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Friday, July 18
 

07:00 CEST

09:00 CEST

09:00 CEST

KEYNOTE - Did God Shed a Tear? Reverence for the Oppressor: Slaughter of the Innocent
Friday July 18, 2025 09:00 - 10:00 CEST
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Michael Conforti

About the person:Dr. Michael Conforti is a Jungian analyst and the Founder and Director of the Assisi Institute. He is a faculty member at the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston, the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York, and for many years served as a Senior Associate faculty member in the... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 09:00 - 10:00 CEST
Lecture Hall ''A

09:30 CEST

LECTURE - „The Voice of the Intellect is Quiet ...“ (S. Freud) Psychoanalytic Explorations of Spaces of Resistance and Resonance in Times of Breakdown
Friday July 18, 2025 09:30 - 10:15 CEST
„The voice of the intellect is quiet ...“ (S. Freud)
Psychoanalytic explorations of spaces of resistance and resonance in times of breakdown 
(Helga Klug)

Abstract: What possibilities does psychoanalysis have to contribute to understanding and changing the current destructive developments in the field of Western societies? The presentation will scrutinise the socio-economic distortions of recent decades and the accompanying psychodynamic changes at individual and group level, which have encouraged destructive individualism, accompanied by exclusion and splitting and a collapse of democratic structures. The search for internal and external resonance spaces that can work against this collapse will be the central concern of the presentation.


„Die Stimme des Intellekts ist leise …“ (S. Freud)
Psychoanalytische Erkundungen von Räumen des Widerstands und der Resonanz in Zeiten des Zerfalls (Helga Klug)

Abstract: Welche Möglichkeiten hat die Psychoanalyse, etwas zum Verständnis und zur Veränderung der gegenwärtigen destruktiven Entwicklungen im Bereich westlicher Gesellschaften beizutragen? Im Vortrag werden die sozioökonomischen Verwerfungen der letzten Jahrzehnte und die damit einhergehenden psychodynamischen Veränderungen auf individueller und Gruppenebene hinterfragt, die einem destruktiven Individualismus, begleitet von Ausgrenzung und Spaltung und einem Zusammenbruch demokratischer Strukturen, Vorschub geleistet haben. Die Suche nach Resonanzräumen im Innen und Außen, die dem Zerfall entgegenwirken können, wird das zentrale Anliegen des Vortrags sein.
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avatar for Helga Klug

Helga Klug

About the person: Helga Klug, MMag.a Dr. in, works as a psychoanalyst in private practice in Vienna and is a training analyst, supervisor and university lecturer at the Sigmund Freud Private University in Vienna and Berlin.Her research focusses on psychoanalytic critique of culture... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 09:30 - 10:15 CEST
Lecture Hall 108

09:30 CEST

09:30 CEST

09:45 CEST

SYMPOSIUM - Psychischer Transfer, (Un-)Bewusstes und Selbstkonfiguration: psychologisch-phänomenologische Forschung und Intervention mit der ADI/TIP-Methode
Friday July 18, 2025 09:45 - 12:45 CEST
Das psychische Erleben, sein Transfer auf andere Generationen und die Assimilation ist ein sowohl psychospirituelles (menschliche Struktur) als auch ein psychokulturelles (Bedeutungsmatrix) Phänomen, in dem sich die Intersubjektivität als eine grundlegende Bedingung für seine Strukturierung und Entwicklung offenbart. Das psychische Erbe erscheint als Grundlage der Persönlichkeitsbildung und zeigt sich in der Wiederholung von transgenerationalen psychischen Inhalten in den zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen. Die klinische Psychologie hat sich mit dem Problem der Weitergabe destruktiver psychischer Inhalte auseinandergesetzt, deren Inhalt das psychische Erleben der Nachkommen stört und desorganisiert. Dieses Phänomen tauchte in der psychotherapeutischen Erfahrung der Psychologin Renate Jost de Moraes (1936-2013) seit den 1970er Jahren auf, der Begründerin der Psychotherapie mit dem Titel „Methode vom direkten Zugang zum Unbewussten in der Therapie zur Integration der Person (ADI/TIP-Methode). Husserl begründete die phänomenologische Methode zur Untersuchung psychischer Phänomene und erkannte die Notwendigkeit, eine phänomenologische Psychologie zu begründen, die rational, unverfälscht und nicht den Naturgesetzen, der psychischen Kausalität sowie dem Determinismus unterworfen ist, mit dem Ziel eine strenge Grundlage für die Humanwissenschaften anzubieten, was die Wahl beider für diese Forschung rechtfertigt. Bei der psychologisch-phänomenologische Forschung wurden Erfahrungen und ihrer Bedeutungen analysiert, um das psychische und spirituelles Erleben und ihre Wirkungsformen im Prozess der Übertragbarkeit, der Assimilation und der Transformation der gemeinsamen psychischen Inhalte zu ermitteln. Diese Forschung zielte auch darauf ab, den Beitrag der ADI/TIP-Methode als klinische Intervention angesichts der Transgenerationalität in der psychischen Prägung der menschlichen Person zu untersuchen.
Die Psychotherapie der ADI/TIP-Methode wurde als Instrument zur Datenerhebung verwendet. Die Stichprobe bestand aus vier Patient:innen. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung wurden auf der Grundlage der psychologisch-phänomenologischen Grundlagen von Husserl und Stein analysiert. Der Prozess der Selbstkonfiguration der Teilnehmer zeigte, dass geteiltes psychisches Material angeeignet, in das „Ich“ integriert, kristallisiert und als Wahrheit beibehalten werden kann, wodurch sich die Selbstwahrnehmung, die Wahrnehmung der anderen und der Welt verändert. Andererseits hat sie gezeigt, dass die Gesetze der Motivation sowohl die Nicht-Identifikation als auch die Desidentifikation mit der innerfamiliären psychischen Prägung zulassen. Das Studium der phänomenologischen Psychologie und der Anthropologie ermöglichte eine erkenntnistheoretisch-anthropologische Grundlage für die Untersuchung der psychischen Übertragung. Die phänomenologische Psychologie zeigt Schichten passiver (unbewusster) und aktiver (reflektierender) Synthese und Sedimentierung von Erfahrungen in der Struktur des Bewusstseins auf. Ebenso identifiziert sie psychische und spirituelle Erfahrungen (Erlebnisse) und unterschiedliche Kausalitäten, die die Prozesse der Übertragbarkeit, Assimilation und Transformation psychischer Inhalte, die zwischen den Generationen geteilt wird, sowie potentiell Veränderung und neue Selbstkonfiguration ermöglichen und erhellen. Der Assimilationsprozess vollzieht sich in verschiedenen Modi: von der hyletischen Schicht bis zur Schicht des spirituellen Erlebens. Die Gesetze der Motivation erlauben es uns zu verdeutlichen, dass das Phänomen der Reaktivierung von psychischen Inhalten nicht auf das psychische Leben und seine Gesetze oder auf die psychische Kausalität, wie sie von den

