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International Conference Conflict and Reconciliation in Groups, Couples, Families and Society

24-27 May 2012 Athens, Greece

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM (as of 9th March 2012)

Meeting room assignments will be announced in the final printed program

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THURSDAY24MAY201218.0019.00 HALL:MACEDONIAOPENINGSESSIONAddressesandSalutationsOpeningLectureSearchingforthemeaningoflife:ConflictandreconciliationMatthewJosafat(Greece)19.0020.30 HALL:MACEDONIALECTURESMaritaldisagreementandstruggleforrecognitionAlbertoEiguer(France)Linesofconflictsinpsychoanalysis:Reconciliationsinthefuture?MichaelB.Buchholz(Germany)20.30 HALL:TBAWELCOMINGRECEPTION

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FRIDAY25MAY201208.0009.15 HALL:TBASOCIALDREAMINGMATRIXGilaOfer(Israel)08.0009.15 HALL:TBASMALLGROUPTransitionalspace:AsafespaceforworkingthroughconflictsinfamilytherapywithaplayagefamilyDimitrisZachos(Greece)09.3011.00 HALL:MACEDONIALECTURESTransgenerationaltransmissionoftraumaanditssocietal/politicalconsequencesVamikD.Volkan(USA)DisordersofentitlementandtheSocialUnconsciousEarlHopper(UK) 11.0011.30 COFFEEBREAK11.3012.45 HALLS:TBADISCUSSIONGROUPSConvenorsTBA12.4514.00 MIDDAYBREAK/LIGHTLUNCHEFPPSectionmeetingswilltakeplaceduringmiddaybreak.HallsTBA14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPANELWarandpeaceincouplesandfamiliesChair:PierreBenghozi(France)Externalconflicts/internalconflictsincouplesandfamiliesPhilippeRobert(France)Disagreements.PacifyinginwarandaggressivenessinpeaceAlbertoEiguer(France)Fights,tantrumsandhostilityinacouple:WithwhomdowemakeupAnneLoncan(France)

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14.0015.30 HALL:TBASUBPLENARYPANELTwoworldsinone:LinkingthesocialandtheclinicalTheFamilyasAntiGroupMorrisNitsun(UK)TheSocialUnconsciousinfamiliesandgroups:ClinicalexamplesHaimWeinberg(Israel,USA)TheconflictofbelongingAthenaChatjoulis(Greece)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPANELGroupanalyticpsychotherapyasafacilitatingsettingfortheworkingthroughofconflictsFundamentalpsychologicaltoolstoachieveinsightandtransformationChair:IsauraMansoNeto(Portugal)Panelists:MrioDavid,IsauraMansoNeto,ManuelaPorto(Portugal)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAEFPPONGOINGWORKSHOP:RESEARCHWORKSHOP(PARTI)Chair:EdithLecourt(France)SocialbrainasanexpressionofbrainplasticityingroupanalysisCatherineMela(Greece)Conflictualinterpersonalpatternsinfamilieswithabulimicpatient:AninteractionanalysisonpsychoanalyticassumptionsMichaelStasch(Germany)ParentalloyaltyconflictsintheadoptedchildElisabethBalls(Spain)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPANELEarlyinterventionprogrammestofamilieswithinfantsandtoddlersinthepublicsector,basedonmodelsdevelopedattheTavistockClinicandtheAnnaFreudCentreChair:EffieLayiouLignos(Greece)Whatarethepossibilitiesofchangeintheimplicitparentinfantrelationalelements,whicharebasedonpowerfulunconsciousparentaldefences?AristeaSkoulika(Greece)

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Keepcalmandcarryon:ContainingprimitiveanxietiesamidstthechaosofeconomicandsocialupheavalOlympiaSklidi(Greece)ReflectionsontheapplicationofaprogrammeofbriefparentinfantpsychotherapyMarieAngeWiddershovenZervaki(Greece)Parenttoddlergroups:ThefunctionofsharingAnthiaNavridi(Greece)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPRESENTATIONSThetherapeuticallianceingrouptreatment:AcaseanalysisBertaAznarMartnez,C.PrezTestor,M.Davins,I.Aramburu(Spain)Thepeaceafterthewar?MartheBarracodePinto&CatherineCombase(France)TransgenerationaltransmissionoffamilytraumaandthesufferingbodyAggelikiPassia(Greece)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAWORKSHOPInformalrolesinthefamilyandtheireffectsonourlives:RoleanalysisasasourceofpersonalgrowthCoordinators:MarciaHonig&UriLevin(Israel)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPRESENTATIONSConflictandreconciliation:AnethnopsychoanalyticalpointofviewSaskiavonOverbeckOttino(Switzerland)AvatarsfeaturesofactualizationofconflictsinateachinggroupSuzanneEhrenspergerCunod(Switzerland)GroupworkwithBedouingrandmotherschargedwithcaringfortheirgrandchildrenSmadarBenAsher(Israel)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAEFPPONGOINGWORKSHOP:TRANSCULTURALWORKSHOP(PARTI)TheroleofcultureinconflictandreconciliationChairs:MarySprengCourtney(Switzerland)andIngerLarsson(Sweden)15.3016.00 COFFEEBREAK

