PROGRAM

11th JAN

Wednesday

13th JAN

Friday

12th JAN

Thursday

14th JAN

Saturday

The Online Appetizer

Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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What to do when I don’t know what to do

Carlos Raimundo, Australia

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In-between: the emptiness as a creative space

Adrian Hofstede, the Netherlands

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Egypt: exploring: the first light of humanity

Jorge Burmeister Petulla, Switzerland – Spain

Wednesday 4th January 2023
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Applying Stages of Change in Group Therapy

Greg Crosby, USA

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The secrets of Gender, emotions, group wisdom and culture

Cristina Martinez Taboada, Spain

*All conference registrants are invited to the Online Appetizer.

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Preconference Workshops

Wednesday

11th January 2023

Rakhawy Institute for Training and Research (RITR)

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Registration
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Orientation
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PW1 (Part1)
The Four-step Integrative Model for Group Psychotherapy

Refaat Mahfouz, Egypt Hoda Refaat, Egypt

PW 2A
Psychodrama group with adolescents: theory and technique

Maurizio Gasseau, Italy

PW3 (Part 1)
Conflict transformation, restorative dialogues, and restorative justice with children and adolescent In families, schools, mental health and children’s institutions (Rakhawy Institute for Training and Research)

Eva Fahlstrom Borg, Sweden

PW4 (Part 1)
The Aesthetics of Interconnection. Dance Movement Therapy in Psychiatry"

Vincenzo Bellia, Italy Barbara Dragoni, Italy

PW 5A (Part 1)
The Analytic Autogenetic Training with Guided Visualizations (A.A.T.G.V.)

Domenico Agresta, Italy

PW 6 (Part 1)
Working with shock trauma via the completion of psychophysiological reactions

Pavel Kornienko, Russia

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LUNCH BREAK
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PW1 (Part2)
The Four-step Integrative Model for Group Psychotherapy

Refaat Mahfouz, Egypt Hoda Refaat, Egypt

PW 2B
You are not your symptoms Psychodrama work with psychosomatics

Judith Teszáry, Sweden, Hungary

PW3 (Part 2)
Conflict Transformation with children and young people in families, schools and institution

Eva Fahlstrom Borg, Sweden

PW4 (Part 2)
The Aesthetics of Interconnection. Dance Movement Therapy in Psychiatry"

Vincenzo Bellia, Italy Barbara Dragoni, Italy

PW 5B
The Analytic Autogenetic Training with Guided Visualizations (A.A.T.G.V.)

Domenico Agresta, Italy

PW 6 (Part 2)
Working with shock trauma via the completion of psychophysiological reactions

Pavel Kornienko, Russia

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RECEPTION

**Participants are requested to attend all workshop parts composed of more than one session (A & B)

Conference Workshops

Day 1

Thursday

12th January 2023

The Guard Hotel

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The Social Dreaming Matrix
Jorge Burmeister (Switzerland, Spain), Maurizio Gasseau (Italy) and Maria van Noort (Netherlands)
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E (1/3)
The Four-step Integrative Model for Group Psychotherapy

Refaat Mahfouz, Egypt Hoda Refaat, Egypt

W1
Important transitions in life

Maria van Noort, The Netherlands

W2
Video intervention to promote secure attachment representations in families

Maite Pi Ordonez, Spain

S1 (RESEARCH)
Chairperson
Catherina Mela, Manal El Attar
Facing the white death of Dementia How psychotherapeutic could assist patients and caregivers?

Catherina Mela, Greece

Individual dynamic psychotherapy with experiential group psychotherapy

Samir Abolmagd, Egypt

Application of mindfulness in fibromyalgia patients.

Alberto Amutio-Kareaga, Spain

Dreams icons theory during covid time A psychosomatic perspective.