Naturwissenschaften beschrieben wird, reduziert werden kann. Die ADI/TIP-Methode hat gezeigt, dass sie einen Beitrag dazu leistet, direkt auf das Unbewusste (passives Bewusstsein) zuzugreifen - ohne jegliche Bewusstseinsveränderung oder Suggestion - und somit auf die Sinninhalte und Bedeutungen zuzugreifen, die in den Erfahrungen enthalten sind, einschließlich der transgenerationalen Erfahrungen, die die körperlichen, psychischen und spirituellen Lebenserfahrungen bei der Bildung der menschlichen Person erfüllt haben. Darüber hinaus weist sie auf die Möglichkeit hin, an der Transformation der psychischen Prägungen auf der Grundlage einer Neupositionierung des Subjekts zu arbeiten, die zu einer neuen Selbstkonfiguration führt.
Speakers
avatar for Eunides Almedia

Eunides Almedia

About the personPost-doctorate in philosophy and psychology from the Federal University of Uberlândia – UFU-MG, focusing on the phenomenological psychology of Edmund Husserl and Edith Stein. PhD in clinical psychology from PUCMG, with a „sandwich-doctorate“ at the Universit... Read More →
avatar for Tommy Akira Goto

Tommy Akira Goto

About the person:Associate Professor II in the Undergraduate Program in Psychology, permanent faculty researcher in the Graduate Programs in Psychology and Philosophy at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology as a Profession and Science from PUC-Campinas... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 09:45 - 12:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 116

10:00 CEST

10:00 CEST

10:00 CEST

LECTURE - Genderbasierte Gewalt - Resilienz
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 10:45 CEST
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 10:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 317

10:00 CEST

10:00 CEST

LECTURE - Psychosomatik zwischen Medizin und Psychotherapie
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 10:45 CEST
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Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 10:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 2002

10:00 CEST

10:00 CEST

10:00 CEST

LECTURE - Intergenerational Transmission of Emotion Regulation as a Risk Factor for Maternal Burnout: A Qualitative Case Study
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 10:45 CEST
This study is part of the International Investigation on Parental Burnout led by Roskam and Mikolajczak. While quantitative research on parental burnout is growing, there is a lack of qualitative studies addressing its intergenerational dimensions, especially how emotion regulation, stress, and attachment patterns are transmitted between generations.
Clinical observations suggest an increase in maternal burnout despite improved parental support policies. Young mothers today, although better supported through extended maternity leave and parenting groups, report high levels of emotional exhaustion. This study explores whether relational patterns between young mothers and their own mothers may contribute to this.
Using a semi-structured interview for grandmothers, aligned with the protocol developed by Roskam et al. (2023) for mothers, we conducted a qualitative case study of nine grandmother–mother dyads. Each mother also completed the Parental Burnout Assessment.
Findings suggest that grandmothers’ histories of childhood loss, violence, emotional detachment, or mental health issues—as well as difficulties in their own mothering—may be significant relational risk factors for maternal burnout in their daughters.
These insights highlight the need for therapeutic interventions that address intergenerational dynamics, not just individual symptoms. Support for grandmothers could enhance their emotional availability, benefiting both their daughters and grandchildren. Further research with more dyads and inclusion of fathers is needed to deepen understanding of the familial transmission of burnout risk.
Speakers
avatar for Andreja Poljanec

Andreja Poljanec

About the personDr. Andreja Poljanec, university graduate psychologist, marriage and family therapist, lecturer and head of the Psychology study program at Sigmund Freud University Vienna – Ljubljana branch, also lectures at the Faculty of Applied Social Studies in Nova Gorica... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 10:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 302-303

10:00 CEST

LECTURE - Contextualising internet and smartphone addiction from the patients’ perspective: An ethnographic study
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 10:45 CEST
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avatar for Suzana Jovičić

Suzana Jovičić

About the person:Suzana Jovicic studied Psychological and Psychiatric Anthropology (MSc) at Brunel University in London and earned her PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna as a DOC-Team Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. For her dissertation... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 10:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 'C

10:00 CEST

LECTURE - Between Fronts
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 10:45 CEST
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avatar for Louisa Abramov

Louisa Abramov

About the person:MMag. Louisa Abramov has been a registered psychoanalyst in private practice since graduating from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna, where she studied business administration and psychotherapy sciences. She... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 10:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 'E

10:00 CEST

10:00 CEST

10:00 CEST

SYMPOSIUM - The Polarizing Effects of COVID-19 on Individuals and Communities
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 12:30 CEST
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avatar for Guillermo Garrido

Guillermo Garrido

About the person:Dr. Guillermo Garrido is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst based in Panama, with a longstanding commitment to the advancement of mental health and psychotherapy on both national and international levels. He is widely respected for his clinical expertise and his contributions... Read More →
avatar for Judy Kuriansky

Judy Kuriansky

About the person:Dr. Judy Kuriansky is a world renowned radio advice host, clinical psychologist and certified sex therapist, popular lecturer, newspaper columnist, and author of many books. She is a pioneer of radio call-in advice, and Internet advice. On the faculty of the Clinical... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 10:00 - 12:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 101-102

10:15 CEST

10:15 CEST

10:15 CEST

LECTURE - When Social Crises Meet Family Crises, Via Devil's Phone, Rays of Light Shine in Family Psychotherapy
Friday July 18, 2025 10:15 - 11:00 CEST
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avatar for Gianpaolo Lombardi

Gianpaolo Lombardi

About the person:Dr. Gianpaolo Lombardi is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist with many years of experience treating complex addiction-related disorders within the public healthcare system, where he has been active since 2003. His extensive training in systemic family... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 10:15 - 11:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 3011

10:15 CEST

10:15 CEST

10:30 CEST

WORKSHOP - Akzeptanz- und Commitmenttherapie - ein Gruppenkonzept bei Psychose-Erfahrung
Friday July 18, 2025 10:30 - 12:30 CEST
EINFÜHRUNG
Im Institut für Frührehabilitation werden seit 15 Jahren junge Erwachsene mit erster PsychoseErstmanifestation behandelt. Eine zeitnahe umfassende Behandlung und Unterstützung nach der ersten Episode soll eine Chronifizierung der Erkrankung verhindern und helfen, wichtige Meilensteine in der Entwicklung zu erreichen. Studien belegen die Wirksamkeit psychotherapeutischer Methoden bei der Behandlung von psychotischen Erkrankungen. Ein Element psychologischer Behandlung im Institut ist die Therapiegruppe ACT.

METHODOLOGIE / ANSATZ
Im Workshop werden Methoden der sogenannten „Dritte Welle“ Verhaltenstherapie vorgestellt: Akzeptanz- und Commitmenttherapie (ACT) und Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) sowie für junge Menschen angepasste Übungen, die aus dem Improtheater entlehnt sind. Das Gruppenkonzept u.a. basiert auf folgenden Werken: O'Donoghue, E. K., Morris, E. M. J., Oliver, J. E., & Johns, L. C. (2018). ACT for psychosis recovery: A practical manual for group-based interventions using acceptance and commitment therapy. Context Press/New Harbinger Publications. Heriot-Maitland, Charles & Longden, Eleanor. (2022). Relating to Voices using Compassion Focused Therapy: A Self-help Companion. 10.4324/9781003166269. https://clinical-neuropsychology.de/lebenswert/
Kartenset „Den inneren Kritiker zum Lachen bringen!“ von Frauke Nees

ERGEBNISSE / ERKENNTNISSE
ACT hilft jungen Menschen, ihre Denkmaschine als solche zu erkennen und zu verstehen, im Hier und Jetzt zu sein, ihr Handeln entsprechend ihrer selbstgewählten Werte auszurichten und mutig wie warmherzig mit sich selbst umzugehen. Der spielerische Umgang und die erfahrungsbasierten Übungen lassen die psychologischen Konzepte wirken und erfahrbar statt nur verstehbar werden.

