28th International Congress of Individual Psychology (Online)
Challenges in the Global World: Healing and Growth
Delegates Assembly: July 10, 2021
Congress: July 11-14th, 2021
Venue: Online
Registered Participants: 233
Congress Keynote Speakers
Dr. Eva Dreikurs Ferguson
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Divisions 1 and 8, and is a founding member and Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.
She is a life member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Psychonomic Society, and Sigma Xi. She has been Visiting Professor at the University of Vermont, Northwestern University, and University of California Berkeley.
Anthea Millar
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Cambridge, UK
BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist of 35 years experience of working with a wide range of issues in both NHS and independent agency settings.
She is a counselling and supervision educator, and author of numerous articles on therapy related topics and she is a co-director of Cambridge Supervision training.
Marina Bluvshtein, PhD
Adler University, Chicago, USA
Dr. Marina Bluvshtein is an assistant professor and a director of the Center for Adlerian Practice and Scholarship at Adler University.
She is a Diplomate of Adlerian Psychology, a board member of NASAP, a vice president of the International Association of Individual Psychology, and a faculty member of ICASSI. She is a clinical psychologist and a marriage and family therapist.
Dr. Giansecondo Mazzoli
Adlerian School of Psychotherapy, RE, Italy
Psychoanalyst, Secretary General of the International Association of Individual Psychology, President of Italian Society of Individual Psychology, Director of the Adlerian School of Psychotherapy in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Daniela Čechová, PhD
Comenius University and Slovak Medical Universtiy, Bratislava, Slovakia
Licensed counselor and psychotherapist in private practice, associate professor at Comenius University and Slovak Medical Universtiy in Bratislava. President of the International Association of Individual Psychology.
Dr. Oleh Berezyuk
Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Therapist, psychoanalyst, assistant of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of Lviv National Medical University, teaching coach and supervisor of the Ukrainian Umbrella Association of Psychotherapy.
Alyson Schafer
B.Sc, MA Counselling, Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Adlerian family counsellor, author and internationally acclaimed parenting expert. Alyson is a three time TEDx speaker who presents at conferences and for corporations around the globe.
Prof. Oleksandr Filts, PhD
Ukrainian Umbrella Association of Psychotherapists, Lviv, Ukraine
Psychotherapist, professor, head of the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy of the faculty of postgraduate education of Lviv National Medical University.
President of the Ukrainian Umbrella Association of Psychotherapists. Vice-President of the European Association of Psychotherapy.
Karen John, PhD
UK Adlerian Society, UK
Psychologist, Adlerian psychotherapist, and a clinical and leadership supervisor and mentor. She was the Director of Human Resources and Training of a UK-wide mental health services organisation for 7 years, following 20 years of developmental psychology and psychiatry research at Yale University, USA, and the Institute of Psychiatry, London. She is a faculty member and Secretary-Treasurer of ICASSI, a vice president of the UK Adlerian Society (ASIIP).
John Arden, PhD, USA
Kaiser Permanente, California, USA
Dr. Arden recently retired from Kaiser Permanente where he served as the
Northern California Regional Director of Training where he developed one of the largest mental
health training programs in the United States.
Author of 15 books (translated into over 20 languages) including,
Brain2Brain, The Brain Bible, Rewire Your Brain, and Brain-Based Therapy with Adults.
His new book is entitled Mind-Brain-Gene: Toward the Integration of Psychotherapy.
Zoryana Koshulynska
Ukrainian Association of Individual Psychology, Lviv, Ukraine
Psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, head of the section of Adlerian individual psychology and supervisor of Ukrainian Umbrella Association of Psychotherapists. She is a president of Ukrainian Association of Individual Psychology and Head of the Bukovynian psychotherapeutic project. She is a forensic psychologist at "Lviv Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital" and lectures at the Ukrainian National School of Judges.
Prof. Timothy Hartshorne, PhD
Central Michigan University, Michigan, USA
Professor of psychology at Central Michigan University. NASAP member for 40 years: chair of the Ethics Committee, section leader for Theory, Research, and Teaching, NASAP Vice President, and as of June 1st as the President. Dr. Hartshorne’s particular interests include understanding the challenging behavior exhibited by many individuals with deafblindness, CHARGE syndrome, and related syndromes, and also how severe disability impacts the family.
