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Correspondents’ Reports
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Profile On...
Robert Capellini
8
Deception in Transcendental
Meditation
Aryeh Siegel
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News Desk
2
How a Dysfunctional Family
Functions Like a Cult
Jose Fernández Aguado
ICSA Today, Volume 9, No. 3, 2018
Editor-in-Chief
Michael D. Langone, PhD
Associate Editor
Ann Stamler, MA, MPhil
Family Editor
Lois Svoboda, MD, LMFT
Former Member Editor
Ashley Allen, MSW, LSW
Member Profiles Editor
Mary O’Connell
Mental Health Editor
Gillie Jenkinson, PhD
Research Coeditors
Linda Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Rod Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Point of View -Q&A
William Goldberg, MSW, LCSW
Correspondents
Austria/Germany
Friedrich Griess
Eastern Europe
Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD
French-Speaking Countries
Catherine Perry, PhD
Italy
Dr. Cristina Caparesi
Dr. Raffaella Di Marzio
Nordic Countries
Noomi Andemark
Joni Valkila, PhD
Hilde Langvann
Håkan Järvå, MSc Psych
Spain and Latin America
Luis Santamaria, SThL
Erika Toren, MSEd
News Desk
Ana Rodriguez
Patrick Ryan
Writing Consultant
Sharon Hamm
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Moving On: Dealing With Family
Members Who Have Caused Us Harm
Lorna Goldberg and Ann Stamler
28
Arts: Poetry
Mary O’Connell
23
Book Reviews
Doug Duncan and Gillie Jenkinson
the views of ICSA Today’s editors or editorial boards or of ICSA’s directors, advisors, or staff. Groups
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Table of Contents
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http://www.icsahome.com, ICSA Today uses only the shortened address form (icsahome.com). In
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32
Correspondents’ Reports
26
Profile On...
Robert Capellini
8
Deception in Transcendental
Meditation
Aryeh Siegel
34
News Desk
2
How a Dysfunctional Family
Functions Like a Cult
Jose Fernández Aguado
ICSA Today, Volume 9, No. 3, 2018
Editor-in-Chief
Michael D. Langone, PhD
Associate Editor
Ann Stamler, MA, MPhil
Family Editor
Lois Svoboda, MD, LMFT
Former Member Editor
Ashley Allen, MSW, LSW
Member Profiles Editor
Mary O’Connell
Mental Health Editor
Gillie Jenkinson, PhD
Research Coeditors
Linda Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Rod Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Point of View -Q&A
William Goldberg, MSW, LCSW
Correspondents
Austria/Germany
Friedrich Griess
Eastern Europe
Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD
French-Speaking Countries
Catherine Perry, PhD
Italy
Dr. Cristina Caparesi
Dr. Raffaella Di Marzio
Nordic Countries
Noomi Andemark
Joni Valkila, PhD
Hilde Langvann
Håkan Järvå, MSc Psych
Spain and Latin America
Luis Santamaria, SThL
Erika Toren, MSEd
News Desk
Ana Rodriguez
Patrick Ryan
Writing Consultant
Sharon Hamm
Bios of ICSA Today editors can be found at
icsahome.com/elibrary/peopleprofiles
International Cultic Studies Association
P.O. Box 2265 • Bonita Springs, FL 34133
Website: icsahome.com
Email: mail@icsamail.com
Phone: 239.514.3081
Fax: 305.393.8193
ISSN: 2154-820X
Printed in the USA
Artists and poets retain copyright
of their works and grant ICSA permission
to reproduce them. Unless otherwise
indicated, all other material copyright
International Cultic Studies Association.
16
Moving On: Dealing With Family
Members Who Have Caused Us Harm
Lorna Goldberg and Ann Stamler
28
Arts: Poetry
Mary O’Connell
23
Book Reviews
Doug Duncan and Gillie Jenkinson