SCHLUSSFOLGERUNG / PERSPEKTIVE
Im Workshop erfahren Sie Basiswissen zur therapeutischen Haltung und den Kernelementen aus ACT für Psychosen: Akzeptanz, Defusion, Gegenwärtigkeit, Werte, Commitment und Self-as-Context. Sie erfahren etwas über die gelungene Kombination mit Selbstmitgefühl und Improvisationstheater. Gemeinsam gehen wir die beliebtesten Übungen durch und erfahren ihre Wirkung. Ebenso sprechen wir über Besonderheiten der Behandlung von jungen Menschen mit Psychosen.

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avatar for Marilena Bertacco

Marilena Bertacco

About the person:Marilena Bertacco is a clinical psychologist based in Vienna, Austria, working at the Psychosocial Services of Vienna (PSD) in the Early Rehabilitation and Treatment Center for young adults. Her clinical focus lies in supporting individuals with experiences of psychosis... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 10:30 - 12:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 108

10:45 CEST

10:45 CEST

11:00 CEST

LECTURE - The Role of Performance Techniques in Psychoanalytic Diagnostics
Friday July 18, 2025 11:00 - 11:30 CEST
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avatar for Emil Benedik

Emil Benedik

About the personEmil Benedik is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, supervisor, and court-appointed expert with extensive experience in clinical work, teaching, and research. He earned his diploma and master’s degree in psychology (specializing in personality psychology) and... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 11:00 - 11:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 2003

11:00 CEST

11:00 CEST

11:00 CEST

11:00 CEST

11:00 CEST

11:00 CEST

LECTURE - Mistakes in Psychotherapeutic Treatment and How to Avoid Them: Ethical Cosniderations and Insights from Practice
Friday July 18, 2025 11:00 - 11:45 CEST
This presentation provides an overview of cases brought over many years before the psychotherapeutic complaints committees of the Austrian federal states. It examines significant failures in therapeutic practice and provides space for discussion and dialogue. The presentation invites critical reflection and offers considerations for preventing such serious errors in psychotherapeutic practice.
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avatar for Gertrud Deutsch-Stix

Gertrud Deutsch-Stix

About the personMag. Gertrud Deutsch-Stix has over thirty years of experience as a psychoanalyst, training therapist, and clinical and health psychologist. She is a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) and the European Association of Transcultural Group Analysis... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 11:00 - 11:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 2002

11:00 CEST

11:00 CEST

LECTURE - The Power of Polarity: Turning Trauma into Transformation
Friday July 18, 2025 11:00 - 11:45 CEST
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Friday July 18, 2025 11:00 - 11:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 'E

11:00 CEST

11:00 CEST

11:00 CEST

11:15 CEST

11:30 CEST

KEYNOTE - Nachgehend Stark und Positiv in der therapeutischen Arbeit mit Kindern, Jugendlichen und deren Familie
Friday July 18, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
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avatar for Philip Streit

Philip Streit

About the person:Dr. Philip Streit is a renowned clinical and health psychologist as well as a systemic family therapist based in Graz, Austria. He serves as CEO of both the Institute for Child, Youth and Family (IKJF) and the affiliated Academy (AKJF), institutions dedicated to the... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
Lecture Hall ''F

11:30 CEST

LECTURE - Herzschmerz- Von der psychosomatischen Reaktion zum emotionalen Erleben. Somatoforme Störungen und die Behandlung mit der Katathym Imaginativen Psychotherapie
Friday July 18, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
Die Katathym Imaginative Psychotherapie ist eine von H.C. Leuner entwickelte anerkannte Methode der tiefenpsychologisch fundierten Psychotherapie, die mit affektgeleiteten Imaginationen arbeitet, in denen sich symbolisch-bildhaft die Wünsche, Ängste, Konflikte, Abwehrstrukturen und Übertragungsangebote des Patienten darstellen. Die Imaginationsebene dient dabei als „geschützter Entwicklungsraum“, in dem – mittels der förderlichen therapeutischen Begleitung im Tagtraum - eine Ausdifferenzierung von Ich-Funktionen, Arbeit an Konflikten, Selbststärkung und Erprobung von neuen Erlebnisweisen möglich ist. Im anschließenden Gespräch wird das Material -auch anhand des gemalten Bildes weiter bearbeitet.
Patienten mit somatoformen Störungen können schwerlich eine Verbindung zwischen der psychosomatischen Reaktion und dem Organ, das sie als krank erleben und ihren Gefühlswelten herstellen. Sie erleben ihren Körper als fremd und die Symptome als ängstigend. Sah man früher diese Symptombildungen als Widerstandphänomene an, ist doch eher davon auszugehen, dass körperliche Symptombildungen sinnvoll sein können, um eine narzisstische psychische Balance aufrecht zu erhalten, so dass sich die Behandlungsplanung entsprechend zunächst auf die Nachentwicklung und Stärkung des Selbst richtet, um im zweiten Schritt ein Konfliktverständnis zu ermöglichen.
Die Katathym Imaginative Psychotherapie KIP ist besonders geeignet, um die Spaltung zwischen Körpersymptom und psychischen Ursachen aufzuheben, indem sie eine Verbindung zwischen körperlichem und seelischem Erleben ermöglicht. Dieses gelingt durch Symbolisierungsprozesse und affektgetragene Imaginationen und eine gesteuerte förderliche Regression in einer speziellen schützenden und haltgebenden therapeutischen Beziehung, die zu einer oral-narzistischen Stärkung, Regeneration von psychophysischen Bedürfnissen und Wandlung der fixierten Konfliktspannungen führt. In dem Vortrag wird die spezifische Wirkungsweise der KIP theoretisch erläutert und anhand von Fallvignietten praktisch veranschaulicht.
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avatar for Andrea Friedrichs-Dachale

Andrea Friedrichs-Dachale

About the personDr. Andrea Friedrichs-Dachale is a specialist in Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy with extensive clinical, academic, and teaching experience. She studied psychology and medicine in Göttingen, where she also completed her doctoral thesis on the disclosure practices... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 5001

11:45 CEST

11:45 CEST

11:45 CEST

LECTURE - Resource-orientated addiction therapy /Ressourcen-orientierte Suchtherapie
Friday July 18, 2025 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
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avatar for Michael Musalek

Michael Musalek

About the personUniv.-Prof. Dr. Michael Musalek is a renowned specialist in Psychiatry and Neurology as well as Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine. He has had an extensive career as a psychotherapist and as a Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of Vienna. Prof... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 'B

