Conference: Understanding Cults and New Religious Movements -- Perspectives of Researchers, Professionals, Former Members, and Families AFF Annual Conference 2002, June 14-15, 2002, Orlando, FL

Pre-conference Events Presenters

Pre-conference - workshops on Thursday, June 13, 2002 Workshop for Former Group Members (10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Coordinator: Carol Giambalvo Workshop for Families and Friends (10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Coordinator: Livia Bardin, M.S.W. Free Workshop for Mental Health Professionals (7:00p.m. – 9:30 p.m.) Coordinator: Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C.; Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.; William Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

Conference Events - Friday, June 14, 2002 Schedule subject to change.

Introduction Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. Brainwashing, Social Psychology, and the Courts Alan Scheflin, J.D., L.L.M., Coordinator; Edward Frishholz, Ph.D.; Paul Martin, Ph.D. A Conversation with Dr. Margaret Singer Margaret T. Singer, Ph.D. Anyone Can Be Fooled Sandy Andron, Ed.D. Church Universal and Triumphant Joseph Szimhart, Coordinator Political Groups: Deed and Creed Rod Marshall, Ph.D., Coordinator; Dennis Tourish, Ph.D.; Discussant: Janja Lalich, Ph.D. The Jim Roberts Group Parents Network Ronald Loomis, Coordinator; Joseph Szimhart; James Foster; Larry Wilcox Advances in Social Science Research Miriam Williams Boeri, Doctoral Candidate; Marie-Andree Pelland, Ph.D. Student Waldorf Schools: Theory & Practice Dan Dugan; Sharon Lombard Report from Canada Mike Kropveld Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves Steven Hassan, M.Ed. Clinical and Diagnostic Issues Josep Jansa, M.D., Coordinator; Miguel Perlado Recacha Spanish Research with the Group Psychological Abuse Scale Dr. Jose Carrobles; Carmen Almendros, Doctoral Student; Cesar Mascarenas, M.D.; Discussant, Rod Marshall, Ph.D. Research in Latin America Paul Carden, Coordinator; Jorge Erdely, Ph.D.; Cesar Mascarenas, M.D. Research on the Jehovah’s Witnesses Paul Carden, Coordinator; Jerry Bergman, Ph.D.; Herbert Rosedale, Esq., Discussant Inner Experience and Conversion Michael Langone, Ph.D.; Joseph Kelly; Patrick Ryan Counseling Issues: The Experience of RETIRN Linda Dubrow, Ph.D.; Steve Dubrow-Eichel, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.; Roberta Cobrin Eisenberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.,

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Presenters Carmen Almendros, Doctoral Student, Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Sandy Andron, Ed.D., Education Consultant, North Miami Beach, Florida Lourdes Arguelles, Ph.D., Professor of Women Studies and Education, Claremont Graduate University, California Flore Singer Aslid is a social anthropologist in Trondheim, Norway Livia Bardin, M.S.W., Psychotherapist, Clinical Social Worker, Washington, D.C. Eileen Barker, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion, London School of Economics; Founder and Chairman of the Board of Governors, INFORM, London, England Jerry Bergman, Ph.D., Department of General Studies, Northwest State College, Archbold, Ohio Miriam Williams Boeri, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia William H. Bowen, President, Silentlambs, Inc. Harry Brodie, M.D., former member of Kashi, Littleton, Colorado Ronald Burks, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate, Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center, Albany, Ohio Paul Carden, Executive Director, Centers for Apologetics Research, San Juan Capistrano, California

José Antonio Carrobles. Catedrático y Director del Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud. President of the European Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies (EABCT). David Clark, Thought Reform Consultant; AFF Video Education Committee Chair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Donna Collins, writer, Phoenix, Arizona Arthur Dole, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., Emeritus Professor, Psychology in Education,