Domenico Mimmo Agresta, Italy

W3
Creativity and Empowerment through puppets in group therapy

Lucia Aranda Kilian, Mexico

W4
The Transformative Wisdom of Dreams in Jungian Psychodrama

Maurizio Gasseau, Italy

W5
Basic Principles of Group Analysis

Zoe Voyatzaki, Greece

W6
Resisting figures in myths, dreams and life

Ulli Lobach, Germany

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OPENING CEREMONY
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PLENARY SESSIONS (1 -2)
Chairperson
Eva Fahlstrom Borg & Maurizio Gasseau, Refaat Mahfouz, Mona Rakhawy
Confrontation, togetherness and responsibility group psychotherapy in Egypt and the Arab World

Yehia Rakhawy, Egypt (Recording)
Presented by
Suuaad Moussa, Ahmed Hussein, Mohamed Rakhawy

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PLENARY SESSIONS 2-2
The Ethics of healing- compassion as a commitment and a vision for life

Jorge Burmeister, Switzerland - Spain

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ROUND TABLE
Supervision and Intervision in Practice IAGP Intervision groups Kasralainy Peer Supervision RITR Supervision Program

Maurizio Gasseau, Italy Mona Rakhawy, Egypt Cristina Martinez Taboada, Spain Eva Fahlstrom Borg, Sweden Maria van Noort, the Netherlands Noha Sabry, Egypt Aref Khoweiled, Egypt Dalal Amer, Egypt Reham Kamel, Egypt Reem Deif, Egypt Ehab Youssef, Egypt

W7
Empathy and its effect

Ahmed Dobea, Egypt

S2
Chairpersons
Manal El Attar, Richard Beck
Religion aspects in psychotherapy

Mohamed El Mahdy, Egypt Awsam Wasfy, Egypt Wael Abo Hendy, Egypt

S3 (RESEARCH)
Chairpersons
Ivan Urlić, Noha Sabry
Effect of cognitive behavioral therapy program on mental health status among medical student in Palestine during COVID pandemic

Ahmad Adel Hanani, Palestine

How psychoeducation. And support groups helped the families of Abassyia mental health hospital patients

Asmaa Abdelfattah M. Kamal, Egypt

Exploration of the common ground between poetry and group analysis

Konstantinos Liolios, Greece

Sociodrama Pilot Study: An Ethnographic Approach

Paulina Ayala Hernández, Mexico Ahmed Ismail, Egypt Radwa Salem, Egypt

W8
There is something in me called courage

Marcia Karp, UK

W9
The past of our families – The permissions and the constraints

Anastasiia Butenko, Russia

W10
How to initiate a support group

Nabil Elkot, Egypt

W11
Depression, stress and fear of psychosis: The burnout syndrome in mental health professionals (A Psychodrama Workshop)

Stylianos Lagarkis, Greece

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The Large Group

Catherina Mela (Greece) and Ivan Urlic (Croatia)

W: Workshop

S: Symposium

E: Experiential Group

*All participants are invited to attend the social dreaming matrix, the plenary sessions and the large group.
**Participants are requested to attend all workshops/experiential groups’ sessions composed of more than one session.

Day 2

Friday

13th January 2023

The Guard Hotel

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The Social Dreaming Matrix

Jorge Burmeister (Switzerland, Spain), Maurizio Gasseau (Italy) and Maria van Noort (Netherlands)

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The Four-step Integrative Model for Group Psychotherapy

Refaat Mahfouz, Egypt Hoda Refaat, Egypt

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Chairperson
Aref Khoweiled, Dena Baumgartner
Amazonnia: Global climate regulator

Heloisa Fleury, Brazil Marlene Marra, Brazil Isabel Fleury A. Costa, Brazil

An incidental group therapy: Reflections on an auto/biographical research study

Esther Miriam Van der Walt, South Africa

Group psychotherapy: Symptom relief or real transformation

John Gamal, Egypt Yara Osama, Egypt Aya Hussein, Egypt

W12
Climate Change and Mental Health

Richard Beck, USA

W13
Schema Therapy in the Arab World – Any Modification Needed?

