RECOVERING FROM SPIRITUAL ABUSE, A CONFERENCE FOR CHURCHES, SURVIVORS, AND HELPERS
Spiritual Abuse Resources and Meadow Haven have organized a conference on spiritual abuse.
Learn How Casualties of Authoritarian Churches and Christian Groups Can Begin to Find Healing and Wholeness
This conference provides information and guidance for:
- those who have experienced spiritual abuse in cults, authoritarian churches, relationships, or mainstream religious organizations
- professionals, family members, and other persons who want to help spiritual abuse survivors
- church personnel and volunteers who want to make their churches more welcoming and healing to survivors of spiritual abuse
Some Topics:
- The Varieties of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse (Michael Langone)
- Aberrational and Healthy Churches: What Distinguishes Them (Robert Pardon)
- Personal Accounts: Returning From Unhealthy Christian Groups to Healthy Christianity (Maureen Griffo, Ray Connolly, David Clark)
- Personal Accounts: Returning From Unhealthy Christianity to a Nonreligious Personal Alternative (Carrie Buddington; Samie Brosseau)
- Personal Accounts: Returning From Non-Christian Groups to a Personal Spirituality (Esther Friedman; Joseph Kelly)
- The Bible and Spiritual Formation Following Spiritual Abuse (Ken Garrett; Pat Knapp)
- Postcult Recovery: Overview (Ron Burks; William Goldberg)
- What Can You Do When a Loved One is Involved in an Abusive Situation? (David Clark; Joseph Kelly; Patrick Ryan;)
- Does the Bible Really Say That? (Neil Damgaard; Ken Garrett)
- Getting Help for Depression, Anxiety, and Other Problems (Lorna Goldberg; Lois Svoboda)
- Marriage Issues for the Spiritually Abused (Pat & Heidi Knapp)
- How Distorted Views of Heaven, Hell, and Salvation Contribute to Spiritual Abuse (Robert Pardon)
- The Impact of Cults on Creativity, and of Creativity on Recovery (Diana Pletts)
- Spiritual Abuse: A Family’s Journey (Sally and Dennis Meyer)
- Shame and Guilt (Wendy Duncan)
- Forgiveness (Doug Duncan)
- Reconnecting with God (Robert Pardon; Eric Sweitzer)
- Parenting Issues for the Spiritually Abused (Ray Connolly)
- Dealing with Loss (William Goldberg; Eric Sweitzer)
- Making Your Church a Safe Haven (Neil Damgaard; Pat Knapp)
- How to Trust Again (Ron Burks; Lorna Goldberg)
- Reconnecting with Loved Ones (Doug Duncan; William Goldberg)
- Finding and Making the Most of a Healthy Church (David Clark; Robert Pardon)
- Women’s Issues (Judy Pardon)
- Open Discussion (Co-Facilitators: Michael Langone; Lois Svoboda)
Where: DoubleTree, Bradley International Airport Hotel, Hartford, CT
Fee: $100/person ($150 after September 22, 2018). Student rate: $50 ($75 after September 22, 2018).
Register: Online
Speakers include
- Ron Burks, PhD, holds an MDiv and an MA in counseling from Asbury Theological Seminary and a PhD in Counselor Education from Ohio University.
- David Clark, a thought reform consultant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been active in this field for more than 30 years.
- Doug and Wendy Duncan: former members of a pseudo-Christian, Bible-based cult. Several years after leaving, they became active in cult awareness activities.
- Rev. Kenneth Garrett, DMin, is senior pastor of Grace Church, located in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. For 12-years Ken and his wife Sharon belonged to a high-demand, abusive church whose members lived communally, practicing an overbearing, extreme form of the Christian faith.
- William and Lorna Goldberg, both licensed clinical social workers and psychoanalysts with over forty years experience working with former cult members.
- Joseph F. Kelly, a thought reform consultant since 1988.
- Michael Kropveld is Founder and Executive Director of Info-Cult / Info-Secte, based in Montreal, Canada.
- Michael D. Langone, PhD. Since 1981 he has been Executive Director of International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), a tax-exempt research and educational organization concerned about psychological manipulation and cultic groups.
- Bob and Judy Pardon operate MeadowHaven, a long-term rehabilitation facility that can accommodate individuals or families who require long-term (up to a year) care to recover from trauma and cultic abuse.
- Patrick Ryan, a cult intervention specialist (exit counseling, mediation, religious conflict resolution, thought reform consulting) since 1984
- … and many others
View the complete list of speakers with full profiles.
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