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Deprogramming, Exit Counseling, and Ethics: Clarifying the Confusion

Dec

2012

Langone, Michael D., Ph.D., and Martin, Paul, Ph.D., “Deprogramming, Exit Counseling, and Ethics: Clarifying the Confusion,” Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993 (Reprinted with permission.) In the late 1960s and early 1970s increasing numbers of parents began to observe and report striking and frightening changes in their young-adult children. Formerly serious, high-achieving, well-adjusted students would suddenly drop out of ...

From Deprogramming to Thought Reform Consultation

Dec

2012

Presentation by Carol Giambalvo, Thought Reform Consultant Panel of Discussants: Joseph Kelly, Thought Reform Consultant; Patrick Ryan, Thought Reform Consultant; Hana Whitfield, Thought Reform Consultant AFF Conference,Chicago, ILNovember 1998 Deprogramming Early on, according to what some “old-timers” have told us, groups such as the Children of God allowed parental access — even visits to the group — until a ...

Ethical Standards for Thought Reform Consultants

Nov

2012

Cult Intervention, deprogramming, exit counseling RATIONALE (History of cult interventions, deprogramming, exit counseling) Thought reform includes the use of highly manipulative methods and processes such as undue social and psychological influence, behavioral modification techniques, disguised hypnosis and trance induction, and other physiological and psychological influence techniques. These techniques are used in a coordinated and systematic way ...

Cults

Oct

2012

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Religious Conflict Resolution: A Model for Families

Oct

2012

Patrick L. Ryan and Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. Research suggests that in the West hundreds of thousands of individuals join and leave cultic groups each year. Research studies also suggest that at least a sizeable minority of those who join cultic groups are adversely affected. The families of these group members, and probably many other ...

On Using the Term "Cult"

Oct

2012

Herbert L. Rosedale, Esq.Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. Even though we have each studied cults and educated people about this subject for more than 20 years, neither of us has ever felt completely comfortable with the term “cult.” No other term, however, serves more effectively the linked educational and research aims of ICSA (International Cultic Studies ...

The Definitional Ambiguity of “Cult” and ICSA’s Mission

Oct

2012

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. (This essay is a follow-up to “On Using the Term Cult.”) A central component of ICSA’s mission is to study psychological manipulation and abuse, especially as it manifests in cultic and other groups. Different people, however, attach different and usually imprecise meanings to the term “cult” (On Using the Term Cult). Those ...