Christoph Fuhrhans, Switzerland Ahmed Hanafy, Egypt Sherein Abdeen, Palestine Rola Qawasmi, Palestine

W14
Parenting a child with ADHD

Eman Gaber, Egypt Walaa Hosney, Egypt

S5
Chairpersons
Maite Pi, Ahmed Dobea
Work on trauma with psychodrama, Dreams and EMDR The transformative wisdom of dreams in Jungian psychodrama”

Maurizio Gasseau, Italy

The social dreaming matrix as a ‘double founding myth”: Explorations in the building of collective trauma

Domenico Agresta, Italy

Act of Triumph: Integration of psychodrama, EMDR and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Irene Maria Letizia Bossù, Italy

W15
Grief, Loss and Emotionally Focused Therapy

Dalia Sadek, Egypt - USA Eman Onsy, Egypt

S6 (RESEARCH)
Chairpersons
Kate Tauvons, Catherina Mela
Recovery helm: approach to mental health and recovery of patients with ‘difficult’ diagnosis

Ivan Urlic, Croatia

Egyptian Adaptation of DBT program for residential care adolescents: A pilot study

Reham Kamel, Egypt

Dynamics of Borderline personality disorder among a sample of adolescents (in-depth clinical study)

Mohamed Ahmed Mahmoud Khattab, Egypt

Implementing the DBT skill training group therapy in Kasr Al Ainy: experiences, challenges and dialectics

Shirin El-Makawi, Egypt

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PLENARY SESSIONS 3
Chairpersons
Walid Sarhan, Ahmed Dobeae, Cristina, Martinez Taboada
Challenges and Opportunities of Groups in the Region From Despair to Co-creation and Transformation

Mona Rakhawy, Egypt

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PRAYER TIME
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W16
Unlocking the True You

Dena Baumgartner, USA

S7
Chairpersons
Wafaal El Bahey, Zoe Voyatzaki
Seeking safety program sessions of group therapy in a sample of substance dependent females in a recovery program

Rania Mamdouh, Egypt

Introducing the Egyptian eating disorders initiative and the Middle East online ED holistic and multidisciplinary program

Sally Tomas, Egypt

Treating Eating disorders in the context of a Group therapy setting

Mirna Awad, and Mahmoud Zaki, Egypt

Hands-on Evidence based approaches for management of couples”

Eman Soliman, Egypt

W17
The psychotic experiences mirrored in the psychotherapeutic settings: The mind and brain in discoordination

Ivan Urlić, Croatia

ROUND TABLE
The IAGP Group Analytic Section Group analytic art psychotherapy with dreams

Konstantinos Liolios, Greece

Social dreaming theory, practice and research applications

Domenico Agresta, Italy

The aesthetics of interconnection Workshop on Dance Movement Therapy in Psychiatry

Vincenzo Bellia, Italy & Barbara Dragoni, Italy

ROUND TABLE
IAGP education in the world

Maurizi Gasseau, Italy Mona Rakhawy, Egypt Cristina Martinez Taboada,, Spain Maria van Noort, The Netherlands Maite Pi Ordonez, Spain

W18
Finding ourselves in a changing world – A sociodramatic exploration

Kate Bradshaw Tauvon, Sweden

W19
The divine feminine - A psychodramatic rebirthing of transcultural feminine archetypes

Anastasia Golema, Greece

W20
Activating resilience in children and adolescents

Nabil Ali Nasr, Egypt

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PLENARY SESSIONS 4
Chairpersons
Menan Abdelmaksoud, Richard Beck, Mona Rakhawy
Improving and Sustaining Group Therapist Effectiveness

Molyn Leszcz, Canada (Online)

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The Large Group

Catherina Mela,Greece and Ivan Urlic, Croatia

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Pharaonic Night
Graduation Ceremony (The Four - step Integrative Model, EFT, DMT) ***

W: Workshop

S: Symposium

E: Experiential Group

W: Workshop S: Symposium E: Experiential Group
*All participants are invited to attend the social dreaming matrix, the plenary sessions and the large group.
**Participants are requested to attend all workshops/experiential groups’ sessions composed of more than one session.
*** The Four-step Integrative Model for Group Psychotherapy Diploma, Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) EGYCEFT, Dance Movement Therapy (DMT).

