Philadelphia has the privilege this year of being host to the International Cultic Studies Association's annual meeting. Featured will be people with a variety of kinds of expertise on psychologically destructive groups, and there will be programming tracks specifically for former members, family members, and mental health professionals.
Its being held here is quite fortuitous for me, since I only came to realize in the past couple years that I had once belonged to such a group and that it's continued to have harmful aftereffects. I've already registered for the pre-conference workshops for former group members.
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