Fees include meals (Friday dinner through Sunday lunch) and Friday and Saturday accommodations.  Fees for the 2005 workshop are:

• Register by 4/1/07 - Double ($175); Single ($230)

• Register by 6/1/07 - Double ($195); Single ($250)

• Register after 6/1/07 - Double ($215); Single ($270)

 

See evaluation summary from 2005 Workshop.

 

ICSA RECOVERY WORKSHOP

"AFTER THE CULT"

ESTES PARK, COLORADO

July 20 – July 22, 2007

 

 

Note: Check-in time is 3:00 p.m. Our first session begins at 4:00 this year!

Please note that St. Malo’s Conference Center is a Catholic retreat center and there are religious icons and pictures on site.