Kurt B. Günther, Dr.phil.
Vienna, Austria
Clinical and Health Psychologist, Training and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalyst (IPA / WAP), Training Psychotherapist (Psychoanalytic oriented Psychotherapy – Vienna Academy for Psychoanalysis), Group Psychoanalyst. Member of the "Austrian Association of Individual Psychology", the "Vienna Psychoanalytic Association", the "International Psychoanalytic Association" and the "International Association of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis"
Daily Zoom Schedule
| 15:00 - 17:00 (EEST) | Zoom 1 - Joint Events | |||
| 17:15 - 19:15 (EEST) | Zoom 1 - Theory and Research | Zoom 2 - Therapy | Zoom 3 - Pedagogy | Zoom 4 - COVID-19 and Trauma |
Program
Time for Different Time Zones:
| Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) |
Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, July 11th | ||||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Opening Ceremony | |||
| 15:30 - 16:15 | First Annual Adler Honorable Lecture by Dr. Eva Dreikurs Ferguson | |||
| 16:15 - 17:00 | World Аdler Discussion | |||
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Coffee Break | |||
| Theory and Research | Therapy | Pedagogy | COVID-19 and Trauma | |
| 17:15-17:40 | Satoshi Kato, Japan - "Reconsidering Adler’s courage in relationship with descriptions of his works" | Wilfried Datler, Austria - "Developing the ablility to think psychodynamically: Work Discussion as an element of psychotherapeutic training" | Christelle Schläpfer, Switzerland - "Bullying and Cyberbullying – a holistic view" | Barton Buechner, USA - "A Social Constructionist perspective of Moral Injury and Identity, and their impact on Wellbeing of Military Members, Veterans and Public Safety Officers and their Families" |
| 17:40-18:05 | Claudio Ghidoni, Italy - "Today 'rethinking' life requires an ethics of the limit. A challenge between the Creative Self and artificial intelligence" | Mitsuko Mizuno, Japan - "How Could We Cope with Grief and Loss? - from Adlerian Perspective." | Francesca Molina, Italy - "The Use of Advanced Technology in the Classroom to Prevent Addiction to social Media" | Joseph Troiani, USA - "Adlerian Psychology and Military History" |
| 18:05 - 18:10 | 5 minutes break | |||
| 18:10-18:35 | Didier Manez, France - "New social pathologies: when connection becomes pathological or digital pathologies" | Francesco Bocci, Italy - "The use of video games in psychotherapy; the Video Game Therapy approach (V.G.T.)" | Anita Schedl, Austria - "The model of the so-called small class - a safe place to develop for children with socio-emotional problems" | Kristina Siroka, Slovakia - "Gender-Based Violence Through the Lens of Individual Psychology" |
| 18:35-19:00 | Serhii Kyryliuk, Ukraine - "Is there a life of 'therapeutic dyad' outside the office setting?" | Daniela Bosetto, Italy - "Psychotherapy and Ageing between care and prejudice" | Anabella Shaked, Israel - "A model for counseling parents of avoidant children and young adults" | Andrés Buschiazzo, Uruguay - "Epidemiological study in mental health in times of COVID-19 in 7 Latin American countries and Adlerian Psychology" |
| 19:00 - 19:15 | Discussion | |||
| Monday, July 12th | ||||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | "Trauma, Safety and Connection" - Anthea Millar, MA Cambridge, UK | |||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | "Adlerian approach to trauma: experiences, meaning, making, and overcoming" - Marina Bluvshtein, PhD, USA | |||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | "Healing in Individual Psychology and Psychotraumatology" - Daniela Cechova, PhD Bratislava, Slovakia | |||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | "The social-psychotherapeutic concept of providing help for military personnel who are having PTSD during active phase of war" - Zoryana Koshulynska, MD, Ukraine | |||
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Coffee Break | |||
| Theory and Research | Therapy | Pedagogy | COVID-19 and Trauma | |
| 17:15-17:40 | Roman Kechur, Ukraine - "Is psychoanalysis a literature?" | Ursula Oberst, Spain - "Theory and measurement of Adlerian personality priorities and their application in counseling" | Miyuki Yoshida, Japan - "Individual Psychology in Nursery School" | Secondo Fassino, Italy - "Adlerian help relations in emergency due to the pandemic of COVID-19" |