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16.0017.30 HALL:TBASUBPLENARYPANELEnemies,lovestory:ReconciliationinthepresenceoffoeGilaOfer&RobieFriedman(Israel)16.0017.30 HALL:TBAWORKSHOPExaminingtheunconsciouslinkinfamilytherapyCoordinators:DavidE.ScharffandJillSavegeScharff16.0017.30 HALL:TBAEFPPONGOINGWORKSHOP:RESEARCHWORKSHOP(PARTII)Chair:EdithLecourt(France)TheStudentandhis/herdifficultyforbuildinghimself/herselfasapersonrevealedwithingroupsofpeersLouisBasco&FabieneCote(France)Identityandlossinimmigrantadolescents:Conflict,reengagementandreconciliationDoraSkalli(Greece)Perceptionsofpsychotherapyresearch:AcomparisonbetweenmembersoftheCanadianGroupPsychotherapyAssociationandtheGermanSocietyforGroupAnalysisandGroupPsychotherapy(D3G)RainerWeber(Germany)16.0017.30 HALL:TBAPRESENTATIONSConflictbetweensiblingsasanexpressionoffamilydistressDanielaLucarelli&GabrielaTavazza(Italy)SadomasochisticrelationshipbetweenthenarcissisticpartnersintheprocessofseparationJasnaVeljkovic,MiodragNaunovic,VesnaDukanac,GordanaBokalovic,(Serbia)BrankaPecotic(UK),OliveraAleksic(Serbia)Incongruentgriefafteraperinatalloss:ThecoupleconflictandreconciliationAlexandraSLeonardo(Portugal)16.0017.30 HALL:TBAPANELConflictresolutionprocessesinapeerstudygroupdiscussingclinicalmaterialofagroupanalyticgroupChair:NikosLamnidisGreece)Panelists:AthinaTsoukali,SophiaMoraitou,AmalieStamataki(Greece)

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16.0017.30 HALL:TBAWORKSHOPThesearchofIntersubjectivity,interrelatednessandmeaninginborderlinepersonalitydisorderedoutpatientsgroup.Conflict,entitlementandthesociallyconstructedorganizationinthecollectivegroupmindCoordinator:SophiaPloumaki(UK)16.0017.30 HALL:TBAEFPPONGOINGWORKSHOP:TRANSCULTURALWORKSHOP(PARTII)TheroleofcultureinconflictandreconciliationChairs:MarySprengCourtney(Switzerland)andIngerLarsson(Sweden)17.4518.45 HALL:MACEDONIALARGEGROUPConvenorsTBA19.0020.30 GREEKSESSION HALL:TBAPANELTransgenerationalmourning:Anunreconciliableconflict?Chair:DimitrisRigas(Greece) Theviolenceofinheritanceofunmournedtraumas:AclinicalapproachIriniVlachaki(Greece)ThecaseofthelostlegGrigorisManiadakis(Greece)Discussant:DimitrisRigas(Greece)19.0020.30 GREEKSESSION HALL:TBAWORKSHOPMakingasculptureofreconciliationCoordinators:S.Krasanakis,E.Krasanaki(Greece)