University of Pennsylvania Steve K. Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D., ABPP, Linda Jayne Dubrow, Ph.D., Psychologist and Co-director of RETIRN, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dan Dugan, Secretary, PLANS, Inc. (People for Legal and Nonsectarian Schools), San Francisco, California Roberta Cobrin Eisenberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., BCD, RETIRN, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Andrea Moore Emmett, Writer and Journalist/Researcher, Salt Lake City, Utah Jorge Erdely, Ph.D., Director, Centro de Investigaciones, Instituto Cristiano de Mexico, Mexico City James Foster, Co-founder of the Roberts Group Parents Network Edward Frischholz, Ph.D., Psychologist, Rush North Shore Hospital, Chicago, Illinois Carol Giambalvo, Director of Recovery Programs, AFF; Thought Reform Consultant, Flagler Beach, Florida Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Director, Child & Adolescent Program, New Jersey Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis William Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Director, Community Support Center, Rockland County (NY) Department of Mental Health Steven Hassan, M.Ed., L.M.H.C., Cult Counselor; Director, Freedom of Mind Resource Center, Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts Rosanne Henry, L.P.C., Psychotherapist, Littleton, Colorado Josep Jansa, M.D., Medical Coordinator, Assessment and Information on Cults, Barcelona, Spain Joseph Kelly, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Kathy Kelly, M.A., ATC/L, Exercise physiologist, Pinehurst, North Carolina Mike Kropveld, Executive Director, Info-Cult, Montreal, Canada Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Chico Michael Langone, Ph.D., Executive Director, AFF

Sharon Lombard, B.F.A., Miami, Florida Ronald Loomis, Cult Educational Consultant, New London, Connecticut Phillip Lucas, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Stetson University, Deland, Florida Hal Mansfield, Director, Religious Movement Resource Center, Fort Collins, Colorado Marcos Marin, Ph.D. Candidate, Universidad La Habana, Cuba Rod Marshall, Ph.D., Acting Dean of Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Wycombe, England Paul Martin, Ph.D., Director, Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center, Albany, Ohio Cesar Mascarenas, M.D., Professor and Researcher, Faculty of Post-Graduate Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Jean-Francois Mayer, Ph.D., Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Marie-Andree Pelland, Ph.D. Student, Department of Criminology, University of Montreal Miguel Perlado Recacha, Psychologist, Assessment and Information on Cults, Barcelona, Spain Anne Rivero, M.S.W., Clinical Social Worker, Kaiser Permanente, Ontario, California Herbert L. Rosedale, Esq., President, AFF; Senior Counselor, Gilchrist & Jenkins Parker Chapin, New York City Patrick Ryan, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Alan Scheflin, J.D., L.L.M., Professor of Law, Santa Clara University Law School, Santa Clara, California Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D., Emeritus Adjunct Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley Joseph Szimhart, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dennis Tourish, Ph.D., Department of Management, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland Jonibeth Whitney, Ph.D., Psychotherapist, Los Angeles, California Larry Wilcox, Co-Founder of The Roberts Group Parents Network

Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Esq., Tokyo Kyodo Law Office, Tokyo, Japan Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Conference Events - Saturday, June 15, 2002 Harm in New Religious Movements: Perspectives from Sociology, Religious Studies, and Psychology Jean-Francois Mayer, Ph.D., Coordinator; Eileen Barker, Ph.D.; Arthur Dole, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.; Phillip Lucas, Ph.D.;

Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D. Inside Polygamy Andrea Moore Emmett Kashi Rosanne Henry, M.A., Coordinator; Harry Brodie, M.D.; Paul Martin, Ph.D.; Discussant: Steve Dubrow-Eichel, Ph.D. Marriage After the Cult Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. Advances in Psychological Research Ron Burks, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate; Rod Marshall, Ph.D.; Jonibeth Whitney,Ph.D.; Carmen Almendros, Doctoral Student; Discussant: Paul Martin, Ph.D. International Churches of Christ Carol Giambalvo, Coordinator; Ron Burks, M.A.; David Clark; Kathy Kelly Endres, M.A. Children of Providence: Born and Raised in the Unification Church Donna Collins, Coordinator; Flore Aslid; Thelord Schuhart; Discussants, Eileen Barker, Ph.D., Steve Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D. Social – Cash Bar