Dear friends and colleagues

We are pleased to present the program for the 5th International Conference “Psychotherapy Relationships That Work.” Together with our invited guests, we warmly welcome all participants and encourage active participation in this unique event. The conference will bring together experts from various fields who will share their experiences and the latest research on effective therapeutic relationships. We are confident that this year’s edition will bring many inspiring discussions and valuable insights.

We invite you to participate in lectures, workshops, and discussion sessions that will provide a deep understanding of the topics addressed during the conference. We believe that this time will not only be an opportunity for learning but also for establishing valuable professional connections.

Friday, June 14

12:00 am           REGISTRATION BEGINS

             Building C, ground floor

2:45 pm             OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE             Hall C

Maria Marquardt – President of the Polish Society for the Integration of Psychotherapy

3:00 – 5:00 pm  PLENARY SESSION 1      Hall C

  • Bernhard M. Strauss: Integrative approach in psychotherapy: Competence-based training
  • Gary Burlingame: Supporting the group psychotherapy process through systematic measurement: Monitoring of participant selection, process, and outcomes

5:00 – 5:30 pm  Coffee break

5:30 – 7:30 pm  PLENARY SESSION 2      Hall C

  • Francesco Gazzillo: Therapeutic relationship as a factor of change in the Mastery and Control Theory (CMT)
  • Mick Cooper: Researching relational depth

Glass of wine

 

Saturday, June 15

9:00 – 10:30 am              TRACK A – parallel presentations

  • Bernhard M. Strauss: Interpersonal competence training and skills for repairing disruptions in the therapeutic relationship

Hall C

  • Elżbieta Brodowska: A case study of a psychosomatizing patient with dysthymia treated with ISTDP
  • Lidia Joanna Kulikowska: The unconscious liberated: the therapeutic relationship as a healing factor

Room 3605, 6th floor

  • Michał Jasiński and Stanisław Pawlak: Psychedelics in the therapy room: The therapeutic relationship with psychedelics users

Room 3628, 6th floor

  • Maria Marquardt: Supervision of family therapy using Danuta Mostwin’s method

Room 3630, 6th floor

  • Katarzyna Moneta-Spyra: The pain of betrayal from the attachment perspective: Working with attachment injuries in couples using the EFT model

Piotr Biederek: LGBTQIAP+ relationships in a therapeutic context in the EFT model: challenges and opportunities in diversity

Room 3526, 5th floor

10:45 am – 12:45 pm     PLENARY SESSION 3      Hall C

  • Lynne Rigaud: A developmentally informed humanistic approach to the treatment of OCD
  • Giulia Altera: How attachment theory helps heal and build relationships: Working with couples in the EFT approach

12:45 – 2:15 pm              coffee break

2:15 – 4:15 pm  PLENARY SESSION 4 Hall C

  • Bożena Maciek-Haściło, Jan Chodkiewicz, and Ireneusz Kaczmarczyk: Directions of integration in addiction psychotherapy

moderator: Joanna Romaniuk

4:15 – 4:45 pm  Coffee break

4:45 – 6:15 pm  TRACK B – parallel presentations

  • Ewa Korzynow-Talczewska: Reflections on a psychodynamic therapist’s proficiency and relational competence in the context of attachment theory, relational trauma and neuroscience
  • Igor Rotberg: Fluidity of the therapeutic relationship with complex trauma patients

Room 3628, 6th floor

  • Ewa Dobiała: The actual and therapeutic relationship as a refuge and bridge over a splitting world in an age of global military conflicts and identity crises
  • Krzysztof Ciepliński: Common and specific factors in psychodrama interactions

Room 3605, 6th floor

  • Jan Dyba: Two approaches, one model: an integrated strategic model of therapeutic work using deep trance states

Room 3630, 6th floor

  • Zofia Milska-Wrzosińska: Difficult situations in psychotherapy: How to take care of patients and oneself

Hall C

6:15 pm             Evening of poetry          Hall C

  • Ireneusz Kaczmarczyk: Poems collected in darkness shine. Poetry: a relational experience

Chair: Ewa Chalimoniuk

 

Sunday, June 16

9:00 – 10:30       TRACK C – parallel presentations

  • Krzysztof Jedliński, Jolanta Sokół-Jedlińska, and Joanna Komorowska-Mach: Dynamics of relational depth in interpersonal training
  • Renata Mizerska: Presence and commitment of the psychotherapist: Ethical attitude or professional competence?

Room 3605, 6th floor

  • Anna Dawidziuk-Łęczycka, Anna Judycka, and Oksana Świerczyńska: The therapeutic relationship that heals the patient and the therapist: Based on the relationship with a depressive patient with defensive weepiness and projection of will in the ISTDP model

Room 3526, 5th floor

  • Ewa Korzynow-Talczewska: Group supervision as support for a healing therapeutic relationship: Supervision workshop with a reflecting team

Room 3634, 6th floor

  • Ireneusz Kaczmarczyk: Case conceptualization of client with addiction problem from an experiential-existential perspective: Model presentation

Room 3630, 6th floor

  • Gary Burlingame and Sue Jenkins: Routine outcome monitoring (ROM) in clinical practice: Benefits and measures

Hall C

10:45 am – 12:45 pm     PLENARY SESSION 5      Hall C

  • Jon Frederickson: The woman who always gave psychotherapists what they expected: Pseudo-alliance from the ISTDP perspective

12:45 – 1:15 pm              coffee break

13:15 pm           CONCLUSION    Hall C

  • Czesław Czabała
  • PLENARY DISCUSSION

Chairs: Czesław Czabała and Joanna Romaniuk

2:15 pm             CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE Hall C

Maria Marquardt – President of the Polish Society for the Integration of Psychotherapy