11:45 CEST

11:45 CEST

LECTURE - Combining logotherapy, existential analysis and music therapy. Empirical and practical approaches towards the importance of music in the context of meaning in life
Friday July 18, 2025 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
Introduction: Meaning is a distinct resource and indicator of human health and well-being. According to Viktor Frankl, founder of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (LTEA) or the so-called meaning-oriented psychotherapy, music and the arts can play a decisive role in the context of meaning actualization. However, there is a lack of research considering the thematic field of LTEA, music therapy, music and meaning in life.
Methodology/Approach: The author was head of a team that conducted an international mixed-methods survey among logotherapists and music therapists. The survey focused on the potentials of music in the context of meaning-actualization among clients suffering from mental disorders and on the music therapists’ and logotherapists’ music-assisted concepts and approaches in relation to meaning-fulfillment.
Results/Findings: Music was judged to have many beneficial potentials in the context of meaning-actualization in clients suffering from mental disorders. Music seems to be a powerful factor in relation to meaning-fulfillment along creative values. Relying on the outcomes of the survey, a music-assisted model of meaning-fulfillment was developed. The practical application of this model will be demonstrated by clinical case examples.  
Conclusion/Perspective: A music-assisted model of meaning fulfillment, as well as a combination of LTEA, music therapy and music, could complement existing treatment concepts and theories. Such arts-based approaches could prove to be effective when meaning-oriented topics, crises of meaning and feelings of meaninglessness take center stage in psychotherapy and counselling.
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avatar for Eric Pfeifer

Eric Pfeifer

About the person:Prof. Dr. habil. Eric Pfeifer is professor for aesthetics and communication at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg, Germany, doctoral supervisor and lecturer at the Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Austria, science representative at the Viktor... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 2005

11:45 CEST

11:45 CEST

12:00 CEST

12:00 CEST

LECTURE - Addiction and Attachment: A Neuro-Evolutionary Approach to Understanding and Treatment
Friday July 18, 2025 12:00 - 12:30 CEST
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avatar for Human Friedirch Unterrainer

Human Friedirch Unterrainer

About the personHuman-Friedrich Unterrainer is a clinical/health psychologist and psychotherapist. He was appointed as Professor of Process and Outcome Research at the Sigmund Freud University of Vienna at the Faculty of Psychotherapy Science in February 2023. Here he is responsible... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 12:00 - 12:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 2002

12:00 CEST

LECTURE - Extreme Psychotherapy...How To Survive?Anamorphosis of Psychosis and of Self-Destruction in Family Psychotherapy
Friday July 18, 2025 12:00 - 12:30 CEST
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avatar for Gianpaolo Lombardi

Gianpaolo Lombardi

About the person:Dr. Gianpaolo Lombardi is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist with many years of experience treating complex addiction-related disorders within the public healthcare system, where he has been active since 2003. His extensive training in systemic family... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 12:00 - 12:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 3011

12:00 CEST

14:00 CEST

KEYNOTE - Epistemic Trust and Trauma: Pernicious Impact and Therapeutic Solutions
Friday July 18, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
This presentation introduces the concept of epistemic trust—the fundamental human capacity enabling us to learn from others who are trustworthy and collectively establish shared beliefs and ideas, which we recognize as ‘culture’. The talk will highlight emerging evidence underscoring the critical role of epistemic trust in social learning and examine research demonstrating its vulnerability to adversity, particularly during childhood. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the extensive developmental and adult-life consequences resulting from disruptions in epistemic trust. Further, exploring the link between epistemic trust and mental disorders sheds light on one of the key mechanisms mediating trauma's lasting impact, notably in the onset of mental health difficulties and impairments in personality functioning. We will discuss therapeutic approaches aimed at addressing epistemic mistrust and epistemic hypervigilance, alongside recent findings on how mistrust disrupts human social communication systems.
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avatar for Peter Fonagy

Peter Fonagy

About the person:Professor Peter Fonagy is a globally recognized clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic, currently serving as Professor and Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London (UCL). He is also the Senior National Clinical... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Lecture Hall ''A

14:00 CEST

KEYNOTE - Epistemic Trust and Trauma: Pernicious Impact and Therapeutic Solutions
Friday July 18, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
This presentation introduces the concept of epistemic trust—the fundamental human capacity enabling us to learn from others who are trustworthy and collectively establish shared beliefs and ideas, which we recognize as ‘culture’. The talk will highlight emerging evidence underscoring the critical role of epistemic trust in social learning and examine research demonstrating its vulnerability to adversity, particularly during childhood. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the extensive developmental and adult-life consequences resulting from disruptions in epistemic trust. Further, exploring the link between epistemic trust and mental disorders sheds light on one of the key mechanisms mediating trauma's lasting impact, notably in the onset of mental health difficulties and impairments in personality functioning. We will discuss therapeutic approaches aimed at addressing epistemic mistrust and epistemic hypervigilance, alongside recent findings on how mistrust disrupts human social communication systems.
Speakers
avatar for Peter Fonagy

Peter Fonagy

About the person:Professor Peter Fonagy is a globally recognized clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic, currently serving as Professor and Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London (UCL). He is also the Senior National Clinical... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 'B

14:00 CEST

KEYNOTE - Epistemic Trust and Trauma: Pernicious Impact and Therapeutic Solutions
Friday July 18, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
This presentation introduces the concept of epistemic trust—the fundamental human capacity enabling us to learn from others who are trustworthy and collectively establish shared beliefs and ideas, which we recognize as ‘culture’. The talk will highlight emerging evidence underscoring the critical role of epistemic trust in social learning and examine research demonstrating its vulnerability to adversity, particularly during childhood. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the extensive developmental and adult-life consequences resulting from disruptions in epistemic trust. Further, exploring the link between epistemic trust and mental disorders sheds light on one of the key mechanisms mediating trauma's lasting impact, notably in the onset of mental health difficulties and impairments in personality functioning. We will discuss therapeutic approaches aimed at addressing epistemic mistrust and epistemic hypervigilance, alongside recent findings on how mistrust disrupts human social communication systems.
Speakers
avatar for Peter Fonagy

Peter Fonagy

About the person:Professor Peter Fonagy is a globally recognized clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic, currently serving as Professor and Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London (UCL). He is also the Senior National Clinical... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 'C

15:00 CEST

15:00 CEST

15:00 CEST

15:00 CEST

LECTURE (online) - The impact of Viktor Frankl's anthropological vision on the Direct Approach to the Unconscious.
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 15:35 CEST
I invite you to a dialogue about the anthropological perspective of Viktor Frankl (1947-1997) and the Brazilian creator of the Direct Approach to the Unconscious, Renate Jost de Moraes (1936-2013). There are already studies on the connections between the two approaches, which I would like to delve into: In the first step, I will historically classify the emergence of Direct Approach to the Unconscious in the context of psychological approaches in Brazil in the 1970s and 1980s. In doing so, I will address the epistemological critique of scientism and determinism, already introduced by Viktor Frankl's logotherapy. In a second step, I will show how Jost de Moraes, although he did not formulate an explicit theory of clinical psychology in her writings, she obtained many insights from her experience and studies that can serve to broaden the understanding of clinical psychology.
The innovative perspective refers not only to the genesis of the various forms of illness and human suffering as linked to the experience of lack of love, but also to the therapeutic environment in which the power of love is incorporated, mobilizing a transformative effect, while at the same time assuming a meaning-filling function. In this sense, it seems sensible to draw a parallel between the approaches of Frankl and Jost de Moraes, since both, based on different approaches, transcend a purely psychophysical view of the human being and postulate a three-dimensional understanding. In this case, love is not reduced to the personal satisfaction of needs, but is seen as a potential for self-transcendence. It is a devotion to the other person without expectations and the discovery of a deeper meaning in life. In this context, the focus is on the question: What innovative aspects can we obtain from the approaches of Frankl and Jost de Moraes for our self-image as psychologists and our clinical work?
Speakers
avatar for Thácio Ferreira dos Santos

