Special Event: Mental Health Issues in Cult-Related Interventions

ICSA will conduct a special event in Philadelphia Sunday, October 13, 2013, 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM Sheraton Philadelphia University City (36th and Chestnut St.). In this special event, cult intervention specialists and mental health professionals will discuss their roles in helping families and former members, in particular how they work together and how they differ.  Among the questions to be examined are: What assessment criteria should be considered to determine the appropriateness and feasibility of cult-related interventions?  What criteria should be considered to determine the appropriateness of mental health consultation and/or treatment?  This event should be useful to former members of high-control groups or relationships, families concerned about an affected loved one, and helping professionals whose assistance is sometimes sought by families and former members. David Clark Steve K. D. Eichel, PhD, ABPP  Lorna Goldberg, MSW, LCSW, PsyA  William Goldberg, MSW, LCSW, PsyA  Steven Hassan, Med, LMHC, NCC  Joseph Kelly Arnold Markowitz, LCSW Patrick Ryan Daniel Shaw, LCSW Joseph Szimhart  Speakers include some of the leading "exit counselors" and mental health professionals in this field-biographical.  We hope you join us!   Please tell others and donate if you cannot attend. Fax-Mail Registration Form More information.  Thank you.

Special Program for Parents of SGAs (those who are born and raised in cultic groups)

The goal of the program will be to offer an environment in which parents can give one another mutual counsel and support.

Parents will have an opportunity to focus on the complex relationships resulting from multi-generational cult involvement.

When: 

Sunday afternoon, April 14, 2013 from 2 pm to 5 pm.

Where:

Englewood, NJ (directions to be sent to attendees)

Facilitators:

Bill Goldberg

Lorna Goldberg

Fees:

There is no cost for the program; however, participants will be expected to help ICSA help others by becoming a Web member of ICSA. 

Note:

Space is very limited and attendance will be first come first served.  

Register:

Contact ICSA: 1-239-514-3081; mail@icsamail.com.  

Special Event: Jehovah’s Witnesses, Former Members and Families

May 12, 2012

Philadelphia, PA

Questions to Explore

Attendees and facilitators will explore questions that are often central to the concerns of former members of cultic groups and families/friends troubled about a loved one’s group involvement:

• About ICSA
• Exploring a psychological perspective
• How are cultic groups different from and similar to other kinds of groups?
• Why do people leave?
• Can departures be facilitated?
• What problems do people have when they leave?
• How can they manage these problems?
• Disfellowshipping

Program

9:30 a.m to 5 p.m., with a 75-minute lunch break.

Saturday morning will consist of directed discussions aimed at encouraging participants to describe their relevant experiences and explore their current opinions regarding the key questions listed above. (Participants may choose not to contribute to discussions, if they wish.)

We hope that attendees will chat informally during breaks, in the evening, and after the event. 

In short, the event will focus on attendees’ experiences and views, not presenters’ prepared talks, so as to help attendees better understand these important questions and enhance their capacity to express themselves and help others as well as themselves.

Fee

$25 – Current ICSA Members

$50 – Non-Members (includes free Web membership to ICSA)


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