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June 13-14, 2003,
 Orange, CA

Conference: Understanding Cults and New Religious Movements -- Perspectives of Researchers, Professionals, Former Members, and Families 

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Pre-conference - workshops on Thursday, June 12, 2003

Workshop for Former Group Members

(10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Coordinator: Carol Giambalvo
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Workshop for Families and Friends

(10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Coordinator: Livia Bardin, M.S.W.
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Contact AFF to find out the latest daily schedule of events. Subject to change. See presenter page for biographical sketches on presenters. ^

 

Helping Families & Ex-Members: New Directions

Michael Langone, Ph.D.

Psychological Research, Parts I and II

Jonibeth. Whitney, Ph.D., Coordinator [Overview of Research]; Livia Bardin, M.S.W [An Exploration of the Interactions of the Child Protection System and Fundamentalist Mormon Communities]; Rod Marshall, Ph.D. [Examining Patterns of Psychological Harm in Ex-Member Populations]; Doni Whitsett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. [Clinical Implications of Research Findings]; Discussant: Paul Martin, Ph.D.

Children of God

Stephen Kent, Ph.D., Coordinator [Generational Revolt  By the Adult Children of First Generation Members of The Children of God/The Family]

White Supremacy

Richard Abanes

Cults, Corruption, & Crime in Latin America

Paul Carden, Coordinator; Lourdes Arguelles, Ph.D. & Anne M. Rivero, M.S.W. [La Luz del Mundo] ; Jorge Erdely, Ph.D. [Legionarios del Cristo]; Raymundo Meza, Esq. & Cesar Mascarenas, M.D. [Human Rights Abuses by Cultic Groups]

Psychological and Spiritual Issues for Jewish Ex-Members

John Hochman, M.D.

Psychological Research: Individual Differences & Cults

Rod Marshall, Ph.D.; Vincent Egan, Ph.D.

Exit Counseling Case Study: Eastern Group

Patrick Ryan; Joseph Kelly

Exit Counseling Walk Away Case Study: Bible Group

David Clark; Scott Shaw

Clinical Assessment and Treatment Issues

Rachel Bernstein, MS.Ed., M.F.T.; Chanon Bloch, L.C.S.W.; Mary Jo Cysewski, M.A., M.F.T.; Jonibeth Whitney, Ph.D.; Doni Whitsett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

Development of Japanese Cultic Studies

Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D., Coordinator; Fuzuki Kuroda, M.A.; Yoshihide Sakurai, M.A.; Shingo Takahashi, M.D.

Conflicts Between Scholarship and Advocacy

Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., L.LM.

Cults on Campus

Ron Loomis, Coordinator

Falun Gong

Zixian Deng; Samuel Luo; Elizabeth Wang, M.D.; Discussant: Herbert Rosedale, Esq.

Contemporary Occultism

Richard Abanes

Spiritual Abuse

Ronald Enroth, Ph.D. [Spiritual Abuse and Spousal Abuse: Are There Any Commonalities?]; Jorge Erdely, Ph.D. [Prosperity Theology]; Harold Bussell, D.Div. [How the New Testament Deals with the Question of Authority]

Heresy and Paddling: Growing Up in a Fringe Fundamentalist Family

Kathleen Danielson

New Theoretical Approaches to Cult Involvement

Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Coordinator and Moderator [Bounded Choice: An Answer to the Brainwashing vs. Rational Choice Conflict?]; Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D. [Theories of Cult Involvement Must be Based on Research on Cult Involvement]

Writing Down the Pain: A Case Study of the Benefits of Writing for Cult Survivors

K. Gordon Neufeld, M.F.A.

Running Support Groups for Those Affected by Cults

Rachel Bernstein, M.S.Ed., L.M.F.T.

Gender and Cults, Parts I, II, and III

Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Coordinator and Moderator; Marina Sarran & Miiriam Williams Boeri [Sex with Children: The Last Sexual Frontier]; Cliff Cheng, Ph.D. [Sexist Gender Roles in a Patriarchial Organizational Story]; Sarah Edmonds, Ph.D. [Transference and Countertransference in the Guru/Disciple Relationship]; Andrea Moore Emmet [The Father-Child Relationship in Polygamist Cults]; Massimo Introvigne [Gender and Cult Controversies in the Milingo-Moon Affair]; J. Anna Looney [Marriages within Cult Groups: A Comparative Study of the Characteristics and Survival Rates of Intimate Relationships]; Yoshihide Sakurai, M.A. [Constructing "Family" by Religious Ideology: A Case Study of Female Members of the Unification Church in Japan]; Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff [Cultic Oppression of Women in the Religious Homeschooling Movement]; Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D. [Gender Divergences a Quarter Century After the Initial Cult Stimulus]

Suing Cults: Cases Won, Lost, and Rejected

Lawrence Levy, Esq.; Discussants: Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M

Religious Terrorism: The New Jihad - Myths & States of Denial

Jorge Erdely, Ph.D.; Lourdes Arguelles, Ph.D.; Discussant: Dennis Tourish, Ph.D.

The Jim Roberts Group and the Roberts Group Parents Network

Ronald Loomis, Coordinator; Katherine Clemmons & Chris Olson; Jim Guerra

Trauma Research and Cults

David Foy, Ph.D.

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Continuing Education Credits

This course meets the qualifications for 15 hours of continuing education credit for MFCCs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences - American Family Foundation (California CE Provider PCE 2682). Full refund if made two or more weeks before program. Partial refund after that (contact AFF). Forms for obtaining CE credits will be available at the conference. There is no extra charge for CE credits.

Contact AFF for more information:

AFF
P.O. Box 2265 Bonita Springs, FL 34133

fax: (305) 393-8193
e-mail: mail@icsamail.com

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