WAPP Super Conference 2025
“A Picture Says More Than a Thousand Words”
📅 June 16–18, 2025
🌍 Online (Zoom) with hybrid/offline events worldwide
🎙 Organized by: World Association of Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (WAPP) and its national associations & centers
💡 Access: Free for WAPP members
📚 Recordings & Materials
🗣 Languages: English + national languages (with English translation)
About the Conference
Join a global dialogue on psychotherapy’s role in today’s world. This event brings together professionals from different psychotherapy approaches to foster collaboration and celebrate unity in diversity.
Meet our distinguished guests: Prof. Dilip V. Jeste, Prof. César A. Alfonso, MSc Gabriela Hum, Dr. Hamid Peseschkian, Prof. Alfred Pritz, along with many other esteemed speakers and participants.
30 Years of International Dialogue in Psychotherapy
This conference marks the 30th anniversary of a landmark event in psychotherapy history: the European Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference in Hamburg, July 1994. At that time, renowned figures such as Viktor Frankl, Paul Watzlawick, Irvin Yalom, Aaron Beck, Salvador Minuchin, Otto Kernberg, Eugene Gendlin, Albert Ellis, and many others gathered to shape the future of psychotherapy. Among them was Nossrat Peseschkian, the founder of Positive Psychotherapy, who played a key role in integrating transcultural perspectives into psychotherapy.
By reflecting on this historic moment, the WAPP Super Conference 2025 will highlight the ongoing evolution of psychotherapy, its social responsibility, and its role in addressing modern challenges such as pandemics, wars, climate change, and economic crises.
Key Goals:
✅ Unite professionals from diverse psychotherapy approaches worldwide
✅ Foster dialogue and collaboration across different methodologies
✅ Highlight psychotherapy’s role in social responsibility
✅ Explore future directions in a rapidly changing world
We’re happy to share the program with you — click the link below to register (if you haven’t yet) and explore what’s waiting for you!
Conference Program
📏 Monday, June 16, 2025 | 16:00–20:00 CEST (Other time zones to be added)
The Social Responsibility of Psychotherapy
🔹 16.00-17.00 CEST Opening Ceremony: Welcome by WAPP, introduction of participating institutes & countries
🔹 17.30-18.45 CEST National Round Tables: Discussions on psychotherapy’s social responsibility from different country perspectives
🔹 19.00-20.00 CEST International Round Table: Experts from various modalities share insights
📏 Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | 16:00–20:00 CEST
Case Studies in Different Modalities
🔹 16.00-16.45, 17.00-17.45 CEST National Sessions: Psychotherapists analyze a shared case study in an interview format
🔹 18.00-19.30 CEST International Discussion: Case conceptualization from the perspective of meta-psychotherapy theory
📏 Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 15:00–20:00 CEST
The Future of Psychotherapy in the Modern World
🔹 15.00-16.30 CEST International Round Table: Leaders of global psychotherapy organizations discuss the future of the field
🔹 17.00-18.15 CEST National Discussions: Experts share regional perspectives on upcoming challenges and opportunities
🔹 18.30-19:30 CEST International Positive Psychotherapy Day: Special segment & closing ceremony
Who Can Participate?
🎓 Open to all WAPP members and invited mental health professionals
Who has already confirmed participation?
🌍 Participation from psychotherapy institutions across: Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Ethiopia/Kenya, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, India, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, USA and more.
Join Now & Be Part of This Global Exchange!
📌 Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and shape the future of psychotherapy.
Organizing Committee:
• Chairperson: Ewa Dobiala, MD, Poland
• Valeryia Alinouskaya, MD, Poland
• Julia Dremina, MA, Thailand
• Dragos Marian, MA, Romania
• Ana Mikiashvili, MA, Georgia
• Liudmila Moskalenko, PhD, Ukraine
• Kateryna Ovcharek, MA, Bulgaria/Ukraine
• Aneta Pietrzak, MA, Poland
Scientific Committee:
• Chairperson: Hamid Peseschkian, MD, DM, DMSc, Germany
• Liudmila Moskalenko, PhD, Ukraine
• Ewa Dobiala, MD, Poland
• Fariba Karamloo, PhD, Germany
• Prof. Fr. Arul Muthu, PhD, India
• Anna Wyszadko, PhD, Poland
