Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2006, Page 19
Shaw, D. (2003). Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective. Cultic Studies
Review, 2(2), 101–129.
Schore, A. N. (1994). Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self: The Neurobiology of
Emotional Development. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Singer, M. T. (1995). Cults in Our Midst. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Siskind, A. (2001). Child-Rearing Issues in Totalistic Groups. Misunderstanding Cults. B.
Zablocki and T. Robbins (Eds). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
West, L. J. (1994). A Psychiatric Overview of Cult-Related Phenomena. Journal of Nervous
and Mental Disorders.
West, L. J., &Martin, P. (1994). Pseudo-Identity and the Treatment of Personality Change in
Victims of Captivity and Cults. Dissociation. S. J. Lynn and J. Rhue (Eds.). New York:
The Guilford Press.
Zetzel, E. R. (1964). Symptom Formation and Character Formation, International Journal of
Psycho-Analysis, 45:151–154.
Acknowledgement
The author is grateful to William Goldberg for his wise critique of this paper and Joel
Bernstein for his contribution to my understanding of the importance of character analysis.
Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., is a psychoanalyst in private practice with children,
adolescents, and adults. She has co-led a support group for ex-cult members with her
husband, William, for over 25 years. She is on the Board of Directors of AFF/ICSA and is
Dean of Faculty, Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies, Teaneck, New Jersey. She has written
extensively for social work and ICSA publications. (Lorna@blgoldberg.com )
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2006, Volume 5, Number 1,
pages 1-28. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume. This
fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
Shaw, D. (2003). Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective. Cultic Studies
Review, 2(2), 101–129.
Schore, A. N. (1994). Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self: The Neurobiology of
Emotional Development. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Singer, M. T. (1995). Cults in Our Midst. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Siskind, A. (2001). Child-Rearing Issues in Totalistic Groups. Misunderstanding Cults. B.
Zablocki and T. Robbins (Eds). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
West, L. J. (1994). A Psychiatric Overview of Cult-Related Phenomena. Journal of Nervous
and Mental Disorders.
West, L. J., &Martin, P. (1994). Pseudo-Identity and the Treatment of Personality Change in
Victims of Captivity and Cults. Dissociation. S. J. Lynn and J. Rhue (Eds.). New York:
The Guilford Press.
Zetzel, E. R. (1964). Symptom Formation and Character Formation, International Journal of
Psycho-Analysis, 45:151–154.
Acknowledgement
The author is grateful to William Goldberg for his wise critique of this paper and Joel
Bernstein for his contribution to my understanding of the importance of character analysis.
Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., is a psychoanalyst in private practice with children,
adolescents, and adults. She has co-led a support group for ex-cult members with her
husband, William, for over 25 years. She is on the Board of Directors of AFF/ICSA and is
Dean of Faculty, Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies, Teaneck, New Jersey. She has written
extensively for social work and ICSA publications. (Lorna@blgoldberg.com )
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2006, Volume 5, Number 1,
pages 1-28. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume. This
fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
