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: 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: Decolonizing the cult survivor
Worldwide Church of God, a Bible based doomsday cult
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.
ICSA Annual Conference: How lessons learned from the SGA community can be applied to the Rehabilitation and Reintegration context
This paper will showcase interventions and resources created within the SGA community and offer a framework for how these initiatives could be applied to rehabilitation and reintegration efforts with repatriates from IS-controlled territories.
ICSA Annual Conference: ‘Only normal people join cults’: Representing and supporting the multiply marginalized and neurominority cult experience
Many marginalised, neurominorities like myself (a racialised, queer womxn with Autism, ADHD and co-morbid mental health issues) can be more vulnerable to getting enmeshed into cults.
ICSA Annual Conference: Leaving family to join a cult, getting out, & healing. The power of connection
ennifer French Tomasic is a mental health counselor working with clients across the United States and Internationally. She has a Master’s Degree in the Psychology of Coercive Control and has been conducting research through Salford University.
Creating Your #iGotOut Statement with Gerette Buglion
his class is for anyone who has been impacted by controlling groups—directly or indirectly—and wants to express it through the written word.