Raffaella Di Marzio

Raffaella Di Marzio is an Italian clinical psychologist. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the academic journal, Cultic Studies Review. 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 cults 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, History of Religions, 2003
 * University of Rome La Sapienza, psychology, 1981
 * Pontifical Salesian University, Educational Science, 1981
 * Institute for Religious Studies Ecclesia Mater, Pontifical Lateran University, 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, 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., 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, 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