Thácio Ferreira dos Santos

About the personPost-doctorate in philosophy and psychology from the Federal University of Uberlândia – UFU-MG, with a focus on the phenomenological psychology of Edmund Husserl and Edith Stein. PhD in clinical psychology from PUCMG – with a sandwich doctorate at the Universit... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 15:35 CEST
Lecture Hall 3011

15:00 CEST

LECTURE - The Development of Psychotherapy Regulation in European Countries and Slovenia: Steps towards Psychotherapy as an Independent Profession and an Autonomous Scientific Discipline
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 15:45 CEST
Introduction In recent decades, two processes have been crucial for the development of psychotherapy regulation, which are interlinked and mutually reinforcing: efforts to legalise psychotherapy as an autonomous profession, and efforts to academise psychotherapy as an autonomous scientific discipline. While in Europe the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) plays a key role in efforts to legalise psychotherapy as an autonomous profession, the academisation of psychotherapy in the twentieth century started at postgraduate level, then, after the Bologna reform, at Masters and Doctoral level and, since 2005 also at undergraduate level, first in Austria and then in Slovenia and Germany.

Methods The descriptive and interpretive qualitative study will be presented which took place over the last 20 years and included data collection in three main ways: through observation, questioning and the use of documentary sources. This study presents the pioneer work of the comprehensive description of the development of psychotherapy regulation in Europe and Slovenia.

Results Based on descriptions of the regulation of psychotherapy in 30 European countries it is pointed out that concern for equitable access to psychotherapy and its quality for those in need of such kind of help must be a key criterion and goal in efforts to regulate psychotherapy. Without this, even the legal recognition of psychotherapy as an autonomous profession and scientific discipline makes no real sense and loses its ethical compass.

Conclusion In all the countries illustrated, therefore, regardless of their stage of development, there are many problems in providing accessible and quality psychotherapeutic and other professional services in the field of mental health care. This cannot be achieved once and for all, but requires continuous review and improvement. However, without a good legal framework, the needle on the ethical compass remains without key coordinates. To point us in the right direction, we need regulation based on international standards of an autonomous profession and scientific discipline. International comparisons clearly show that if psychotherapy remains only in the hands of doctors and psychologists (as a method or specialization), or medicine and psychology, its fate as an eternal orphan is sealed. It will survive but it will not flourish.
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Miran Mozina

About the personUniv.-Prof. Dr. Miran Možina is the Head of the Department in Ljubljana. After completing his Master's at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ljubljana, he specialized in psychiatry and worked as a psychiatrist at the Psychiatric Hospital Vojnik. He also... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 15:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 101-102

15:00 CEST

LECTURE - Exploring ChatGPT as a Tool in Psychotherapy: A Pluralistic Approach
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 15:45 CEST
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Paolo Raile

About the person: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Dr. Paolo Raile MSc. studied Psychotherapy Science at the Sigmund Freud University Vienna (SFU), Social Work at the Danube University Krems and European Ethnology at the University of Vienna. He is a researcher at the SFU, author of scientific texts... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 15:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 'C

15:00 CEST

KEYNOTE - Psychotherapy in the Arabic World
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
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Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Lecture Hall ''F

15:00 CEST

LECTURE - Die Darm-Hirn Achse. Auswirkungen des Mikrobioms auf die Psyche
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Speakers
avatar for Reinhard Pichler

Reinhard Pichler

About the person:Mag. Dr. Reinhard Pichler, MSc, MBA is a psychotherapist specializing in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, a healthcare manager, and a long-standing expert in the fields of ethics, prevention, and personal development.After studying Ethics and Social Sciences... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 2005

15:00 CEST

LECTURE - The New Psychotherapy Law
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 16:15 CEST
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 16:15 CEST
Lecture Hall 108

15:00 CEST

15:00 CEST

SYMPOSIUM - Exploring the Mechanisms Linking Self-Compassion, Compassionate Love, and Genuine Happiness: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study of College Students
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 16:30 CEST
Introduction. The well-being and happiness of college students are critical concerns for universities. According to the 2019 U.S. National College Health Assessment, 56% of students reported feeling hopeless within the last 12 months, and 45% even reported feeling so depressed that it was difficult for them to function. In contrast, students high on flourishing tend to procrastinate less, pursue mastery-oriented goals, exhibit high self-control, and achieve better grades. Thus, there is a critical need for research on how to enhance college students’ well-being and happiness. Buddhist philosophy distinguishes between fluctuating happiness and genuine, durable happiness, known as sukha, which is characterized by lasting inner joy and peace. Research suggests that self-compassion and compassion towards others have a positive impact on happiness and psychological well-being. However, the mechanisms by which compassion fosters genuine happiness over time require further investigation. Thus, the present study examines the mediating role of caring for bliss in the relationships between self-compassion, compassionate love, and genuine happiness among college students.
Methodology / Approach. The study involved 398 undergraduate students from a southeastern U.S. university, who participated during the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters. Data were collected at three different time points over approximately 12 weeks as part of a larger online study on various aspects of mental, physical, spiritual, and relational well-being. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to assess the longitudinal mediating effects of caring for bliss on the impacts of self-compassion and compassionate love on genuine happiness over time. We tested a model where self-compassion and compassionate love at time 1 served as predictors, caring for bliss at time 2 acted as the mediator, and genuine happiness at time 3 was the outcome.
Results / Findings. Self-compassion and compassionate love at time 1 predicted caring for bliss at time 2, which subsequently predicted genuine happiness at time 3, while controlling for caring for bliss at time 1 and genuine happiness at time 2. Furthermore, caring for bliss at time 2 mediated the associations between self-compassion and compassionate love at time 1 and genuine happiness at time 3.
Conclusion / Perspective. The current study provides new insights into the longitudinal associations between self-compassion, compassionate love, and genuine happiness among college students. The finding that caring for bliss mediated the effects of self-compassion and compassionate love on genuine happiness reveals that practices fostering self-compassion and compassionate love are important in enhancing caring for bliss and, ultimately, happiness in college students. Promoting happiness in students is crucial given the prevalence of student burnout and the well-being crisis in industrialized nations.
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 16:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 5002

15:00 CEST

WORKSHOP - Beyond the so-called Phenomenological Psychotherapy: foundations of clinical psychology based on Phenomenological Psychology.
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 16:30 CEST
Every form of psychotherapy is grounded in a psychological theory. Each approach is anchored in a specific model of the human psyche, establishing its own conceptions of psychological development, the origins of disorders, and the most effective methods for psychological transformation. The choice of a theoretical foundation is not merely methodological but also philosophical, as it defines the therapist’s perspective on human nature and the capacity for change. Phenomenological psychology, developed by Edmund Husserl and furthered by Edith Stein, provides a foundation that transcends the naturalistic, psychologistic, and reductionist models predominant in psychotherapy. Unlike traditional approaches, which often assume fixed diagnostic categories or naturalized psychic structures, phenomenological psychology proposes a rigorous investigation of lived experience. It employs epoché and psychology reduction as methodological tools to uncover the ways in which psychic consciousness is constituted. This workshop will explore key ideas in phenomenological psychology, presenting it not as just another therapeutic approach but as a radical rethinking of how the psyche is understood. Furthermore, it aims to establish phenomenology as a secure and rigorous foundation for psychotherapeutic practice - one that is deeply committed to lived experience, not as a mere technique or therapeutic style, but as a path toward a genuine understanding of psychological experience.
Speakers
avatar for Tommy Akira Goto