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19.0020.30 GREEKSESSION HALL:TBAPRESENTATIONSTransferencecountertransferenceincouplepsychotherapyEvangeliaKyvelou(Greece)Betrayingthebondofphilia:Causesofconflict,destructionandselfdestructionintheplaysofEuripidesNikosKonstandaras(Greece)19.0020.30 GREEKSESSION HALL:TBAPRESENTATIONSFamilyconflictanditsdepictioninplasticartsSofiaMichalopoulou(Greece)Istherearelationshipbetweenclassicalpsychoanalysisandgroupanalysis?XanthiStavrianou(Greece)Creativity:thewaytoindividualisationthroughconflictsandreconciliationsKonstantinosKardaras(Greece)19.0020.30 GREEKSESSION HALL:TBAPRESENTATIONSConflictsinfamilywithborderlinepatient:AwaytocommunicationAristeaBerk,PentagiotissaStefanatou,GrigorisVaslamatzis(Greece)Cotherapyingroupswithseverelydisturbedborderlinepatients.AnopportunityforreparativeexperienceofparentingandtheunconsciousconflictreconciliationcontractsEmiliaCharitaki,MariaKokkosi(Greece)

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SATURDAY26MAY201208.0009.15 HALL:TBASOCIALDREAMINGMATRIXGilaOfer(Israel)08.0009.15 HALL:TBASMALLGROUPTransitionalspace:AsafespaceforworkingthroughconflictsinfamilytherapywithaplayagefamilyDimitrisZachos(Greece) 08.0009.15 HALL:TBASMALLGROUPAspectsofthepsychictransmissionintocaseofinfertilityintraumatizedwomanAnnapaolaGiannelli(Italy)09.3011.00 HALL:MACEDONIALECTURESCoupledreamsasunconsciousinterpersonallinkDavidE.Scharff(USA)Toxiccollusionsincouples:Spooning,colludingandtheshapeofaplate:Howwefitandwhatmighthelp,whenintimacydemandsdamage?JohnSchlapobersky(UK) 11.0011.30 COFFEEBREAK11.3012.45 HALLS:TBADISCUSSIONGROUPSConvenorsTBA12.4514.00 MIDDAYBREAK/LIGHTLUNCHEFPPSectionmeetingswilltakeplaceduringmiddaybreak.HallsTBA

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14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPANELRelationalapproachestothecoupleChair:PereLlovetPlanas(Spain)CoChair:MariaIgnacio(Spain)Conflictualfamilies.EldersfaultsarepaidbytheinnocentsJuanCarlosCrowley(Spain)Intersubjectivity.Oneoftheirdestinies:ThecoupleLeaForster(Spain)Canalinkbereconstructed?WorkingwithadoptingsingleparentfamiliesMariaIgnacio(Spain)FamiliesworkmodelinpublicservicesMontserratGarciaMil(Spain)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPANELTheSocialUnconsciousChair:HaimWeinberg(Israel,USA)Thesocialunconsciousandthefoundationmatrix:Beyondindividuals,groupsandorganizationsEarlHopper(UK)Howtoexplorethesocialunconsciousofaspecificculture?HaimWeinberg(Israel,USA)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPANELAgroupwithamediatingobject:HowtotransformindividualandsocialconflictsChair:ClaudineVacheretVivierFrance)ThefundamentalreasonsofgrouppsychotherapywithmediatingobjectClaudineVacheretVivier(France)Breakfantasyandgroupillusion,aninterpretationof"conflictandreconciliation"throughAnzieu'sconcept,withexampleinmusictherapyEdithLecourt(France)ThemediationofPhotolanguagewithviolentpatientsinamodelsetting:CarceralhospitalMagaliRavit(France)Theinstitutionaltreatmentoftheviolence:fromconflicttoconflictualisationJeanPierrePinel(France)

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14.0015.30 HALL:TBAEFPPONGOINGWORKSHOP:TRAUMAANDSTATEVIOLENCEWORKSHOP(PARTI)Chair:AnnaSabatiniScalmati(Italy)D>PS:Institutionastheproblem?PS>D:Institutionasthesolution?GuelfoMargherita(Italy)Askingtoremember,askingtoforget.ThedangerofforgettingplaguedwithconflictsandtheincidentalwonderofrememberingblessedwithreconciliationofachildadultHolocaustsurvivorAnatKandel(Israel)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPANELFrommonophonictopolyphonicdialogue:asystemicapproach(OrganizedbytheHellenicSystemicThinkingandFamilyTherapyAssociation)Chair:VlassisTomaras(Greece)Conflictinhumanrelations:CreativeanddestructiveaspectsValeriaPomini(Greece)Synthesizingcontradictions:AwayoutfrompsychosomaticsDionyssisSakkas(Greece)Systemicandpsychoanalyticfamilypsychotherapy:DivergencesandconvergencesKatiaCharalabaki(Greece)Collaborativepracticinginfamilytherapy:ThereflectingteamexperienceKellyPatrikou(Greece)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPANELSocioculturalandscientificbeliefsandthegenesisofconflictiverelationships:AbrainbehaviorperspectiveChair:MarthaKoukkou(Switzerland)Personalmeaningextractingbrainfunctions,thegenesisofintrapsychicconflictsandtheirroleforconflictivehumanrelationshipsMarthaKoukkou(Switzerland)Subjectiveexperienceofcoping(wellbeing)atcrossroadsoflife:Theroleoftheparents'educationalstylesMariaHatzopoulou(Greece)Memoriesofconflictiverelationshipswithparents:TheeffectsonsubjectiveexperienceofcopinginfirstsemesteruniversitystudentsAngelaSuter(Switzerland)

