Cult Mediation : ICSA Annual Conference: Peace, Violence and New Religions
A few NRMs do commit horrific acts of violence – as have representatives of almost all the older, traditional religions.| Cult Mediation
1) You should attempt to re-express your loved ones position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your loved one says,… The post The basics of Intervention appeared first on Cult Mediation.| Cult Mediation
The present talk reflects on my experience of 30 year being a follower of former Roman Catholic priest Fernando Karadima. The post ICSA Annual Conference: Life after spiritual abuse, reflecting on my own experience. appeared first on Cult Mediation.| Cult Mediation
This talk is an opening, a crack to let light into considerations of racialized survivor experience with hopes to expand this conversation, and invitations to research the lives, challenges, healing journeys, and to visibilize the living bodies of cult survivors of color. The post ICSA Annual Conference: Visioning the Invisible: The Traumatized Bodies of Racialized Cult Members and Survivors. appeared first on Cult Mediation.| Cult Mediation
How do people get trapped in cults? One tool cults use is emotional and mental coercion to exercise undue influence keeping people stuck in the group. The post ICSA Annual Conference: Unpacking Belief Systems appeared first on Cult Mediation.| Cult Mediation
Gaslighting refers to attempts by cult leaders to manipulate their followers by creating an environment in which the cult members doubt their own thoughts, observations, interpretations, and memories. The post ICSA Annual Conference: Cultic Gaslighting appeared first on Cult Mediation.| Cult Mediation
The sense that a sibling has rejected the family’s core beliefs may spark estrangement. Those who challenge the family’s values through sexual orientation, interracial marriage, religious conversion, political philosophies, unconventional career or lifestyle choices may find themselves cast out. The post Steering Clear of a Sibling Estrangement appeared first on Cult Mediation.| Cult Mediation
Individuals who leave cults frequently exhibit symptoms of mental illness, in particular: depression, anxiety and schizotypal disorders. While these symptoms can affect all former cult members, they are particularly problematic among young people who have left cults, and especially those born into one. Although there are a number of interventions that can help these people live full, productive lives with robust mental health, many do not take advantage of them for a variety of reasons, large...| Cult Mediation
Phases of Recovery and Growth when working with former cult members. She will explore how a psychoeducational approach can assist the individual to unlayer and dismantle their cult pseudo-identity. The post The Cult Pseudo Identity and the Phases of Recovery and Growth – presented by Gillie Jenkinson appeared first on Cult Mediation.| Cult Mediation
Coercive control can be looked at from the perspective of the manipulator using drugs as a tool to control the victim. There are two spheres where the use of drugs have been used to establish coercion. The post ICSA Annual Conference: Drugs as a Tool for Coercive Control appeared first on Cult Mediation.| Cult Mediation
A few NRMs do commit horrific acts of violence – as have representatives of almost all the older, traditional religions.| Cult Mediation
Since 1984, Cult Mediation has helped people with destructive cults, abusive relationships Our approach is designed to help families and friends understand and effectively respond to the complexity of a loved one's cult involvement.| Cult Mediation
This article identifies those contexts by summarizing its appearance in court cases, discussions about cults and former cult members, terrorists, and alleged victims of state repression between the years 2000 and mid-2007.| Cult Mediation
