Michael Langone

Michael D. Langone
Born1947 (age 7778)
NationalityAmerican
Known forRecovery from Cults
Scientific career
Fieldspsychology, cults, new religious movements
InstitutionsInternational Cultic Studies Association

Michael D. Langone (born 1947) is an American counseling psychologist who specializes in research about cultic groups and 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 (then the American Family Foundation) in 1981.