About the topic:
– Intercultural migration involves transitioning from one society to another, from one culture to another, and from one identity to another. Emigration is a pivotal event in a person’s life, unparalleled in its significance and complexity. Migrants face profound personal transformations at cognitive, emotional, and behavioral levels, placing immense strain on their psyche.
– Research conducted during peacetime indicates that only about 75% of migrants relocate due to economic, political, and social reasons. While the impact of external factors may increase in wartime, individual psychological characteristics, personal aspirations, and values still play a key role in migration decisions.
– The greatest challenge for intercultural migrants is the lack of understanding of the migration process dynamics and the personal transformations that occur after transitioning into a new socio-cultural environment.
? About the speaker: Larysa I. Didkovska, author of “The Psychology of a Migrant” and “Socio-Cultural Adaptation in Immigration:
• Psychologist, psychotherapist, PhD in Psychology,
• Rector of the Ukrainian Free University in Munich,
• Associate Professor at the Psychology Department of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv,
• President of the Ukrainian Association for Gestalt Therapy,
• Head of the Gestalt Therapy Section of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists,
• Member of the European Association for Psychotherapy (since 2001) and the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists, and Psychotherapists (since 2007),
• Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Ukrainian Free University (Munich, Germany, since 2009),
• Member of EAGT (since 2018) and the HR & SR Committee.