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Editorial Board
Marybeth Ayella, PhD, Sociology, St. Joseph’s University, USA
Eileen Barker, PhD, OBE, FBA, Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK
Robin Boyle, JD, St. John’s University School of Law, USA
Russell Bradshaw, EdD, Education, City University of New York, USA
Louis Brunet PhD, Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Pablo Briñol, PhD, Social Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Jose Antonio Carrobles, PhD, Clinical and Health Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Peter Caws, PhD, Philosophy, George Washington University, USA
Manuel de Juan Espinosa, PhD, Clinical and Health Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Linda Dubrow-Marshall, PhD, Applied Psychology, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK
Enrique Echeburúa, PhD, Clinical and Health Psychology, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
Steve K. D. Eichel, PhD, ABPP, Psychology, Philadelphia University, USA
Ronald Enroth, PhD, Sociology, Westmont College, USA
Manuel Gámez-Guadix, PhD, Clinical and Health Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Juan Francisco Godoy, PhD, Clinical and Health Psychology, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Lorna Goldberg, LCSW, PsyA, Director, Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies, USA
William Goldberg, LCSW, PsyA, Social Work, Dominican College, USA
Pablo Guérez, JD, Penal Law, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Mª Ángeles Jiménez Tallón, PhD, Clinical and Health Psychology, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Stephen Kent, PhD, Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada
María Jesús Martín, PhD, Social Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
José Manuel Martínez, PhD, Social Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Patricia Mercader, PhD, Institut de Psychologie, Université de Lyon, France
Javier Martín-Peña, Social Psychology, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
Stephen Mutch, PhD LLB (UNSW), History, Politics, and International Relations, Macquarie University, Australia
Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Rzeszów, Poland
Julio Olea, PhD, Methodology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Adriana Pacheco Espino Barros, PhD, Editor of Criminologie, I. C.C.C, Canada
Marie-Andrée Pelland, PhD, Sociology, Université de Moncton, Canada
Miguel Perlado, PhD, Barcelona Institute of Psychoanalysis, Spain
María del Mar Ramos, PhD, Sociology, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Álvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira, PhD, Social Psychology, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
Alan Scheflin, JD, LLM, Santa Clara University Law School, USA
Daniel Shaw, LCSW, Faculty and Clinical Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP), New York, USA
Dennis Tourish, PhD, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Humberto M. Trujillo, PhD, Social Psychology, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Carlos Villagrasa, JD, Civil Law, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
Doni Whitsett, PhD, LCSW, University of Southern California School of Social Work, USA

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Table of Contents
Cultic Abuse Recovery: Counseling Considerations
Rachel Oblak ..................................................................................................................................................1
Contextualizing Debates About Brainwashing Within the Discipline of Sociology
Stephen A. Kent and Kelsey Lindquist ........................................................................................................14
Homeopathy As a Form of Practical Magic
Jonathan Simmons ......................................................................................................................................32
Ritual Abuse and Developmental Trauma: Application of the Triphasic Model of Trauma Treatment
in the Case of “Sarah”
Cortny Stark ................................................................................................................................................41
Failure to Launch Rather Than Clear Sailing: The Media-Focused Trials, Triumphs, and Tribulations
of the Church of Scientology in Australia
Stephen B. Mutch ........................................................................................................................................53
Leaving Psychologically—Breaking the Confluential Trance
Gillie Jenkinson ...........................................................................................................................................72
Book and Film Reviews
Transcendental Deception: Behind the TM curtain—bogus science, hidden agendas, and David
Lynch’s campaign to push a million public school kids into Transcendental Meditation while
falsely claiming it is not a religion (Aryeh Siegel)
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart .........................................................................................................................81
Counterculture Crossover: Growing Up in the Love Family (Rachel Israel)
Reviewer: Robert W. Balch ..........................................................................................................................84
Blackbird – A Memoir: The Story of a Woman Who Submitted to Marcial Maciel, Became Free,
and Found Happiness Again (Elena Sada)
Reviewer: J. Paul Lennon ............................................................................................................................91
The People &the Idiots: Surviving a Cult Childhood (Daniel Hawes)
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart ..........................................................................................................................93
Abstracts (Translations) .............................................................................................................................97