Welcome to International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)!
Founded in 1979, the tax-exempt ICSA is a global network of people concerned about psychological manipulation and abuse in cultic and other high-control environments.
Such environments can cause harm that varies from mild to severe or even traumatic. The contexts in which harmful psychological manipulation arises also vary. Manipulation may occur in religious, psychological, political, commercial, familial, and other settings.