Michael Langone

Michael D. Langone (born 1947) is an American counseling psychologist who specializes in research about "cultic" groups and the pseudoscience of psychological manipulation. He is executive director of the International Cultic Studies Association, and founding editor of the journal Cultic Studies Journal, later the Cultic Studies Review.Langone is author and co-author of two books and several articles. He first joined the International Cultic Studies Association (at that time known as the "American Family Foundation") in 1981.