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ICSA Conference 2021 Montreal Virtual - Workshops June 22, 2021
Conference Workshops (July 4)Conference (July 1-3)The upcoming online annual conference of the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), organized jointly with its Montreal partners Info-Cult and the Association québécoise Plaidoyer-Victimes, will feature, among numerous sessions, two workshops that will be simultaneously interpreted from English into French. They are the Mental Health and Research Workshops. You can […]
What Should I Think About..? June 22, 2021
PodBeamJune 20, 2021Ep 45. Dr. Janja Lalich, Cult ResearcherOne of the most influential researchers into cults, Dr Lalich has experienced the phenomena of cults both from the inside, as a member and then as a researcher. She is Professor Emerita of Sociology at California State University, an author and educator and speaks eloquently and compassionately […]
Sex cult cutie Allison Mack provided evidence that sunk twisted guru June 22, 2021
Brad HunterCalgary HeraldJun 22, 2021 Smallville star turned sex cult “slave master” flipped on guru Keith Raniere by providing the feds with an audio recording of his discussing branding members, according to Variety.Mack — who was at the centre of the NXIVM sex cult — cooperated with federal authorities in their sex probe of Raniere.In […]
Featured presentations at the upcoming ICSA Annual Conference July 1-3! June 21, 2021
How to Appeal to the Reconfigured Conscious of ex-cult Members (Henk Stoker)Panel Part 1: Children in Sectarian Religions and the Relative “Success” of State Interventions (Susan Palmer; Marie-Eve Melanson; Mateus Grillo)Psychosocial Factors That Make us Vulnerable to Buddhist Cultic Groups: 'McMindfulness', The Happiness Trap, Deception and Hidden Abuse (Michelle Haslam)Research Workshop - Part 1 / […]
My Love Affair with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi! The Untold Story! June 20, 2021
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKBMTQ_Fuf0] Coffee Talk with ADIKA LIVE!May 26, 2021Author, Judith Bourque - Robes of Silk Feet of Clay: The True Story of a Love Affair With Beatles Guru Maharishi Mahesh YogiOrder the prizewinning audiobook here and receive a link to all of the printed book's photos: www.robesofsilkfeetofclay.comIn this book Judith Bourque describes the unexpected love affair […]
Featured presentations at the upcoming ICSA Annual Conference July 1-3! June 20, 2021
From Deprogramming to the Intervention 101 Approach: The Evolution of Cult Interventions (Rachel Bernstein; Joseph Kelly; Patrick Ryan)Panel Part 1: Coercive Control and Persuasion in Relationships and Groups – Intersections and Understandings (Rod Dubrow-Marshall; Andrea Silverstone; Carrie McManus; Linda Dubrow-Marshall)The Life Cycle of Cult Involvement (Arthur Buchman)Questions et enjeux sur un procès de dérive sectaire […]
Searching for Psychic Ann: One Man's Fight Against a Shadowy Group of Grifters June 17, 2021
JACOB VAUGHNDallas ObserverJUNE 16, 2021Elie was just looking for guidance. Last April, the California resident was trudging through a rough patch. The COVID-19 pandemic had closed down much of the country, he was reeling from a difficult breakup and he had recently been laid off twice. He soon came across an Instagram post that caught […]
Controversial Korean 'spiritual leader' fined $1.2 million for purchasing Northland properties without consent June 17, 2021
Vita MolyneuxNewshub June 16, 2021A controversial Korean spiritual leader and businessman has been fined $1.2 million for purchasing several Northland properties without the proper consent.Seung Heun Lee was ordered to pay $1,246,625 plus $30,000 in legal costs after Justice Muir found he and his companies Double Pine Investment and Mediation Tour Limited did not follow the […]
Ohio High School Football Coaches Fired After Being Accused of Forcing Hebrew Israelite Student-Athlete to Eat Pork June 13, 2021
Zack LinlyThe RootJune 5, 2021Seven high school football coaches in Canton, Ohio, have lost their jobs after allegedly losing their damn minds and violating a Black student-athlete’s religious freedom by forcing him to eat pork. The student, whose name hasn’t been revealed, reportedly missed practice due to an injury and seven idiots who should never […]
Why tackling mental health needs to be prioritised June 13, 2021
Pandemic has seen a big increase in the number of those who are mentally disturbed; they need counselling, psychiatric helpRahul SinghThe Tribune June 13, 2021The ailments connected with mental health have been with us for centuries. The pulls and pressures of modernisation have brought them to the fore in advanced countries. Fortunately, psychiatrists and psychologists are […]
Navalny backers see cautionary tale in Russian raids on Jehovah's Witnesses June 13, 2021
Analysis: members of religious group declared extremist in 2017 have faced arrests, surveillance and prisonAndrew Roth Moscow correspondentThe GuardianJune 10, 2021The decision by a Moscow court to declare Alexei Navalny’s nationwide political organisation as “extremist” adds the group to a list associated with terrorist organisations such as al-Qaida and Islamic State.But for a guide to […]
Vatican Forces lay Movements to Term Limit Those in Leadership Amid Scandals June 13, 2021
MAGGIE GILENewsweekJune 11, 2021On Friday, the Vatican started to implement term limits on their lay leaders and require internal elections to be held, the Associated Press reported.Vatican leadership hoped the move would reduce scandals like the recent reports of several cases of lay movement founders allegedly sexually abusing their members and instances where founders refused […]
Column: Reports of QAnon's death aren't exaggerated June 13, 2021
VIRGINIA HEFFERNANLos Angeles TimesJUNE 11, 2021 QAnon is hardly the first conspiracy theory to sweep the nation.What QAnon calls the Deep State was once known as “the hidden government behind a government.”Where QAnon says that John F. Kennedy Jr. faked his death, past fantasists of yore believed that John Belushi’s death by overdose was a […]
Scientology should lose charitable status over its attacks on mental health: McGorry June 13, 2021
Ben SchneidersSydney Morning HeraldJune 13, 2021Two of Australia’s top mental health advocates and researchers have described Scientology’s anti-psychiatry campaigning as dangerous and harmful to the community and said the church should be stripped of its tax-free status.Professor Patrick McGorry, a former Australian of the Year, and Professor Ian Hickie, a co-director of the University of […]
Meeting The Beatles In India - Trailer June 13, 2021
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMjobk81DkM]Paul SaltzmanAugust 16, 2020Filmmaker Paul Saltzman retraces his journey of 50 years ago when he spent a life-changing time with the Beatles at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram on the banks of the Ganges River. In 1968, he discovered his own soul, learned meditation, which changed his life, and hung out with John, Paul, […]
Tears, Disbelief As Nigerians Mourn TB Joshua June 11, 2021
SaharaTVJune 6, 2021[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPLK1ADjeio]
Prophet TB Joshua’s Last Outing Before His Sudden Death June 11, 2021
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toU3hHJlHAA]Sahara TVJun 6, 2021The Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, better known as Prophet TB Joshua, died on the way to the hospital, SaharaReporters has gathered."He conducted a service yesterday evening. He had been sick for two days. He decided to go to the hospital after the evening programme. He […]
WATCH: TB Joshua Gave Magaya A Task Before He died June 11, 2021
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqqSd1iX7no]Nigerian televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua better known as TB Joshua reportedly gave Zimbabwe preacher Walter Magaya the task of buying two elephants, a zebra and a giraffe as he wanted to open a zoo.TB Joshua died before Magaya could send him the animals.Magaya said he bought the animals but could not get clearance from […]
FLASHBACK: How I Was Convicted Of Drug-Related Offences In 1996 — TB Joshua June 11, 2021
The prophet, who is now dead, in a 2019 documentary, showed his church members how he was prosecuted for an offence he was innocent of, but survived.SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKJune 08, 2021Popular televangelist, Temitope Balogun Joshua, was arrested by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in 1996.The prophet, who is now dead, in a […]