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14.0015.30 HALL:TBAWORKSHOPConceptiontraumaofgroupanalysisinSerbiaCoordinators:MarinaMojovic,TijaDespotovic,JelicaSataric(Serbia)14.0015.30 HALL:TBAPANELManagingidentitiesinaconflictingspace:EducatingtheMinorityinThraceChair:ThaliaDragonas(Greece)ChangesintheeducationoftheMuslimminorityinThrace:VisibleandinvisibleobstaclesAnnaFragoudaki(Greece)NegotiatingidentitiesinThrace:PsychodynamicaspectsThaliaDragonas(Greece)PedagogicalchangesandideologicalresistancesinteachertrainingAlexandraAndroussou(Greece)Buildingbridgesofcoexistence:MultiplenarrativesoftheyouthcreativeProjectsAnniVassiliou(Greece)15.4517.15 HALL:TBASUBPLENARYPANELViolence,shame,humiliation:Ritualofforgivenessandreconciliation.ApsychoanalyticperspectiveoflinksPierreBenghozi(France)MythsandconflictsinthepathologyofthefamilyslifeAnnaNicolo(Italy)15.4517.15 HALL:TBAPANELTheSocialUnconscious:DimensionsandapplicationsofaconceptPanelists:EarlHopper(UK),VamikVolkan(USA),DavidScharff(USA)

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15.4517.15 GREEKSESSION HALL:TBAPANELOnlargegroupdynamics:Contemporarycrisis,conflictandresolutioninHellenicsocietyChair:AthenaChatjoulis(Greece)ConflictandreconciliationinHellenicSocietyVasiliosKarapostolis(Greece)AnomicbehaviorinmodernGreekpubliclife:ApsychoanalyticapproachVasileiosThermos(Greece)MythspervadingtheHellenicSocialUnconsciousDimitrisKyriazis(Greece)15.4517.15 HALL:TBAEFPPONGOINGWORKSHOP:TRAUMAANDSTATEVIOLENCEWORKSHOP(PARTII)Chair:AnnaSabatiniScalmati(Italy)Workingwithmissingrelativesinpostwarcontext:AcontributiontoreconciliationPiaAndreatta(Austria)Violenceandreconciliationinfamilieswithmigration'sbackgroundintheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgGiseleMedinger(Luxembourg)Thedifficultreunificationofforeignchildren:trauma,conflictsandreconciliationMariaLauraZuccarino(Italy)15.4517.15 HALL:TBAEFPPONGOINGWORKSHOP:INFANTOBSERVATIONWORKSHOP(PARTI)Chair:SimonaNissim(Italy)ChildPsychotherapyandthedifferentcontextsofthechild:threatsofconflictandpossibilityofintegrationRossellaCoveri,MyriamMonticelli,ElizabettaPapucci(Italy)15.4517.15 HALL:TBAPANELPsychoanalyticapproachtoborderlinepatients:GroupdynamicsChair:GrigorisVaslamatzis(Greece)CoChair:IreneIoannovich(Greece)Groupswithparentsofborderlinepatients:FromchaostotheassumptionofresponsibilityIreneIoannovich(Greece)