| 17:40-18:05 | Herta Brinskele, Austria - "Fiction free will. Why she is problematic and we still need her" | Achille Affilastro, Italy - "Adlerian Treatment to prevent relapse among sex offenders: a pilot study proposal in a prison context" | Iryna Snyadanko, Ukraine - "The formation of holistic approach in students majoring in legal studies and psychology for identifying true and false information" | Alessandra Zambelli, France - "The French IAAP Resilient Tryptic to heal and grow together during pandemic: a psychological training aimed at early intervention, a resilient online path and a new psychological support unit" |
| 18:05 - 18:10 | 5 minutes break | |||
| 18:10-18:35 | Bianca Maria de Adamich, Italy - "The global growth of a woman, between challenges and health" | Simona Fassina, Italy - "The 'distance setting' in the Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapies. Technical aspects and therapeutic relationship" | Oliviero Donà, Italy - "The psychological challenges within the educational work context. Different uses of the Individual Psychology tools" | Tiziana Levy, Italy - "Transformations of Educational Institution at the time of Covid-19: implications in developmental age and new challenges for children and adults relationships" |
| 18:35-19:00 | Marco Gatti, Italy - "Individual psychology as a psychology of hope" | Natalia Grinko, Ukraine - "Adlerian Understanding of Orthorexia Nervosa" | Clementina Pizza, Italy - "The Growth of Local Territorial Prevention: an Integrated Adlerian Proposal for Adolescence" | Daniela Bosetto, Italy - "COVID: between mourning and healing" |
| 19:00 - 19:15 | Discussion | |||
| Tuesday, July 13th | ||||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | "Two mainstreams in the history of thought: Plato and Aristotle, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, Freud and Adler" - Prof. Alexander Filts, PhD, Ukraine | |||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | "Mind-Brain-Gene and Individual Psychology" - John Arden, PhD, USA | |||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | "Individual Psychology Informed Leadership in the Pandemic and beyond" - Karen John, PhD, UK | |||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | "Tyranny in pathogenesis of socially conditioned feelings of inferiority. On the example of Elijah Repin's autobiographical book "The Far Close" - Oleh Berezyuk, MD, Ukraine | |||
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Coffee Break | |||
| Theory and Research | Therapy | Pedagogy | COVID-19 and Trauma | |
| 17:15-17:40 | Ichiro Umezaki, Japan - "Adlerian psychodrama incorporating essence of martial arts techniques and 'Himotore' technique" | Nestor D. Kapusta, Austria - "The role of capacity to love in relationships" | Margit Datler, Austria - "'I no longer understand myself and my actions in class!' - Discussion of a reflection-based seminar concept in teacher training for prospective teachers in inclusive settings" | Gian Giacomo Rovera, Italy - "Quality of life in aging during the COVID-19 pandemic: New forms consideration about bio-psycho-social-cultural interventions" |
| 17:40-18:05 | Sara Marchini, Italy - "The perception of the climate change: an Adlerian perspective" | Valentina Vitali, Italy - "How aware are we that love doesn't kill?" | Cristina Sanz, Spain - "Teaching social interest to children is more needed than ever in a time of pandemic: Montessori and Adler's principles in action at home" | Gisela Eife, Germany - "Healing is unknowable and intangible" |
| 18:05 - 18:10 | 5 minutes break | |||
| 18:10-18:35 | Julia Yang Blagen, USA - "Love Heals: Integrating Adlerian Perspectives with Quantum and Spiritual Potentials" | Daniela Bosetto, Italy - "Cybersex addiction: a challenge for couples and families. Adlerian considerations" | Oksana Kosarieva, Ukraine - "Use of methods of Adlerian's play therapy in interaction with children" | Halyna Katolyk, Ukraine - "Group dynamics in online educational projects on child psychotherapy: Case studies" |
