ICSA Annual International Conference
Barcelona, Spain
July 7-9, 2011
ICSA’s 2011 Annual International Conference will be conducted jointly with Atención e Investigación de Socioadicciones (AIS) and in collaboration with the University of Barcelona and Info-Cult/Info-Secte. The conference will be held at the University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, one of Europe’s most beautiful cities (Facultat de Filosofia/Facultat de Geografia i Història, Carrer de Montalegre, 6).
You can register online and obtain details on accommodations, sessions, transportation, and other matters on ICSA’s annual conference home page: http://icsahome.com/infoserv_respond/event_conferences_workshops.asp
Hotels fill up in the summer because Barcelona is a beautiful city and a popular tourist destination. Hence, make your room reservations soon at a hotel or other facility. In addition to Web hotel resources, see our conference accommodations page: http://icsahome.com/infoserv_respond/event_conferences_workshops.asp?ID=392#Barcelona
More than 100 speakers will contribute their expertise. Sessions will be conducted in Spanish or English.
ICSA members receive a discount; nonmembers receive an ICSA membership with their registration. Speakers registered for three days receive an additional discount.
If you don’t have access to the Web and want information, please contact us (PH: 239-514-3081; Fax: 305-393-8193; [email protected]; PO Box 2265, Bonita Springs, FL 34133, USA)
Selected English Sessions
Paul R. Martin Memorial Lecture: Current Cultic Studies Research - Carmen Almendros, Ph.D.
Altered Paths: How Personal and Social Identities Change after Leaving Cultic Groups - Patricia Millar, M.A., PhD Candidate
Boundaries: Recognition and Repair After Leaving a Destructive Cult - Rosanne Henry, M.A., LPC
Clinical Issues: Working with Second-Generation Former Cultists - Facilitators: Leona Furnari, M.S.W.; Rosanne Henry, M.A., LPC
Are there Cultic Aberrations in the Catholic Church? - Michael Langone, Ph.D., Moderator; Xavier Leger, J. Paul Lennon, M.A., Mother Agnes-Mariam de la Croix, Rev. Alessandro Pennesi, Regine Zimmermann
Dissociation and Depression in Treatment-Seeking Former Members of Contemplative Cults - Donna Adams-Weiss, Ph.D., LPC
Ex-Cult Member Parents and their Second Generation Adult Children (SGAs) - Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.; Lois Kendall, Ph.D.
How in Japan the Government, Lawyers, Citizens and Victims Confront Controversial Groups, Especially the Unification Church - Masaki Kito, Takashi Yamaguchi, Yukari Yamamoto and Eito Suzuki
How the Law can Help Families and Ex-Members - Carolle Tremblay
Influence of a Charismatic Antisocial Cult Leader: Psychotherapy with an Ex-Cultist Prosecuted for Criminal Behavior - Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.W.W.
Mystical Manipulation in New Religious Movements - Alice Herron
“Outside The Range of Usual Human Experience”: Re-Framing Religious Shunning Practices Among Jehovah’s Witnesses as Imposed Emotional Traumas - Erin McMichael
Applying Conflict Resolution and Mediation to Cultic and Related Problems - Mike Kropveld, Moderator; Eileen Barker, Cristina Caparesi, Anuttama Dasa, Raffaella Di Marzio, Patti Millar
Psychotherapy as Manipulation: Retrospective Accounts of Growing up at an Intentional Community - Kerry Gibson; Mandy Morgan
Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves - Steven Alan Hassan, M.Ed., LMHC, NCC
The Continuum of Dependency: From Healthy Relationships to Cultic Dependency - Linda Dubrow-Marshall, Ph.D.
Towards a Critical Psychology of Cults and Sects – Empowerment and Recovery through Action Research - Rod Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Twenty-Eight Years Experience Dealing with Sectarian Problems in Europe - Friedrich Griess
Understanding and Coping with Triggers – Carol Giambalvo; Joseph Kelly
Where have all the Young Ones Gone? The Challenge of Aging in New Religious Movements - Eileen Barker, Ph.D.
Regards,
Michael Langone, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Editor, ICSA Today