Carol Giambalvo is a retired exit counselor who worked with

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office and chaired on the Cult Awareness Network's national board of directors from 1988–91, and also sits on the

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's board of directors heads its Recovery Programs, and is responsible for its outreach program. She co-founded reFOCUS, an

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organization for ex-cult members in the United States. She got into the profession when her stepdaughter became involved with ISKCON in 1978,

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. She was based in

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, when she was active as an exit counselor and cult educator.Dee J. Hall, "Church of Cult?: Some religious groups resemble mainstream Christian organizations, but their actions set them apart," ''Wisconsin State Journal'' (Madison, WI), 25 May 1997.

Bibliography

* "Post-cult Problems: An Exit Counselor's Perspective." in '' Recovery from Cults: Help for Victims of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse'', edited by Michael D. Langone, 148–154. New York and London:

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, 1995. Partially available onlin
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* ''Exit Counseling: A Family Intervention''. 2nd and rev. ed. Oxford and New York:

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, 1992.
"Book Review – ''Captive Hearts, Captive Minds: Freedom and Recovery from Cults and Other Abusive Relationships''."
''Cultic Studies Journal'' 10, no. 1 (1993): 86–90. * (With Joseph Kelly, Patrick Ryan, and Madeleine Landau Tobias
"Ethical Standards for Thought Reform Consultants."
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'' 13, no. 1 (1996): 95–106. * (Edited with Herbert L. Rosedale)
The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ
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, 1997.

References

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