Jul 3, 2024

ICSA Conference 2024: In-Person (Barcelona, Spain) and live-streamed via Whova

ICSA Conference 2024: In-Person (Barcelona, Spain) and live-streamed via Whova

ICSA Conference 2024: In-Person (Barcelona, Spain) and live-streamed via Whova

July 4-6, 2024 with pre-conference workshops on July 3, 2024

Facultad de Geografía e Historia. Universitat de Barcelona
Montalegre, 6
08001 Barcelona

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Thursday, July 4, 2024 / Jueves, 4 de julio de 2024


A Human Right to the Freedom of Mind, Matt Bywater


"Three-Minute Mental Makeover (3MMM): Practitioners and Clients Writing Together

A Validated Evidence-Based Therapeutic Tool", Gina Catena


"From Brainwashing to Psychological Domination: Mystery Became Science / Del Lavado de Cerebro a la Dominación Psicológica: El Misterio Se Hizo Ciencia, 

Paul R. Martin Memorial Lecture / Conferencia en memoria de Paul R. Martin (En Español)", Álvaro Rodrí­guez-Carballeira 


Online: Sacrificial Seductions: Female Bodies as Exploited Sacrifices, Ozan Can Yilmaz


Who Was Roxy?, Cathrine Moestue


The Role That a Lawyer Plays and the Proof He Provides in the Eyes of the Victim and Under French Jurisdictions, Maleine Picotin-Gueye


Advice for Parents, Caregivers, and Teenagers: Warning Signs of Toxic Groups, Robin Boyle


The Cultic Manipulations of America's Troubled Teen Industry, Phil Elberg


Cult Trip: Coming Too Close, Anke Richter


Empowering Self-help Consumers to Avoid Predatory (and Culty) Self-improvement Resources, Jean Brown


Panel: Control Coercitivo en Relaciones Terapéuticas, de Pareja y Grupales: Una Mirada Multidimensional de los Fenómenos de Abuso y Violencia, Carmen Almendros; Alba Abanades; Francisco González-Espejito


Online: Wellness Beyond Boundaries: Navigating Alternative Healthcare Spaces in Times of Crisis, Kim Peirano


Online: Healthy and Safe Support Groups for Former Cult Members, Rachel Bernstein


Exorcism, Deliverance and the Cultivation of Fear in Christian Cultic Groups, Stephen Parsons


Updating Catholic Movements and Orders Accused of Being Cult-like, J. Paul Lennon


Spiritual Abuse Issues Among Girls and Women Living in a Closed Patriarchal Community, Madeline Lamboley


Coercive Control: It's All About the Impacts, Andrea Silverstone

Alternative Religious and Spiritual Movements in Contemporary Romania: Between Theoretical Approaches and Practical Implications, Radu Petre Muresan


Panel: Barriers Faced for Born-in-Cult Survivors and the Need for Specifically Designed Programs and Support Services, Maria Esguerra; Jemima Farris; Whisper James


Panel: Grupos Abusivos Psicológicos desde una Perspectiva Clínica, Consecuencias, Características Clínicas y Abordaje, Juanjo Santamaría; Vega González-Bueso; Eduardo Valenciano; Oscar Wu; Anna Santo


Online: Trauma-Informed Online Cult Recovery Coaching, Ron Burks


"You'll See It - - When You Believe It": The Importance of Belief in Cult Recruitment, Russell Bradshaw


Investigating the Psychological Health and Wellbeing of Former Members of Cultic Groups: A Quantitative Study, Jill Aebi-Mytton


Spiritual Healing Within the Helping Professions: Discussion of the Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Model in Practice, Lindsay Bennett; Pious Malliar-Bellian


Reclaiming Life: Navigating the Therapeutic Journey of Ultra-Orthodox Transition, Lea Lavy









Friday, July 5, 2024 / Viernes, 5 de julio de 2024



A Different Body of Evidence, Jamie Fearn


The Epistemic Costs of the "Evidence-Based" Ideology in Psychology and Social Sciences, Arthur Mary


Panel: Exposing the Cult Template: 3 Different Cults, the Same Playbook, 

Esther Friedman; Carrie Buddington; Gerette Buglion


Panel: Conocimiento y Percepción del Fenómeno Sectario en Psicólogos, Periodistas y Profesores de Religión en España, Àlex Caramé; Julián Cádiz; Carlos de Arteaga; Luis Santamaría; José Luis Vázquez


Online Panel: Mental Health Workshop, Linda Dubrow-Marshall; Jennifer French Tomasic; Ashley McLean; Andrew Morrison; Kate Amber


Spanish Panel: Ayudar a Rescatar y Liberar los/as Niños/as del Fenómeno Sectario,

Margarita Barranco; Míchel Gilbert; José Miguel Cuevas; Manuel Perez


A Literature Review Exploration of Jehovah's Witnesses College Students Experience with Secular Higher Education, Michael Miller


