This talk explores the role of mainstream media in providing public education about the dangers and dynamics of cults. Very often we notice mainstream media focusing on exposing specific corruptions or injustices from cultic groups, or highlighting sensationalized anecdotal situations or personal stories from former cult members.
ICSA Annual Conference: Simplifying Coercive Control for Systemic Change: The PsychoSocial Quicksand Model
Kate Amber, cult and domestic abuse survivor, certified in Executive Leadership in Violence and Abuse Prevention, ADA Advocacy and The Psychology of Coercive Control, is the Founder/CEO of End Coercive Control USA (ECCUSA).
ICSA Annual Conference: What do SGAs want to Cover in Counseling?
Cyndi Matthews, PhD, LPC-S, NCC is an experienced Counseling Clinician (17 yrs) working in Private Practice and as an Associate Professor in the counseling program at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
ICSA Annual Conference: “Going to university changed everything”: Making sense of self through education and career after leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses
This talk reviews my dissertation for a Masters in Organizational Psychology gained in 2020 at Birkbeck, University of London
ICSA Annual Conference: Religious Legitimacy
Phil Lord is an Assistant Professor at Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law.
ICSA Annual Conference: Cults and Media Stereotypes: Does Media Coverage of Current and Former Cult Members Hinder Victims’ Recovery?
he study being presented examined whether former cult members frequently accessed media about cults, and if that exposure related significantly to their symptoms of distress and wellbeing. It was conducted by a journalist and second generation adult (SGA) as part of a dissertation for an MSc in the Psychology of Coercive Control.
ICSA Annual Conference: Down the Rabbit Hole: How do the family and friends of QAnon believers seek and provide support in the Facebook Families of Q Cult support group?
found their way into this extreme right-wing cult, the price has been broken relationships, financial ruin, and legal troubles.
ICSA Annual Conference: Healing from spiritual abuse through connection to the natural world
Most trauma – especially complex trauma – disconnects an individual from their self, their true essence. For those who have come out of a high demand group or relationship, it is imperative to rediscover, or in the instance of an SGA, discover for the first time, this sense of authentic self.