ICSA WORKSHOP – After the Cult – Recovery Workshop for Former Group Members – July 27, 2012 to July 29, 2012; Colorado Springs, Colorado
When: Friday 3:00 p.m., July 27 to Sunday 3:00 p.m., July 29, 2012
Where: Franciscan Retreat/Conference Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
These workshops are for former group members only, not family or friends (ICSA has other workshops for these persons.)
Topics discussed typically include:
· The nature of psychological manipulation and abuse
· Conditions of thought reform programs
· General recovery needs of former members
· Coping with depression and guilt
· Effects of hypnosis and trance techniques
· Critical thinking
· Relationships and intimacy
· Post-traumatic stress disorder
· Boundaries: re-establishing trust
· Coping with feelings of anger
· Coping with anxiety
· Decision-making
· Reestablishing trust in yourself and others
· Dependency issues
· The grieving process
· Reintegration/identity issues
· Spiritual and philosophical concerns
· Special track for those born into or raised in a cultic group
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