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ThetransitionalspaceasaspaceofcreativityandcatastropheinborderlinesgrouptherapyEftyhiaKalliteraki(Greece)Regression,conflictandreconciliationinthetherapeuticteamandsupervisionHaraKaramanolaki(Greece)15.4517.15 HALL:TBAWORKSHOPThebrokencontainerCoordinators:MarciaHonig(Israel)&AndreasvonWallenbergPachaly(Germany)15.4517.15 HALL:TBAEFPPONGOINGWORKSHOP:TRANSCULTURALWORKSHOP(PARTIII)TheroleofcultureinconflictandreconciliationCoordinators:MarySprengCourtney(Switzerland)andIngerLarsson(Sweden)15.1517.45 COFFEEBREAK17.4519.00 HALL:TBASUBPLENARYPANELTherapythrougheducationandeducationthroughtherapyingroupKlimisNavridis(Greece)TransformationofconflictingroupwithmediatingobjectClaudineVacheret(France)17.4519.00 HALL:TBASUBPLENARYPANELFromdestructivitytoconflictFromconflicttoreconciliationAnastasiaTsamparli(Greece)andChristianeJoubert(France)17.4519.00 HALL:TBAPRESENTATIONSThedivisioninto"us"and"them"asapsychologicaldeepstructure:OntheinborndifficultyofdialoguewithothersUriLevin(Israel)It'swar!ConflictandreconciliationinthedynamicofatherapeuticgroupforchildrenChristinaCalarasanu(Romania)

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17.4519.00 HALL:TBAEFPPONGOINGWORKSHOP:INFANTOBSERVATIONWORKSHOP(PARTII)Chair:SimonaNissim(Italy)17.4519.00 HALL:TBAPRESENTATIONSFamilialconflictinthetherapeuticsettingNikosStathopoulos(Greece)Borderlinesandpassagewaysingroups,couplesandfamiliestherapiesRosaJaitin(France)Amurder,afuneralandanunresolvedtraumaticgriefKiaThanopoulou(Greece)17.4519.00 HALL:TBAPRESENTATIONSEverythingispermitted,restrictionsstillapply:ThenarcissismoflatecapitalismanditscriticsIanThurston(UK)EmotionallyhealthyorganizationsBrankaPecotic(UK)17.4519.00 HALL:TBAPANELGrouptheoryforthegroupfield,ingrouptermsChair:KostasMorogiannis(Greece)CurrenttrendsingroupanalytictheoryKostasMorogiannis(Greece)AsociodynamicapproachinthegroupfieldIoannisKaterelos(Greece)Discussant:CharalambosTsekeris(Greece)

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17.4519.00 HALL:TBAPANELImpingementsofsevereparentalpsychopathologyonoffsprings'mentalhealthanddevelopmentChair:JohnTsiantis(Greece)"Canyoukeepaflamealiveinabuildingwithoutfoundations?":Anadolescent'sstruggleagainstmentalillnessEiriniLympinaki(Greece)Familydestiny:Isitimpossibletoescape?MeropiNarnou(Greece)19.1520.15 HALL:MACEDONIALARGEGROUPConvenorsTBA

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SUNDAY27MAY201208.0009.15 HALL:TBASOCIALDREAMINGMATRIXGilaOfer(Israel)08.0009.15 HALL:TBASMALLGROUPTransitionalspace:AsafespaceforworkingthroughconflictsinfamilytherapywithaplayagefamilyDimitrisZachos(Greece)09.3011.00 HALL:MACEDONIALECTURESGrouppsychotherapyaslinkinginareflectivespaceRobertD.Hinshelwood(UK)InviolablelinksandtheviolationoflinksYolandaGampel(Israel)11.0011.30 COFFEEBREAK11.3012.45 HALLS:TBADISCUSSIONGROUPSConvenorsTBA13.0014.15 HALL:MACEDONIACLOSINGSESSION14.1514.45 FAREWELLRECEPTION

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APPENDIXPosterPresentations(PosterswillbeondisplayfromFridaymorningtillSundayafternoon)ForgivinginfidelityinmarriedlifeOsnatBeeryGrinspan(Israel)"I"and"We":ContradictionsandreconcilementAristoulaDalli(Greece)AdolescenceChallengefortheparentalcoupleVesnaDukanac,GordanaBokalovic,JasnaVeljkovic,MiodragNaunovic,(Serbia)BrankaPecotic(UK)Psychanalyticideasinsystemictherapy:AcaseanalysisEvaEvaggelopoulou(Greece)ImageasmediatorinconflictresolutionEleniHounda(Greece)TraininggroupsforhealthcareprofessionalsintheframeworkofliaisonpsychiatryGeorgeKallergis(Greece)Therapeuticgroupworkwithyoungsandadults.DifferencesandsimilaritiesGloriaMatteuIVives(Spain)Fromfusiontoindividuation:ApersonaljourneythroughasocietyincrisisFilioTsoukala(Greece)