Tommy Akira Goto

About the person:Associate Professor II in the Undergraduate Program in Psychology, permanent faculty researcher in the Graduate Programs in Psychology and Philosophy at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology as a Profession and Science from PUC-Campinas... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 16:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 116

15:00 CEST

15:00 CEST

WORKSHOP - Nachgehend Stark und Positiv in der therapeutischen Arbeit mit Kindern, Jugendlichen und deren Familie
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 18:00 CEST
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Philip Streit

About the person:Dr. Philip Streit is a renowned clinical and health psychologist as well as a systemic family therapist based in Graz, Austria. He serves as CEO of both the Institute for Child, Youth and Family (IKJF) and the affiliated Academy (AKJF), institutions dedicated to the... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 18:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 'D

15:00 CEST

WORKSHOP - Creative Couples Therapy - An Experiential Toolkit
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 18:00 CEST
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Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 18:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 4014

15:00 CEST

SYMPOSIUM - Psychotherapy and Musictherapy
Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 18:00 CEST
Dorothea Oberegelsbacher: Diversity-sensitive psychotherapy for intellectual disabilities

Monika Smetana: Roots, developments, and perspectives of Music Therapy in research and practice.

Edith Wiesmüller: Music Therapy with war-traumatised refugees

Katharina Fuchs: Listening to silence

Saya Shiobara: Making audible together. Integration of gestalt therapy and music therapy treatment techniques

Martin Astenwald:
Group music therapy in psychiatric rehabilitation



Friday July 18, 2025 15:00 - 18:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 2004

15:15 CEST

15:15 CEST

KEYNOTE - The Global Therapist: Meeting 21st-Century Challenges with Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy
Friday July 18, 2025 15:15 - 16:15 CEST
In a rapidly globalizing world, psychotherapists must develop cultural competence and therapeutic adaptability. This keynote presents the "Global Therapist" through Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (PPT), a humanistic, psychodynamic method founded in 1977 by Nossrat Peseschkian. Emphasizing resources, values, and intercultural dialogue, PPT uses the Life Balance Model—focusing on body, work, relationships, and meaning—as a tool for diagnosis and growth. Dr. Hamid Peseschkian will explore PPT’s global application in psychotherapy and counselling, highlighting storytelling, metaphors, and transcultural techniques. Drawing on worldwide training and clinical experience, he will show how PPT equips therapists to meet 21st-century mental health challenges with empathy, structure, and hope.
Friday July 18, 2025 15:15 - 16:15 CEST
Lecture Hall ''A

15:15 CEST

WORKSHOP - Making the balance model bright!
Friday July 18, 2025 15:15 - 16:45 CEST
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Friday July 18, 2025 15:15 - 16:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 3010

15:15 CEST

SYMPOSIUM- Method-Integration in Psychotherapy
Friday July 18, 2025 15:15 - 16:45 CEST
Statement of the problem: Modular and common factor approaches in psychotherapy are a central issue in psychotherapy research. It seems necessary to mark the limitations of specific approaches and to detect where interdisciplinary perspectives are indispensable. This presentation is an attempt to integrate psychotherapeutic models as well as neurobiological, psychological and socio-cultural and practical aspects of psychotherapy.
We offer a comprehensive psychotherapeutic model which integrates relational, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic-psychoanalytic and existential aspects. In this process neuro-biological, psychologic and socio-cultural perspectives come into play.
Methodology & theoretical orientation: The case of a patient suffering from schizotypic episodes is studied under the perspectives of relational, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic-psychoanalytic and existential psychotherapy. In a hermeneutic circle biological, psychological and socio-cultural findings are integrated.
Findings: It is shown that psychotherapy can and should include psychological, cultural and neurobiological knowledge. The dialectics between coherence–incoherence, stabilization–destabilization, construction–deconstruction of cognitions, emotions, and actions are shown to be general principles that can be found in neuroscientific, psychological and cultural approaches in psychotherapy.
Conclusions: The interdisciplinary reflection of different psychotherapeutic methods leads to a practical model that can integrate relational, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic-psychoanalytic and existential aspects of psychotherapy.
Speakers
avatar for Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla

Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla

About the person:Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla is an Affiliated Professor of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Heidelberg University. He also serves as a supervisor and training analyst (IPA) at various psychotherapeutic training institutes and... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 15:15 - 16:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 'B

15:30 CEST

LECTURE - Walk and talk psychotherapy in nature: Empirical foundations and clinical perspectives
Friday July 18, 2025 15:30 - 16:15 CEST
Introduction: There is growing evidence of the curative and preventive effects of nature, nature exposure and nature relatedness on health and well-being. Recent studies and reviews show that psychotherapy and counselling conducted in nature affects, for example, working alliance, clients’ and professionals’ mental and physical health, therapy motivation, eco-anxiety, pro-ecological behaviours. Still, overall empirical evidence is poor – especially in the context of clinical applications.
Methodology/Approach: The presentation provides insights into a randomized clinical study that compared walk and talk psychotherapy in nature with conventional psychotherapy indoors and in seated position. Participants were clinical patients suffering from major depressive disorders and their psychotherapists. We applied a mixed methods approach (quantitative measures and qualitative follow-up interviews) and assessed feasibility (primary outcome parameter) and mental and physical health (secondary outcome parameters) among participants.
Results/Findings: Results show that psychotherapists and patients estimate psychotherapy in nature as a valuable addition within the range of psychotherapy treatment. Walk and talk psychotherapy in nature affects the participating patients’ and psychotherapists’ health and well-being.
Conclusion/Perspective: Considering that pioneers of modern psychotherapy, such as Sigmund Freud, Hans Zulliger, C. G. Jung, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Viktor Frankl, had already conducted psychotherapy sessions while walking and/or in nature or highlighted the importance of nature in relation to human health, the lack of current research or concepts in this context is surprising. Nature-assisted approaches may also be a valuable psychotherapy contribution addressing the effects of global challenges (e.g., climate change/crises) on human mental health by focusing on the treatment of eco-anxiety or the promotion of pro-ecological behaviours. This presentation – and the accompanying clinical study – are intended to provide impulses for further theoretical, empirical and practical discussions on the topic.
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avatar for Eric Pfeifer

Eric Pfeifer

About the person:Prof. Dr. habil. Eric Pfeifer is professor for aesthetics and communication at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg, Germany, doctoral supervisor and lecturer at the Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Austria, science representative at the Viktor... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 15:30 - 16:15 CEST
Lecture Hall 2003

15:30 CEST

15:45 CEST

LECTURE - Cultural Sensitivity in Psychotherapy for Deaf Individuals in Nigeria
Friday July 18, 2025 15:45 - 16:15 CEST
Effective psychotherapy for deaf individuals in Nigeria necessitates cultural sensitivity to address unique communication challenges and cultural contexts. This article explores the importance of cultural competence in enhancing therapeutic outcomes among deaf Nigerians, emphasizing the role of Nigerian Sign Language (NSL) and cultural awareness in therapy. Understanding deaf culture, including language variations and community dynamics, is essential for building rapport and facilitating effective communication in therapeutic settings. Case studies illustrate successful applications of culturally sensitive approaches, highlighting the integration of NSL proficiency and cultural competence in therapy. Recommendations include the incorporation of cultural sensitivity training for therapists and collaboration with deaf community leaders to ensure accessible and culturally appropriate mental health services. By prioritizing cultural sensitivity, therapists can better meet the diverse needs of deaf individuals in Nigeria, promoting inclusive and effective psychotherapeutic practices.

