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Annual Conference Annual Conference - Overview Theme of Conference: The global challenge of young people born, raised or recruited into extremist groups, abusive religious organizations, or coercive/exploitative relationships Philadelphia is America's First World Heritage City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Video About Philadelphia The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is conducting its 2018 Annual International Conference jointly with Info-Secte/Info-Cult of Montreal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from July 5 – 7, 2018 (preconference workshops on Wednesday July 4, 2018). The conference will address the needs and interests of ICSA’s four main constituencies: • former group members • families • helping professionals • researchers. The conference will take place at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel on Market Street in downtown Philadelphia. Hotel details. Though the conference has a theme focusing on those born or raised in cultic groups, the program will be varied, with numerous sessions pertinent to former members of cultic groups, families, helping professionals, researchers, and others. __________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________ We are proud to offer continuing education credit hours to mental health professionals. The Mental Health Preconference Workshop and selected sessions throughout the conference will offer CE hours. The sessions that offer CE hours are clearly marked in the agenda. Mental Health Preconference Workshop Main Conference CE Sessions International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6893. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. ICSA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. Please check with your individual boards to be sure that CE's are accepted. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ See links on the left column (links above if viewed through a phone) for details on agenda, abstracts, speakers, meals, directions, hotel, etc. A special guided tour of Philadelphia new religious movement sites is planned for the afternoon of Sunday, July 8, 2018. A list of other social events, e.g., fireworks, in Philadelphia can be found here. Review the email messages sent to attendees and speakers to make sure that you didn't miss important messages that may have been sent before you registered. ICSA's annual conference is open to diverse opinions and perspectives. Individuals speaking at the conference - including plenary speakers - do not speak "for" ICSA and may hold widely divergent opinions. ICSA believes that the informational needs of attendees are best met by enabling them to hear from a large variety of views. See ICSA's article on dialogue. Subject to Change Overview: Annual Preconference Conference Registration/Fees Wednesday, July 4, 2018 Online Fax / Mail / 9:00 – 5:00 Registration Phone Fees Program 9:30 – 6:00 Mental Health Workshop [Attendance restricted to mental health and related professionals/students/researchers.] CE available. Agenda Preconference Speakers Introduction (Lorna Goldberg) [9:30 – 10:30] Abstracts Treating 1st Generation Former Members: Clinical Discussion (Linda Accommodations Dubrow-Marshall) [10:30 – 11:30] Break 11:30 – 11:45 Hotel Meals Treating People Born or Raised in Cultic Groups: Clinical Getting There Discussion(Leona Furnari) [11:45 – 12:45] Lunch 12:45 – 2:15 Details Treating Families: Clinical Discussion (Bill Goldberg) [2:15 – 3:15] Visas Sexuality: Clinical Discussion (Steve Eichel) [3:15–4:15] Break 4:15–4:30 Health Insurance Cancellation Clinical Roundtable (Doug Duncan; Cyndi Matthews) [4:30 – 6:00] Financial This workshop will offer 6.5 CE hours. Assistance 10:00 – 6:00 Family Workshop I: Building Bridges: Leaving and Recovering from Cultic Groups and Relationships (Rachel Bernstein; Joseph Kelly; Patrick Ryan) [10:00 - 2:30] Family Workshop II: Understanding Group Involvement Through the Lens of Culture (Nitai Joeph; Joseph Kelly; Patrick Ryan; Joseph Szimhart) [2:45 – 4:15] Family Workshop III: An Approach to Exit Counseling/Intervention: A Case Presentation (Patrick Ryan; Hana and Jerry Whitfield) [4:30 – 6:00] 10:00 – 1:00 Research Workshop (Rod Dubrow-Marshall, Moderator) Break 11:30 – 11:45 10:00 – 1:00 Former Member Workshop I [Attendance restricted to former members of cultic groups and relationships.] Orientation (Carol Giambalvo; Ann Stamler; Ashley Allen) [10 – 11:30] Break [11:30 – 11:45] Discussion Panel Part I: Creating Understanding Between Generational Subgroups in Cults and Addressing the Question of Responsibility, Shame, and Guilt (Ashley Allen, Moderator; Debby Schriver; Carol Giambalvo; Donna Lark; Jill Mytton; Heidi Hough) [11:45 – 1:00] 2:30 – 6:00 