Healing and Recovery

Our experience in the Legion and Regnum Christi, whether we like it or not, has affected our faith in God, Jesus, and the Church, besides our mental, emotional, and all other kinds of health

It behooves us to continue to recover and heal. Carol Giambalvo, hereself a recovering survivor of a cult, has worked for decades helping others to recovery and heal. Here is the latest edition of her newletter:

Welcome to Vol. 12, No. 1 January/February 2011 edition of the reFOCUS Forum: An Internet Newsletter for Recovery

reFOCUS is a network of referral and support for former members of closed, high demand groups, relationships or cults.

reFOCUS is dedicated to the recovery of former members…please visit our web site at http://www.refocus.org We are a tax-exempt not-for-profit corporation - all contributions to reFOCUS are 100% tax deductible. Because reFOCUS is dedicated to recovery, we are looking for suggestions and input from you: are there articles or topics you want to see covered? Are there questions you need answered? Email us at refocuscarol@.att.net

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Upcoming Conferences and Workshops

Surviving and Moving On After a High Demand Group Experience

Workshop for Second-Generation Former Members

When: Friday 3:00 p.m. April 8, 2011 to Sunday 2:00 p.m. April 11, 2011

Where: Workshop Location: Trinity Conference Center, 79 Lower River Road, West Cornwall, CT 06796 (860-672-1000).

The conference center  is located on a bend in the Housatonic River, just a half-mile from the covered bridge in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, on 500 forested acres. The Center is two hours from New York, an hour-and-a-half from Albany, three hours from Boston, and an hour from Hartford and Bradley International Airport (BDL). 

To learn more about the workshop and/or register: http://icsahome.com/infoserv_respond/event_workshops.asp?pubDate1=2011_apr

The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is conducting its 2011 Annual International Conference jointly with Atención e Investigación de Socioadicciones (AIS) of Barcelona, Spain and in collaboration with the University of Barcelona and Info-Cult/Info-Secte of Montreal, Canada. The conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain from Thursday, July 7, 2011 through Saturday, July 9, 2011.

To learn more, go to http://icsahome.com and click on “workshops and conferences”.