Carol Giambalvo

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Carol Giambalvo is a cofounder of reFOCUS, a national support and referral network for former cult members. She has been a Thought Reform Consultant since 1984 [ [http://www.csj.org/infoserv_profile/giambalvo_carol.htm Giambalvo Profile] , International Cultic Studies Association] . Giambalvo is on the Board of Directors for the International Cultic Studies Association. She is also the Director of the International Cultic Studies Association's Recovery Programs. She considers herself an ex-cult member.Fact|date=December 2007

Giambalvo was a contributor to the book "Recovery from Cults", and with Herbert L. Rosedale author of "The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ".

Erhard Seminars Training

Carol Giambalvo initially became exposed to what she later saw as cult-like practices through her associations with Werner Erhard and Erhard Seminars Training.

A legal secretary in New York named Carol Giambalvo was typical of these enthusiasts. She signed her enrollment card in the Hunger Project at the end of her est training session in February 1978. Privately she thought that Erhard's grandiose pledge to end hunger within two decades sounded like a bit of a reach, but she was flushed with enough enthusiasm about est to begin signing up others in the antihunger campaign...Carol Giambalvo and her fellow volunteers were careful about what they told new recruits and potential contributors. Although they never bothered to explain that none of the money would be used to feed anyone, they also were intentionally vague about the real purpose of the Hunger Project. That's the way they had been trained by other Hunger Project officials [Pressman, Steven, "Outrageous Betrayal: The dark journey of Werner Erhard from est to exile". New York: St Martins Press, 1993. ISBN 0-312-09296-2, pg. 163.] .

Giambalvo and The Hunger Project

Carol Giambalvo wrote "The Hunger Project: Inside out] ", a critical analysis of the organization The Hunger Project, in December, 1988, based on her own personal involvement as a Hunger Project volunteer as well as numerous other sources. This article originally appeared in the "Spiritual Counterfeits Project Journal". ["Spiritual Counterfeits Project Journal", Volume 8:1]

Giambalvo had also published the article on her website. [ [http://hometown.aol.com/carol2180/index.htm "Carol Giambalvo's Cult Information and Recovery"] , Giambalvo, Carol, personal website] Due to a complaint from The Hunger Project to AOL, Giambalvo's website was temporarily shut down. She later agreed to modify the website, and provides copies of the controversial paper upon direct request only [ [http://hometown.aol.com/carol2180/author.htm "Cult Information and Recovery"] Giambalvo, Carol, personal website] .

Giambalvo appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation program "the fifth estate", on October 23, 1986. This was a documentary on The Hunger Project [ [http://hometown.aol.com/carol2180/award.htm "Cult Information and Recovery"] , Giambalvo, Carol, personal website, "Awards" section] .

Publications

Books

*"Recovery from Cults (book)", Contributor
*"The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ", with Herbert L. Rosedale
*"Exit Counseling: A Family Intervention", by Carol Giambalvo, 1995, ISBN 0931337054 , ISBN 978-0931337055
*"Today's Destructive Cults and Movements", by Lawrence J. Gesy (Editor), Carol Giambalvo (Editor) , Our Sunday Visitor, 1993, ISBN 0879734981 , ISBN 978-0879734985

Articles

* "Family Interventions for Cult-Affected Loved Ones", new edition, published by International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), author, formerly: "Exit Counseling: A Family Intervention", 1996, "International Cultic Studies Association", author
* "The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ", co-editor
* "Ethical Standards for Thought Reform Consultants", co-author
* "The Forum: est in the heir", "Spiritual Counterfeits Project Journal", Volume 8:1, 1988
* [http://www.csj.org/studyindex/studyintervention/study_thtrefrmconsul.htm "What Is a Thought Reform Consultant?"] , Carol Giambalvo, Joseph F. Kelly, Patrick L. Ryan, & Madeleine Tobias, "ICSA"

Conferences Led

* [http://www.icsahome.com/idx_events.conferences.htm] Recovery Workshops for Former Members of Cults, 1993 to present and Recovery Workshops for Those Born/Raised in Cults, 2005-present
* [http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/giambalvo_carol_copingwithtriggersandptsd.htm "Coping with Triggers & PTSD Symptoms"] , St. Malo’s Recovery Workshop, 2000
* [http://www.csj.org/studyindex/studyintervention/study_deprog_threfrmconsult.htm "From Deprogramming to Thought Reform Consultation"] , American Family Foundation Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 1998
*"The Abuse of Women Conference", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 30 - May 31, 1997
*"Children and Cults", American Family Foundation, Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 29 - May 31, 1998

References

External links

* [http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_profile/giambalvo_carol.asp] , International Cultic Studies Association website, profile
* [http://carol.giambalvo.home.att.net [Carol Giambalvo's Homepage] , "Cult Information and Recovery"
* [http://www.factnet.org/cris_xpt.htm#Carol%20Giambalvo Cult Experts List, Giambalvo Profile] , FACTNet website

ee also

* Steven Pressman