HELP FOR LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LEFT CULTS OR HIGH DEMAND GROUPS

by Dogpatch 12 Replies latest jw friends

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  Dogpatch

  These people come highly recommended by me!

  Randy

  HELP FOR LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS

  WHO HAVE LEFT CULTS OR HIGH DEMAND GROUPS

  If you have left a cult or other high demand group, live in Los Angeles, and need help with things like

  · education and career planning

  · medical and mental health care

  · employment

  · housing resources

  · general adjustment to mainstream living

  the International Cultic Studies Association ( ICSA ) invites you to work with a case manager educated on issues of cult involvement, who can both help with practical problems and offer support as you adjust to your new life.

  The service, at Venice Family Clinic, is free for low-income residents of the West Side of Los Angeles. The program operates during the academic year and will resume September 9, 2009.

  Give it a try! Call a clinician at Venice Family Clinic:

  310-664-7522

  to check your eligibility or make an appointment.

  (Note: This is not a line to a receptionist. You will not have to make awkward explanations. A clinician will get your message and return the call.)

  Please send this message to people in West Los Angeles who might benefit from the service. ICSA thanks the Venice Family Clinic for renewing this project, which began in 2008. We also thank Dr. Doni Whitsett of the University of Southern California, the project’s Clinical Director, and Livia Bardin, M.S.W., who initiated and chairs the project.
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  Outaservice

  Sounds like a very worthy service! Any possibility in them expanding to other States?

  Outaservice
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  jamiebowers

  I would love to see this kind of thing all over the world!
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  avishai

  Thanks!
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  Dogpatch

  ICSA is the best source of help for all cult issues. Methinks someone is donating/funding this privately, so if you want to inquire about having more, send them money for that purpose.

  Randy
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  Jack Burton

  Any info for the Bay Area?
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  Eliveleth

  Jack Burton-

  There is an XJW group that meets every three months in San Jose. Here is the email from the coordinator. Our next meeting is on Sept. 19.

  http://www.meetup.com/Ex-Jehovah-s-Witnesses-in-San-Jose/

  We do not do counselling, but we do discuss issues that each of us are having or have had. Those of us who have been out for a while may be able to help and encourage those just coming out.
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  JWoods

  While this one looks like a worthy venture, it is a known fact the the Church of Scientology has been known to start this sort of group or website and NOT IDENTIFY WHO THEY REALLY ARE.

  Then, the applicants are "helped" by being indoctrinated into scientology ideas.
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  villabolo

  Thank you for the warning JWoods.

  villabolo
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  Dogpatch

  the International Cultic Studies Association ( ICSA )is not affiliated with Scientology or any religion.

  http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_newsannouncements/casemgt.asp

  News and Announcements

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  Please send this message to people in Los Angeles who might benefit from the service.

  Help for Los Angeles Residents Who Have Left Cults or High Demand Groups

  If you have left a cult or other high demand group, live in Los Angeles, and need help with things like

  • education and career planning
  • medical and mental health care
  • employment
  • housing resources
  • general adjustment to mainstream living

  the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) invites you to work with a case manager educated on issues of cult involvement, who can both help with practical problems and offer support as you adjust to your new life.

  The service, at Venice Family Clinic, is free for low-income residents of the West Side of Los Angeles. The program operates during the academic year and will resume September 9, 2009.

  Give it a try! Call a clinician at Venice Family Clinic:
  
  310-664-7522
  
  to check your eligibility or make an appointment.
  
  (Note: This is not a line to a receptionist. You will not have to make awkward explanations. A clinician will get your message and return the call.)

  ICSA thanks the Venice Family Clinic for renewing this project, which began in 2008. We also thank Dr. Doni Whitsett of the University of Southern California, the project’s Clinical Director, and Livia Bardin, M.S.W., who initiated and chairs the project.