Bill Goldberg (social worker)

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name = Bill Goldberg


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birth_date = 1946
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nationality = American
field = social worker
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alma_mater = New York University, M.S.W.
Rutgers University, B.A.
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prizes = "Hall of Fame Award", (OLD) Cult Awareness Network
Leo J. Ryan Award, 1999
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Bill Goldberg] is a social worker and researcher of cults. He has a private practice and counsels families of alleged cult members. Goldberg also works for the Rockland County, New York Department of Mental Health - he directs three out-patient programs.

Goldberg has been invited to testify before several state legislatures on regulations affecting residents of Adult Homes as well as on cult-related matters. He has testified before The New York State Assembly Committee on Child Care, The New York State Social Service Committee, The New Jersey State Assembly Judiciary Committee, and the Connecticut State Judiciary Committee [http://www.blgoldberg.com/ About Bill] , Profile, professional Web site., retrieved 1/3/2007.] .

Goldberg has appeared as an expert commentator on The ABC News, The Sally Jesse Raphael Show, the John Mc Laughlin Show, MSNBC and The Geraldo Rivera Show.

With his wife Lorna Goldberg, Mr. Goldberg has co-led a support group for what they regard as ex-cult members for over 25 years [ [http://www.csj.org/infoserv_profile/goldberg_lorna.htm Lorna Goldberg] , "Cultic Studies Journal".] .

In 1999, Bill and Lorna Golberg were awarded the Leo J. Ryan Award, from the Leo J. Ryan Education Foundationfact|date=October 2007Together, they wrote the article: [http://www.blgoldberg.com/GROUPWORK.htm "Group work with former cultists"] , which was published in "Social Work (journal)" [ [http://www.blgoldberg.com/GROUPWORK.htm Group work with former cultists] , "Social Work", v27 n2 p165-70 Mar 1982] . This article has been cited by other academicians in scholarly journals, including: Louis Jolyon West. [ [http://pep-web.org/document.php?id=jaa.021.0001a A Psychiatric Overview of Cult-Related Phenomena] , Louis Jolyon West 1993. "Journal of American Academy of Psychoanalysis", 21:1-19] , Doni P. Whitsett [ [http://www.springerlink.com/content/v008137818358255/ A self psychological approach to the cult phenomenon] , Doni P. Whitsett, "Clinical Social Work Journal", Volume 20, Number 4 / December, 1992] , Michael Langone, and John Gordon Clark. [ [http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/langone_michael_new_religions_and_public_policy.htm Research Implication for Social and Behavioral Scientists] , Michael D. Langone,
John Gordon Clark, Jr., "Cultic Studies Journal".] , Irene Gasde, and Richard A. Block, [ [http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/gasde_irene_cultexperience.htm Cult Experience: Psychological Abuse, Distress, Personality Characteristics, and Changes in Personal Relationships Reported by Former Members of Church Universal and Triumphant] , Irene Gasde, M.S., Fielding Institute, Richard A. Block, Montana State University, "Cultic Studies Journal", Psychological Manipulation and Society, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1998] , a report prepared for Boston University’s Danielsen Institute [ [http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/langone_michael_target_college.htm An Investigation of a Reputedly Psychologically Abusive Group That Targets College Students] , "Cultic Studies Journal".] , Kevin A. Harris [Kevin A. Harris, and "Spirituality in Counseling", ] .

Education

;Certifications
*Licensed Clinical Social Worker, New Jersey, 1995
*Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work, 1988
*Certified Social Worker, New York, 1976
*Certification, Academy of Certified Social Workers, 1972 ;Academic degrees
*M.S.W., 1970, New York University
*B.A., 1968, Rutgers University

Awards, honors

*"Hall of Fame Award", (OLD) Cult Awareness Network
*Leo J. Ryan Award, 1999 [ [http://www.blgoldberg.com/ Bill Goldberg] , "Along with Lorna, Bill is the recipient of the Hall of Fame Award from the Authentic Cult Awareness Network and the Leo J. Ryan Award from the Leo J. Ryan Foundation."] .

Publications

Books

*"Guidelines for Support Groups," in the book, "Recovery from Cults (book)", edited by Michael Langone, Ph.D., published by W.W. Norton and Company.

Articles

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*“Cults on Campus: How Can You Help?” "Campus Law Enforcement Journal", Volume XVI, No. 2, 1988
*“Family Responses to a Young Adult’s Cult Membership and Return,” "The Cultic Studies Journal", Volume VI, No. 1, 1989
*“Counseling Cult-Impacted Students,” "Cults on Campus: Continuing Challenge" edited by Marcia R. Rudin, American Family Foundation, 1991
*“Questions and Answers” ongoing column in "Focus: The Newsletter for Former Cultists" published by the Authentic Cult Awareness Network, Chicago, 1991-1993
*Preface to "Recovery from Abusive Groups" by Wendy Ford, American Family Foundation, 1993
*“A Mental Health Approach” in "The Boston Movement", edited by Carol Giambalvo and Herbert L. Rosedale. American Family Foundation, 1996
*“Cold Reading: The Tricks of the Psychics” in "Badaboom Gramaphone" No. 2, March 1997;With Lorna Goldberg
* [http://www.blgoldberg.com/CSJOURNAL.htm Psychotherapy with Ex-Cultists: Four Case Studies and Commentary] , Lorna Goldberg M.S.W., A.C.S.W., N. J. Institute, William Goldberg, M.S.W., A.C.S.W, Community Support Center Pomona, NY, "International Cultic Studies Association"
* [http://www.blgoldberg.com/STUDENTS.htm Counseling Cult-Impacted Students] , Lorna Goldberg, ACSW, and William Goldberg, ACSW
* [http://www.blgoldberg.com/GROUPWORK.htm Group work with former cultists] , "Social Work", v27 n2 p165-70 Mar 1982
*"Family Responses to a Young Adult's Cult Membership and Return", Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W. & William Goldberg, M.S.W., "Cultic Studies Journal", Vol. 6, No. 1

References

ee also

*List of cult and new religious movement researchers
*Arthur A. Dole, Ph.D.
*Lorna Goldberg
*Cultic Studies Review