Former Member Workshop II [Attendance restricted to former members of cultic groups and relationships.] Discussion Panel Part II: Creating Understanding Between Generational Subgroups in Cults and Addressing the Question of Responsibility, Shame, and Guilt (Ashley Allen, Moderator; Debby Schriver; Carol Giambalvo; Donna Lark; Jill Mytton; Heidi Hough) [2:30 – 3:15] Shame (Lorna Goldberg; Doni Whitsett) [3:15 – 4:00] Break [4:00 – 4:15] Connections/Disconnections (Elizabeth Blackwell; Nitai Joseph) [4:15 – 5:00] Coping with Practical Aspects of Life (Elizabeth Blackwell; Nitai Joseph; Dorca Musseb) [5:00 – 5:45] Discussion/Closing [5:45 – 6:00] 2:30 – 6:00 Education Workshop (Piotr T. Nowakowski, Moderator) Foundation Principles of Critical Thinking (Tom Baier) [2:30-3:30] CULTS 'R US: Why our students are especially vulnerable (Russell Bradshaw) [3:30 –4:15] Break 4:15–4:30 Psychological Manipulation, How Cults Do It and How You Can Resist Them (Arthur Buchman) [4:30 - 5:15] Everyday Cults and the Art of Recognizing and Addressing Destructive Dynamics in Mainstream Groups, Businesses, Churches and in Self- Help Movement (Gerette Buglion) [5:15 - 6:00] Thursday, July 5, 2018 8:00 – 5:00 Registration 9:00 – 10:30 Welcome (Steve Eichel; Carolle Tremblay) Plenary address – We Disagree-Let’s Talk! Why Diversity and Dialogue are Necessary and How We Overcome Undermining Factors (Lorna Goldberg) 10:30 – 11:00 Break 11:00 – 12:30 Panel: Domestic Violence and Interpersonal Abuse I (Linda Dubrow-Marshall, Moderator; Elizabeth Burchard; Minna Davis; Beth Sturman) Thought Reform, Non-traditional Therapy, and Ethics (Jeff Bryson) Ethical Standards for Thought Reform Consultation (Piotr T. Nowakowski) Christian Cults and the Concept of Hell (Robert Pardon; Michael Langone) Carlos Castaneda, Harold Garfinkel and the Breaching Experiments (Robert Marshall) The 'Dark Well' of Family Life: The Ideological Basis for, and Realities of, Child Abuse in the Hare Krishna Movement (Eric Bernasek; Nitai Joseph) Boundaries (Rosanne Henry; Elizabeth Blackwell) [Only former members of cultic groups may attend this session.] 12:30 – 2:30 Lunch Break 2:30 Bookstore and Phoenix Project Begin. Continues to Saturday 4:30 pm Phoenix Project is in Anthony Room 2:30 – 4:00 Panel: Domestic Violence and Interpersonal Abuse II The "Power and Control Wheel": Its Contributions to Understanding Cultic Relationships (Chelsea Brass; Steve Eichel; Abigail Hazlett) This session will offer 1.5 CE hours. Brief Overview of Catholic Movements Accused of Being Cult-Like (John Paul Lennon) A Shepherding Update: The Case of University of Arizona from Maranatha Campus Ministries to Hope Church and the Current Controversies (David Clark) Communicating to Recruit, Restrain and Retain—the Changing Mormon Narrative (Mark Giles; Ashlen Hilliard) New Challenges from Cultic Movements in Post Qigong Fever China (Tianjia Chen) Korean New Religious Movements: A Jamesian Approach (Chae Young Kim) Open Discussion: Born or Raised in Cultic Groups (Facilitator, Elizabeth Blackwell) [Attendance restricted to people born or raised in cultic groups or relationships.] 4:00 – 4:30 Break Poster Presentations 4:30 - 6:00 Using Existing Models of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) to Help Professionals Understand Coercive Control (Tara Beazley) Caught in the Vortex: Dynamics of Psychological/Emotional Manipulation and Entrapment in One-on-One Cultic Dyads and Small Groups (Tammy Ichinotsubo-Ezzi) Dreams of Meeting - On Leaving the Closed Brethren (Linda Attoe) The Freedom of Mind Approach to Helping People Raised in Destructive Environments (Steve Hassan) Spiritual Abuse in Islam (Danish Qasim) The Lived Experience of Spiritual Abuse Within Mainstream Christianity (Paula Parish-Foley) Panel: Born and Raised in Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and Transitioning to a New Reality (Debby Schriver; SGAs from Tony Alamo Christian Ministries) The psychological effects of learning to hate: The Lion Cubs of the Caliphate (Monique Lauret) Entheogens and Entactogens: Cults and Drugs (Joseph Szimhart) Open Discussion: First-Generation Former Cultic Group Members (Facilitators, Rachel Bernstein; Dylesia Barner) [Attendance restricted to former members of cultic groups and relationships.] 7:00 – 9:30 pm Evening programs Phoenix Project Live! Performance andLiterary Readings (there will be a break in the middle of the program) Friday, July 6, 2018 8:00 – 5:00 Registration 9:00 – 10:30 Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) (Mary Moore) "Take Me to Your Leader" (Sharon Doni) Child Sexual Grooming in Alternative Religions (Stephen Kent) Reawakening Your Spirituality After a Cult Experience (Doug and Wendy Duncan) Colliding Worldviews:
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