Day 3

Saturday

14th January 2023

The Guard Hotel

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The Social Dreaming Matrix

Jorge Burmeister (Switzerland, Spain), Maurizio Gasseau (Italy) and Maria van Noort (Netherlands)

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The Four-step Integrative Model for Group Psychotherapy

Refaat Mahfouz, Egypt Hoda Refaat, Egypt

W21 (1/2)
Exploring social unconscious clues upon generational gap across the Mediterranean: When group analysis meets psychodrama

Konstantinos Liolios, Greece Hanan El-Mazahy, Egypt

W 2 2 ( 1 / 2 )
The “Vital Child” andThe Hero’s Journey - working with Narratives on Autonomy and Empowerment in Schema Therapy (THIS WORKSHOP IS OF TWO PARTS)

Christoph Fuhrhans, Switzerland

W23
The secrets of Gender, emotions, group wisdom and culture

Cristina Martinez Taboada, Spain

W24
EFT and Sex

George Faller, USA

W25
The unfinished encounter

Lars Tauvon, Sweden

W26
Back in presence, dreams sailing in the night may take us again to the transformative wisdom

Marina Brinchi, Italy

W27
Artistic process for empowerment and co-creation

Marram Tolba, Egypt Menna El-Torky, Egypt

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PLENARY SESSIONS 5
Chairpersons
Catherina, Heloisa, Afaf Hamed
Training in Psychodrrama and Sociodrama: Who can do What?

Judith Teszary, Sweden

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POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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Picture of you. A psychodrama Workshop

Marcello Paltrinieri and Martina Bruni, Italy

W21 (2/2)
Exploring social unconscious clues upon generational gap across the Mediterranean: When group analysis meets psychodrama

Konstantinos Liolios, Greece Hanan El-Mazahy, Egypt

W 2 2 ( 2 / 2 )
The “Vital Child” and The Hero’s Journey – working with Narratives on Autonomy and Empowerment in Schema Therapy (THIS WORKSHOP IS OF TWO PARTS)

Christoph Fuhrhans, Switzerland

S5
Relational Expressive Dance Movement Therapy (Dmt-Er) applications in the middle East*

Moderator: Asmaa Halim, Egypt

DMT for hospitalized Borderline Personality Disorder

Aya Hussein, Egypt

DMT in Geriatrics

Alaa Elhadad, Egypt Sandra Ebaid, Egypt

DMT with children

Alia Tag, Lebanon Dima Oubari, Lebanon

W29
Impact of materials with guided imagery meditation in art Therapy application”

Amira Soliman, Egypt

W30
Integrating Egyptian cultural rituals in a group work

Sara Habib, Egypt Asmaa Abdelfattah, Egypt

ROUND TABLE
Snapshots of Mental health through a camera lens

Khalid Ali, Sudan Nabil El kot, Egypt Mona Rakhawy, Egypt Mariam Naoum, Egypt Tharaa Goubail, Egypt Inas Abdelhamid, Egypt

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Access your magical inner child through art - Expressive art therapy workshop

Aliaa Elsheikh, Egypt Amany Shenouda, Egypt

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THE LARGE GROUP

Catherina Mela, Greece and Ivan Urlic, Croatia

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CONFERENCE CLOSING CEREMONY (FOLKLORE, SUFI DANCE AND MORE)

W: Workshop

S: Symposium

E: Experiential Group

W: Workshop S: Symposium E: Experiential Group
*All participants are invited to attend the social dreaming matrix, the plenary sessions and the large group.
**Participants are requested to attend all workshops/experiential groups’ sessions composed of more than one session.
*** The Four-step Integrative Model for Group Psychotherapy Diploma, Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) EGYCEFT, Dance Movement Therapy (DMT).