| 18:35-19:00 | Egidio Ernesto Marasco, Italy - "The importance of the word for the prevention of psychopathologies and dissociality" | Edit Szélesné Ferencz, Hungary - "The application of the individual psychological approach in the World Game" | Francesca Molina, Italy - "Adlerian Parental Cooperation within the legal framework" | Lesya Muzychko, Ukraine - "Features of the course and overcoming of the consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder among cadets of combatants" |
| 19:00 - 19:15 | Discussion | |||
| Wednesday, July 14th | ||||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | "Why A Global Future for Humanity Needs Adlerian Parenting To Lead The Way" - Alyson Schafer, PhD, Canada | |||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | "Disability rights and inclusion: A challenge for our times" - Prof. Timothy Hartshorne, PhD, USA | |||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | "Being an Analyst in the Pandemic Time" - Dr. Giansecondo Mazzoli, Italy | |||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | "Varying the Setting" - Dr. Kurt Günther, Vienna, Austria | |||
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Coffee Break | |||
| Theory and Research | Therapy | Pedagogy | COVID-19 and Trauma | |
| 17:15-17:40 | Jon Sperry, USA - "The Past, Present, and Future of the Journal of Individual Psychology: the role in healing and growth" | Alessandra Bianconi, Italy - "Do transference and countertransference movements change with the use of digital communication in Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapies?" | Gian Piero Grandi, Italy - "Gothic and uncanny in psychotherapy with adolescents" | Piero Cherasco, Italy - "Anorexia: the sociocultural adaptability and transformism of a serious disease which is as old as time yet consistently new as a form of biopsychosocial psychopathology" |
| 17:40-18:05 | Daniela Bosetto, Italy - "Mind the Gap! Economic and social gender inequality is still a challenge for the global world" | Bianca Maria de Adamich, Italy - "Is it possible to heal from the obsession of total control?" | Veronika Seiler, Germany - "Telos® Burgeoning Mindset – where children have space to spread their wings – examples from the Telos®-Kinderhaus" | Rovera Gian Giacomo, Italy - "New forms of social psychopathology in aging: considerations about complex and educational interventions" |
| 18:05 - 18:10 | 5 minutes break | |||
| 18:10-18:35 | Antonino Giorgi, Italy - "The Social interest and the mafia fundamentalism" | Iryna Sribna, Ukraine - "Sandplay - world in the sandbox. How does it work?" | Noziglia Carlotta, Italy - "The role of video games in developing and enhancing skills, multitasking abilities and creativity" | Edit Szélesné Ferencz, Hungary - "The legacy of Dr. Marosi Máday István" |
| 18:35-19:00 | Lucia Tseng, Taiwan - "Adlerian Based Adventure Group Counseling with Interracial Students: Social Emotional Learning, Career Adaptability, and Community Feeling" | Lo Yi-Ru, Taiwan - "Training the Trainers: A Five-Year Outcome Evaluation Study of the TSAP Parent - Teacher Certification Program" | Hui Sen Huang, Taiwan - "Facilitating Courage and Action for Change: The Use of 4 Crucial C’s and Socratic Questioning with Multicultural Families" | Les White, USA - "Stability of Personality: Revisiting 'Life Style Variables of Holocaust Survivors'" |
| 19:00 - 19:15 | Discussion | |||
| 19:15 - 19:30 | Speech of the newly elected President of IAIP followed by speech of Dr. Hanna Marx, who will be leading the next IAIP Congress 2024 in Cologne, Germany | |||
Given the unique circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, 28th Congress of the IAIP will be held online.
Registration and Format
Congress languages: English, Ukrainian
Each Congress’ day will last 4 hours:
First 2 hours: main lectures in a single virtual room.
Second 2 hours: parallel presentations in different virtual rooms.
Timetable
Congress:
8,00 a.m. - 12,00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, US (EDT)
2,00 p.m. - 6,00 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST)
3,00 p.m. - 7,00 p.m. Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
9,00 p.m. - 1,00 a.m. Japan Standard Time (JST)
Delegate Assembly:
9,00 a.m. - 11,00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, US (EDT)
3,00 p.m. - 5,00 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST)
4,00 p.m. - 6,00 p.m. Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
10,00 p.m. - 12,00 a.m. Japan Standard Time (JST)