Friday July 18, 2025 15:45 - 16:15 CEST
Lecture Hall 318

15:45 CEST

LECTURE - How Psychodynamics should shape Politics towards a Society of the Future
Friday July 18, 2025 15:45 - 16:30 CEST
In essence, politicians are employees of the citizens who have to pay for their services and in democracies are enabled to elect them in elections. This is why politicians should keep an eye on the well-being of their employers.
The identification of essential human psychological needs makes it possible to define the desirable core goals of politics. These include human relationships, active conduct, sense of coherence, and healthy stress levels. A political system should guarantee its people freedom and support in these four basic needs.
In addition, understanding psychodynamics makes it possible to prevent spirals of regression, which tend to lead to violence and catastrophe, in times of heightened stress in society.
Education in basic psychodynamics on all levels of society is required to enable progress towards a world of psychologically mature, responsive, and self-determined citizens.
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avatar for Hans-Otto Thomashoff

Hans-Otto Thomashoff

About the person:Hans-Otto Thomashoff, MD, PhD, lives and works in Vienna as psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (Vienna Psychoanalytic Society). Based on his PhD in art history he specializes in psychodynamic approaches for the understanding of art. He is an honorary member of the World... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 15:45 - 16:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 305-306

15:45 CEST

16:00 CEST

16:00 CEST

16:00 CEST

16:00 CEST

LECTURE - Die Narbe der Zugehörigkeit: Wenn Rituale die Lust verstummen lassen. Ein Vortrag zum Thema Mädchenbeschneidung
Friday July 18, 2025 16:00 - 16:45 CEST
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avatar for Monica Somacal

Monica Somacal

About the person: Monica Somacal is a couples and sex therapist, as well as the director of the cantonal project addressing female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the Swiss cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. For over four decades, she has worked in various psychosocial... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 16:00 - 16:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 3011

16:00 CEST

16:00 CEST

WORKSHOP - Mikronährstoffe und Milchsäurebakterien praktisch angewendet in der Psychotherapie anhand ausgewählter F-Diagnosen
Friday July 18, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
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avatar for Reinhard Pichler

Reinhard Pichler

About the person:Mag. Dr. Reinhard Pichler, MSc, MBA is a psychotherapist specializing in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, a healthcare manager, and a long-standing expert in the fields of ethics, prevention, and personal development.After studying Ethics and Social Sciences... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 2005

16:15 CEST

KEYNOTE - Yoga Education : Ancient & Modern Perspective
Friday July 18, 2025 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
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Friday July 18, 2025 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
Lecture Hall ''F

16:30 CEST

LECTURE - The Role of Sign Language Interpreters in Psychotherapy for Deaf Persons in Nigeria
Friday July 18, 2025 16:30 - 17:00 CEST
Psychotherapy is a vital component of mental health care, but deaf individuals in Nigeria often face significant barriers to accessing these services due to communication challenges. The use of sign language interpreters has emerged as a critical solution to bridge the gap between deaf clients and psychotherapists. This paper explores the pivotal role of sign language interpreters in psychotherapy for deaf persons in Nigeria, emphasizing their contribution to ensuring effective communication, trust, and therapeutic outcomes. Sign language interpreters serve as the primary medium through which deaf clients can express their emotions, thoughts, and mental health concerns during therapy sessions. However, their role extends beyond mere translation, as they must navigate the complex dynamics of both the deaf and hearing cultures, ensuring cultural sensitivity and maintaining the confidentiality inherent in psychotherapy. The absence of qualified interpreters can result in misunderstandings, misdiagnoses, and ineffective therapy, leading to poor mental health outcomes for deaf individuals. In Nigeria, the shortage of trained mental health interpreters presents a significant challenge. Many interpreters lack specialized knowledge of psychotherapy terminologies, which can hinder the depth of the therapeutic process. This paper highlights the urgent need for targeted training programs for sign language interpreters in mental health settings, as well as the necessity for greater collaboration between psychotherapists and the deaf community to enhance mental health accessibility. The paper also discusses the psychological impact of interpreter-mediated therapy on deaf clients, focusing on the importance of trust and rapport in building a successful therapeutic relationship. By providing insights into the role of interpreters, this study underscores the need for policy changes that support the integration of sign language interpreters into Nigeria’s mental health services, promoting inclusivity and equitable access to psychotherapy for deaf individuals.
Friday July 18, 2025 16:30 - 17:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 318

16:30 CEST

16:30 CEST

LECTURE - Körpertherapeutische Verfahren mit Hyperventilation - ein Überblick
Friday July 18, 2025 16:30 - 18:00 CEST
Der Vortrag bezieht sich auf körpertherapeutische Verfahren, bei denen eine spezifische willentliche Verstärkung der Atmung (Hyperventilation) eingesetzt wird, um eine Erweiterung des Bewusstseins und Veränderung des subjektiven Selbsterlebens zu induzieren.

Seit Menschengedenken sind derartige Praktiken im Einsatz, um verschiedene Formen von psychischen Problemen zu lindern und persönliches Wachstum zu unterstützen. Klinische Beobachtungen und Daten aus neurophysiologischen Studien weisen darauf hin, dass körpertherapeutisch eingesetzte Hyperventilation mit tiefgreifenden Auswirkungen auf die Funktionen des zentralen und autonomen Nervensystems und damit auf den gesamten Organismus verbunden ist.

Ziel des Vortrags ist es, die positiven therapeutischen Wirkungen und Erfahrungen von körpertherapeutisch eingesetzter Hyperventilation (insbesondere des Holotropen Atmens) vorzustellen und die geschichtlichen, psychologischen und neurobiologischen Hintergründe darzulegen.

Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte:
•Geschichtlicher Überblick über verschiedene Praktiken mit Hyperventilation und deren Bedeutung in körpertherapeutischen Verfahren
•Darstellung charakteristischer phänomenologischer und neurophysiologischer Wirkungen
•therapeutische Wirkmechanismen, die für mögliche klinische Anwendungen (z.B. traumabedingte affektive und somatische Störungen) verantwortlich sind
•Erfahrungen und Ausblick für den Einsatz dieser Verfahren in der Psychotherapie
•Praktische Erfahrungen mit körpertherapeutisch eingesetzter Hyperventilation (am Beispiel des Holotropen Atmens)
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avatar for Hans Peter Weidinger

Hans Peter Weidinger

About the PersonDr. Hans Peter Weidinger, MD, is a specialist in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and neurology, as well as a licensed psychotherapist in Integrative Gestalt Therapy. He has completed extensive further training in systemic constellation work, body-oriented approaches... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 16:30 - 18:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 2003

