Raffaella Di Marzio is an Italian

Italy

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 clinical psychologist. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the academic journal

Academic journal

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, Cultic Studies Review

Cultic Studies Review

International Journal of Cultic Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the International Cultic Studies Association.- External links :* , Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle, Religion Writer, February 13, 2001...

. Di Marzio is the director of the Sectes, Religion, Spirituality Counseling Center, in Rome, Italy. She is also a member of SIPR, Società Italiana di Psicologia della Religione (Italian Society of Psychology of Religion), founded a support center in Rome for individuals directly or indirectly affected by alleged cult

Cult

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s and she is also a ICSA Today's News Co-Correspondent for Italy.

With Albert Amitrani, her article "Blind, or Just Don't Want to See? Brainwashing, Mystification, and Suspicion", was later cited in two separate articles by Michael D. Langone. Di Marzio is a contributor to the encyclopedia: Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, as well as Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia , as well as Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices.

Education

• University of Rome La Sapienza
  University of Rome La Sapienza
  The Sapienza University of Rome, officially Sapienza – Università di Roma, formerly known as Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a coeducational, autonomous state university in Rome, Italy...
  
  , History of Religions, 2003
• University of Rome La Sapienza
  University of Rome La Sapienza
  The Sapienza University of Rome, officially Sapienza – Università di Roma, formerly known as Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a coeducational, autonomous state university in Rome, Italy...
  
  , psychology
  Psychology
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  , 1981
• Pontifical Salesian University, Educational Science, 1981
• Institute for Religious Studies Ecclesia Mater, Pontifical Lateran University
  Pontifical Lateran University
  The Pontifical Lateran University is a university by pontifical right based in Rome, Italy. The university also hosts the central session of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family...
  
  , Superior Diploma in Religious Science, 1987

Books

• Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia , Contributor, 2001
• Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices , Contributor, 2002
• Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia , Contributor, 2006
• Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices , Contributor, 2010
• Nuove religioni e sette. La psicologia di fronte alle nuove forme di culto, Edizioni Scientifiche MA.GI., Author, 2010

Articles

• What Should We Do About Cults? An Italian Perspective, Dr. Raffaella Di Marzio, Cultic Studies Journal
  Cultic Studies Review
  International Journal of Cultic Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the International Cultic Studies Association.- External links :* , Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle, Religion Writer, February 13, 2001...
  
  , 2001, Volume 18, Part 1, pages 13–31.
• ["Mind Control" in New Religious Movements and the American Psychological Association - via rick ross.com], with Alberto Amitrani, Ph.D.
  Ph.D.
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  , Cults & Society, Vol. 1, No.1, 2001
• [Blind, or Just Don't Want to See? : Brainwashing, mystification and suspicion - via rickross.com], Group of Research and Information on the Sects, with Alberto Amitrani, Cultic Studies Journal
  Cultic Studies Review
  International Journal of Cultic Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the International Cultic Studies Association.- External links :* , Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle, Religion Writer, February 13, 2001...
  
  , 2000
• ["Mind Control" in New Religious Movements : clarifying some issues - via rick ross.com], By Alberto Amitrani and Raffaella Di Marzio, 1998
• The Neverending Story: A comment on M. Introvigne's "Liar, Liar", Alberto Amitrani and Raffaella Di Marzio, from the Roman seat of G.R.I.S., November 27, 1998
• Oriental religions: Ananda Assisi under accusation

External links

• http://cultreligionspirituality.blogspot.com/, (English)
• Raffaella Di Marzio's homepage, (Italian), also in English
• Profile, Cultic Studies Review