Waking Up: What the Narratives of Former Jehovah's Witnesses Bethelites Reveal About Their Experience of Realizing They Were in a Cult, Andre Jackson


Route Planning for Defectors, Robert Crompton


The Grief of Leaving, Liz Sallows


Panel:  How Cults Shape Aspects of Post-Cult Identity, Character, and Conscience, Gillie Jenkinson


Persuasión Coercitiva y Delito de Trata de Personas Carlos Bardavío Antón

Entender, Evaluar y Tratar el Abuso Espiritual en Psicoterapia, Celine Castillo


Online Panel: Surviving Patriarchally Infused Coercive Control, Thought Reform, and Totalistic  Identity in Relationships and Groups, Linda Dubrow-Marshall; Rod Dubrow-Marshall; Kate Amber; Jennifer French Tomasic


Training and Education of Healthcare Professionals on How to Support a Client After Religious Disaffiliation, Maria Bjorkmark


Auto-Ethnographic Research in Counselling Ex-Cult Members, Henk Stoker


Developing a Grassroots Resistance, Education, and Support Movement, Christopher Lee


Increasing Awareness of Complex Trauma Prevalence in Therapeutic Practice. Lindsay Bennett

Panel: The Drastic Change That Took Place in Public Attitude Towards Issues Concerning "Cults" and "Religion" in Japan After the Assassination of Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Takashi Yamaguchi; Kotaro Tanaka; Jun Tabata; Kyoko Nagano


Panel: Is New Zealand a Little Bit Culty? The rise of awareness, action and advocacy on the path to justice, Liz Gregory; Anke Richter


Activismo y Defensa de las Víctimas del Sectarismo, Juantxo Dominguez


Maltrato a Menores en Contexto Sectario: El Caso Guillot Adriana Pacheco


Online Panel: What Do Survivors Need?: Providing Practitioner Care with an Emphasis on Facilitating Support Groups, Katherine Spearing; Rachel Bernstein


ICSA Open Discussion with ICSA Executive Director and President Jacqueline Johnson, Debby Schriver


Decoding Cult Manipulation: Empowering Recovery in the Digital Era, Shawnna Jantz


Recovery and Self-Help: Finding a Way to Recovery and Growth After Abuse in a Cultic Setting, and the Role of a Workbook, Gillie Jenkinson


A Beacon and a Blueprint for Cult Support Organisations, Liz Gregory 


The Healing Power of Listening: Survivors’ Stories and the Dark History of Yogi Bhajan’s Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma Community, Els Coenen; GuruNischan


Las Relaciones Respetuosas, Auténticas y Libres (Presentación de libro) , Jose Fernández


Developing a Grassroots Resistance, Education, and Support Movement, Christopher Lee


Getting Out of a Cult: Therapeutic Wandering and Specific Needs, Elena Vlad


Organizing Support Groups Relating to Cultic Phenomena, Sam Downs


Combating Cult Mind Control Throughout the World in 2024, Steve Hassan




Saturday, July 6, 2024 / Sábado, 6 de julio de 2024


A Cult in the Home: Coercive Control of Children, Christine Cocchiola


Online: Overview of Research on Cults and Coercion, Rod Dubrow-Marshall


Revelation and/or Contamination? To What Extent Should Social Scientists Get Their Hands Dirty?, Eileen Barker


Spanish Panel: Schools at Danger with Sectarianism, Luis Santamaria; Michel Gilbert; Manel Sanyudo; Ricardo Gamaza, et al.


Cult Media Messaging: Sharing Your Story While Taking Care of Yourself, Dhyana Levey


Building Bridges: How to Talk to Conspiracy Believers, Ulrike Schiesser


Online Panel: The Dopamine Hypothesis: How It Provides Insights into the Positive and Negative Effects of LGATs, John Hunter; Joe Kelly; Patrick Ryan; Doni Whitsett


Panel: As Time Goes On. . . Sixteen Years Later -- What's Different and Where Are We Now?, Debby Schriver; Ange Ondrisek; Marcus Griffin; Lexi Broderick; Shaina Broderick


Panel: Shunning Is a Crime: An Initiative to Challenge Mandated Shunning, Susan Hall; Savin Bapir-Tardy; Windy Grendele; Patrick Haeck



Online Panel: Stay-at-Home Daughters: The Unique Challenges of Women Raised in the Christian Patriarchy Movement, Cait West; Katherine Spearing


Panel: The Hidden Gems of Healthy Influence: A Workshop on How to Use Research on Social Influence and Dr. Cialdini's Principles to Build Self-Trust in the Cult Recovery Process, Gerette Buglion; Cathrine Moestue 


Cult: A New Definition,  Arthur Buchman


"CLOSING - ICSA Awards; Dianne Casoni Award; ICSA 2025 Conference Announcement 


CIERRE - Premios de ICSA; Premio Dianne Casoni; Anuncio de la Conferencia ICSA 2025"


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