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Correspondents’ Reports
14
Art: Paintings
Elizabeth A. Ianelli
6
Staying Safe: Observing Warning
Signs of a Dangerous Liaison
Andrea Laisure and Robin Boyle Laisure
24
News Desk
12
Survivor Nineninethree
Elizabeth A. Ianelli
2
Sex Therapy With Former
Cult Members
Steve K. D. Eichel
17
Profile On...
Sharon Hamm
ICSA Today, Volume 8, No. 3, 2017
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
Writing Consultant
Sharon Hamm
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Elizabeth A. Ianelli, Bursts of Agony (painting). “This painting represents my life after the
program, roughly carved in gray, with moments erupting in color. Each burst is symbolic of
a specific painful event that that carried great suffering and internal torment, which broke
through my bewilderment while I was navigating the outside world.”
8
From Counterculture to Krishna
Cult—Memories and Reflections
Steven J. Gelberg
18
Book Review
Ashley Allen
the views of ICSA Today’s editors or editorial boards or of ICSA’s directors, advisors, or staff. Groups
analyzed or mentioned in ICSA Today are not necessarily cults, nor are they necessarily harmful.
Table of Contents
Note to our readers regarding website addresses (URLs): For all http website addresses, such as
http://www.icsahome.com, ICSA Today uses only the shortened address form without the http
(icsahome.com). In all instances when the basic address is other than http, such as https or ftp,
we give the full address. Please keep this in mind when exploring sites mentioned in ICSA Today.
21
Correspondents’ Reports
14
Art: Paintings
Elizabeth A. Ianelli
6
Staying Safe: Observing Warning
Signs of a Dangerous Liaison
Andrea Laisure and Robin Boyle Laisure
24
News Desk
12
Survivor Nineninethree
Elizabeth A. Ianelli
2
Sex Therapy With Former
Cult Members
Steve K. D. Eichel
17
Profile On...
Sharon Hamm
ICSA Today, Volume 8, No. 3, 2017
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
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.
Elizabeth A. Ianelli, Bursts of Agony (painting). “This painting represents my life after the
program, roughly carved in gray, with moments erupting in color. Each burst is symbolic of
a specific painful event that that carried great suffering and internal torment, which broke
through my bewilderment while I was navigating the outside world.”
8
From Counterculture to Krishna
Cult—Memories and Reflections
Steven J. Gelberg
18
Book Review
Ashley Allen
