The 2019 International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) Conference in Manchester, England

Last week, I attended the excellent ICSA 2019 Annual International Conference entitled, “Coercive Control and the Psychology of Influence Across Comparative Contexts – Implications for Policy, Practice and the Criminal Justice Process.” I presented a 90–minute, well–attended workshop on the “The Influence Continuum and the BITE Model and its use for Determining Undue Influence in Trafficking and Terrorism.” The video is below for all who were unable to attend.  I was encouraged to present at this European conference because, at this time, there seems to be much more openness in Europe to the fact that cult mind control models and experience are incredibly important for the field of trafficking and terrorism. I had earlier published my first academic peer-reviewed journal article, “The anatomy of undue influence used by terrorist cults and traffickers to induce helplessness and trauma, so creating false identities” in the Elsevier journal on Ethics, Medicine and Public Health. In case you have not read the blog and would like to read the article, the download link for the article is here.