William Goldberg, MSW, BCD, LCSW
171 Meadowbrook Road
Englewood, New Jersey 07631
Home Tel. (201) 894-8515
Fax: (201) 871-4674
Office: (914) 364-2413
Date of Birth: 10/24/46
Married: One grown child
Education:
B.A., Rutgers
University Major:
Political Science
1968
Minor:
Sociology
M.S.W., New York
University Major: Social Group Work
1970
Employment:
1975 to Present:
Program Supervisor for Rehabilitative Services, Rockland County, New York Department of Mental Health
1972-1975:
Program Director of the Elmwood Club of the Rockland County Mental Health Association
1970-1972
Youth Services Supervisor of the YM-YWHA of Metropolitan New Jersey
1982 to Present:
I have addressed the psychiatric staffs of several hospitals, psychiatric centers and mental health centers on Program Considerations for Treatment of Seriously and Persistently Mentally Ill Young Adults. I have presented papers to staffs of the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center, Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center, and Greystone Psychiatric Hospital, among others.
1982 to Present:
I have appeared on numerous television programs to discuss cults. I have appeared on The ABC Evening News, Newscenter 4, Midday Live, The John McLaughlin Show, The Sally Jesse Raphael Show, The Geraldo Rivera Show, Good Day New York and others.
1979 to Present:
I have been invited to testify before several state legislatures on regulations affecting residents of Adult Homes as well as on cult-related matters. I have 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.
1978 to Present:
I co-lead a support group for former cult members, It was the second group in the country to begin and is presently the oldest group of its kind in the country.
1977 to Present:
I have presented a paper entitled, “The Psychodynamics of Cult Indoctrination and Mind Control” to the professional staffs of several mental health centers and professional organizations, including the Rockland County Community Mental Health Center, the Dumont, New Jersey Community Mental Health Center, Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center, Rockland Psychiatric Center, The Long Island Conference of Guidance Counselors, the New Jersey Psychological Association, the Suffolk County (NY) Psychological Association, the New Jersey Institute of Social Work Psychotherapists, and others.
1976 to Present:
Private Practice in psychotherapy
November 3, 1994
I presented an original paper on the False Memory Syndrome to the New York Chapter of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, New York City
May 20, 1986:
I presented the third annual Ruth Hutton Fred Lecture to the students and faculty of the Baylor University Medical School, Houston, Texas. The title of the lecture was, “Individual and Group Psychotherapy with Former Cultists” and was co-written by Lorna Goldberg.
October 20, 1988:
My wife and I were awarded the Authentic Cult Awareness Network “Hall of Fame Award”
November 1989:
I was a member of the faculty presenting a course entitled “Working With the Chronically Mentally Ill Young Adult” to the New Hampshire State Department of Mental Health, Manchester, New Hampshire
February 13, 1999:
My wife and I were awarded the “Leo J. Ryan Award” by the Leo J. Ryan Educational Foundation
Publications:
“Group Work with Former Cultists,” Social Work, Volume XXVII, No. 2, March 1982
“Gap: A Treatment Approach for the Young Adult Chronic Patient,” New Directions for Mental Health Services, Volume XIV, June 1982
“Cults on Campus: How Can You Help?” Campus Law Enforcement Journal, Volume XVI, No. 2, 1988
“Psychotherapy with Ex-Cultists: Four Case Studies and Commentary,” The Cultic Studies Journal, Volume V, 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
“Guidelines for Support Groups” in Recovery From Cults, edited by Michael D. Langone. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 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
1972 to Present:
Academy of Certified Social Workers: by examination
1976 to Present:
Certified Social Worker, State of New York, by examination, Certification no. 16562
1988 to Present:
Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work, certificate number 0066327
1995 to Present:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of New Jersey,
License no. SC 06782
