Carol Giambalvo (October 29, 1943 - December 2, 2022) was an exit counselor^[1][2] who worked with Cult Awareness Network's New York office^[3] and chaired on the Cult Awareness Network's national board of directors^[4] from 1988 to 1991, and was also on the International Cultic Studies Association's board of directors^[1] headed its Recovery Programs, and was responsible for its outreach program.^[1][5][6][7] She co-founded reFOCUS, an anti-cult organization for ex-cult members in the United States.^[8]

She got into the profession when her stepdaughter became involved with ISKCON in 1978, The International Society for Krishna Consciousness.^[9][10]

She was based in Flagler Beach, Florida, when she was active as an exit counselor and cult educator.^[11][12]

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: W. W. Norton, 1995. Partially available online here.
• Exit Counseling: A Family Intervention. 2nd and rev. ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 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." Cultic Studies Journal 13, no. 1 (1996): 95–106.
• (Edited with Herbert L. Rosedale) The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ. 2nd rev. ed. Bonita Springs, Florida: American Family Foundation, 1997.

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