ICSA Annual International Conference
Psychological Manipulation, Cultic Groups,
Social Dependencies, and Harm
Barcelona, Spain
July 7-9, 2011
Applying Conflict Resolution and Mediation to Cultic and Related Problems
Session 1
What is Conflict Resolution and How Does It Differ from Mediation?
Mediation Applied to Workplace Abuse (Cristina Caparesi)
Mediating to settle conflicts in cultic groups: Some useful methodologies (Raffaella Di Marzio)
ABSTRACT (Raffaella Di Marzio)
This paper reports the author's experience giving volunteer assistance and information in a listening centre, and then through a Centre for online Consultancy and Information in Italy.
The paper covers nearly 15 years of experience and is addressed to people involved in cults, to relatives concerned about a loved one affiliated with a cult or new spiritual movement and to people helping cults’ victims.
The paper gives an overall evaluation of the author's experience in attempting of mediating among conflicting groups and/or people.
Mediation process will be described in three different contests:
- Between parents concerned and children affiliated
- Between families and NRMs whom children joined
- Between NRMs’ satisfied members and NRMs’ hostile ex-members
