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to2008 he was Director of the Social Psychology
Department. During the 1980s, before and after
a 1985 internship at ICSA, he worked with
families and victims affected by cult
membership. He then worked as a professor at
the University of Barcelona, where he completed
a doctoral dissertation in 1991 on psychology of
coercive persuasion. During recent years he has
extended this line of research, linking it to other
contexts (e.g., domestic, work, school) where
manipulation and psychological violence may
occur. His publications include the book, El
Lavado de Cerebro: Psicología de la Persuasión
Coercitiva. (Brainwashing: Psychology of
Coercive Persuasion).
to2008 he was Director of the Social Psychology
Department. During the 1980s, before and after
a 1985 internship at ICSA, he worked with
families and victims affected by cult
membership. He then worked as a professor at
the University of Barcelona, where he completed
a doctoral dissertation in 1991 on psychology of
coercive persuasion. During recent years he has
extended this line of research, linking it to other
contexts (e.g., domestic, work, school) where
manipulation and psychological violence may
occur. His publications include the book, El
Lavado de Cerebro: Psicología de la Persuasión
Coercitiva. (Brainwashing: Psychology of
Coercive Persuasion).