16:30 CEST

WORKSHOP - Can the integral man be the remedy for the disease of our time? Edith Stein’s contribution to psychotherapeutic practice with the example of Personal Integration Therapy ADI/TIP
Friday July 18, 2025 16:30 - 18:00 CEST
Thinking of Edith Stein’s contribution to anthropology and psychology, we cannot avoid speaking of her "The Human Person’s Structure," which depicts a human being as a three-dimensional being consisting of body, psyche and spirit. It seems that the 21st century urgently demands a return to anthropology, as we are facing a
profound anthropological crisis, that is, a lack of meaning in life and a distortion of the meaning of fundamental values that guide human life. Maybe the most important factor in this crisis is philosophical reductionism, which turns human beings into a two-dimensional psycho-physical unit and invalidates a fully human (that is, spiritual) dimension.
Why was it surprisingly the same diagnosis that Edith Stein gave in the lecture "Value of Femininity and Its Importance for the Life of the People" given in 1928? In this lecture, she discusses internal disintegration, aimless drifting, the pursuit of pleasure, and drowning in a professional activity and describes how the integral man (who, according to her, is the remedy for the disease of our time) can be a way out of the contemporary crisis. Considering Stein’s anthropological vision and working with patients with the psychotherapeutic practises of Personal Integration Therapy through the ADI/TIP method, it seems clear that internal disintegration means a weakening of a human being's spiritual dimension that makes one’s behavioural and mental reactions more dependent on psychological impulses (emotions, feelings, moods) and diminishes one’s capacity for discerning values and decision-making.
As a result, the objectives of this communication will be to present Edith Stein’s diagnosis of the contemporary anthropological crisis (based on her lecture on the value of femininity and its importance for the life of the people) and then to present the psychotherapeutic practises of Personal Integration Therapy through the ADI/TIP method, which, through the Stenian theoretical foundation, can no longer fragment man but reconstitute integrity.
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avatar for Helena Teixeira Respondek

Helena Teixeira Respondek

About the personHelena Teixeira Respondek has a master degree in psychology. She graduated from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2013 and is a certified therapist in Personal Integration Therapy (ADI/TIP Method by Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais), post-graduate... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 16:30 - 18:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 108

16:30 CEST

WORKSHOP - Lifespan Integration – A Gentle and Deeply Effective Therapeutic Method
Friday July 18, 2025 16:30 - 18:00 CEST
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avatar for Ismini Ohm-Zalitis

Ismini Ohm-Zalitis

About the person:Ismini Ohm-Zalitis is a social worker and psychotherapist based in Stockholm, Sweden, where she works both clinically and online. In addition to her therapeutic practice, she teaches and supervises Lifespan Integration together with her colleagues.Her original training... Read More →
avatar for Bodil Lindstrom

Bodil Lindstrom

About the person:Bodil Lindström is a trained psychotherapist as well as a teacher and supervisor in Lifespan Integration. She first encountered the method in 2005, at the end of her initial psychotherapy training. At that time, Peggy Pace, the founder of Lifespan Integration, offered... Read More →
avatar for Kristina Pettersson

Kristina Pettersson

About the person:Kristina Pettersson is a licensed psychotherapist specialized in trauma therapy. With a professional background in dance therapy, she combines artistic expression with psychotherapeutic practice, offering a nuanced understanding of the many layers of human communication... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 16:30 - 18:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 302-303

16:45 CEST

16:45 CEST

LECTURE - tbd title
Friday July 18, 2025 16:45 - 17:30 CEST
Friday July 18, 2025 16:45 - 17:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 5002

16:45 CEST

16:45 CEST

16:45 CEST

LECTURE - Existential Worldview and Futurology
Friday July 18, 2025 16:45 - 17:30 CEST
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Friday July 18, 2025 16:45 - 17:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 'C

16:45 CEST

LECTURE - Machine Learning as a Theory Discovery Tool in Psychological Research
Friday July 18, 2025 16:45 - 17:30 CEST
Introduction This research aims to integrate artificial intelligence technology, particularly automated machine learning methods, into psychological research to address the limitations of traditional frequentist statistical approaches in handling nonlinear relationships of psychological characteristics. Current psychological research predominantly relies on regression-based methods, which often fall short in capturing the complex nonlinear relationships between psychological features. We propose an innovative semi-automated workflow that empowers psychology researchers to leverage machine learning algorithms for intelligent model selection, facilitating the construction of more precise and insightful theoretical frameworks.

Methodology We designed a low-code workflow based on AutoGluon, specifically tailored for psychological research methodologies with high accessibility. This approach encompasses three primary research objectives:
1. Automated hyperparameter tuning to attain optimal models.
2. Identification of important features through interpretability techniques, facilitating feature selection based on calculated importance.
3. Theoretical reconstruction based on important features by integrating exploratory factor analysis with machine learning interpretability.
Using psychological resilience research as an example, we provide a detailed annotated code workflow along with raw data to demonstrate the application of this method.

Results The workflow successfully implements automated machine learning model selection and optimization, effectively identifying key features in psychological resilience research. Through interpretability techniques, we quantify the relative importance of different features, providing a data-driven basis for feature selection. Combined with exploratory factor analysis, we reconstruct theoretical frameworks that more accurately reflect the nonlinear relationships among psychological characteristics.

Conclusion The semi-automated workflow proposed in this study provides psychological researchers with a practical tool to better understand nonlinear relationships between psychological characteristics. This low-code approach lowers the barrier for psychological researchers to utilize advanced machine learning techniques, offering new possibilities for data-driven psychological theory construction. Future research can extend this methodology to additional psychological research domains and integrate more types of data, such as text, audio, and images.
Speakers
avatar for Haojie Fu

Haojie Fu

About the person:Haojie Fu is a PhD candidate at the Shanghai Research Institute for Intelligent Autonomous Systems at Tongji University. He holds certification as a Psychological Counselor and has previously worked at the Psychological Education and Counseling Center at Southwest... Read More →
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Xudong Zhao

About the person:Prof. Xudong Zhao has been leading “Chinese-DE Training Program for Psychotherapy”, as the Chinese coordinator, to develop modern psychotherapy successfully in China, for which he and his colleagues won the “International Sigmund Freud Award for Psychotherapy... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 16:45 - 17:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 305-306

17:00 CEST

LECTURE - Examining Panic, Flow, Depression, and Love Through a Unified Model of Human Behavior
Friday July 18, 2025 17:00 - 17:30 CEST
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Igor Kopsov

About the person:Dr. Igor Kopsov combines a rich background in both psychology and offshore engineering, making significant contributions to each field throughout his career.Since 2014, Dr. Kopsov has been an active figure in the field of psychology, where he has authored numerous... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 17:00 - 17:30 CEST
Lecture Hall 2002

17:00 CEST

LECTURE - Existential Therapy in Saudi Arabia
Friday July 18, 2025 17:00 - 17:45 CEST
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Nisreen Yacoub

About the person:Dr. Nisreen Yacoub is a licensed psychological consultant (Licensed Psychological Consultant by SCHS) and has been serving as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in Jeddah since 2006. She teaches in the Department... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 17:00 - 17:45 CEST
Lecture Hall 101-102

17:00 CEST

17:00 CEST

17:00 CEST

KEYNOTE - Holotropic Breathwork
Friday July 18, 2025 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
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Friday July 18, 2025 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
Lecture Hall 'B

17:15 CEST

17:15 CEST

17:30 CEST

 

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