Joint IAAP/LAAP/ Vilnius University Conference
The Interplay Between Culture and Psychotherapy: Research and Reflections
Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
11 –13 April , 2025
Programme
11 April, Friday
13 00- 13 30 Registration
13 30 – 14 00 Opening ceremony of the conference: IAAP President Misser Berg, LAAP President Goda Rukšaitė, Director of the Department of Psychology of the Vilnius University Prof. Roma Jusienė.
The Interplay Between Culture and Analytical Psychology: Research, Practice and Reflections
14 00 – 14 30 Prof. Gražina Gudaitė (VU, LAAP, Vilnius) Role of culture and engagement with unconscious in Jungian psychoanalysis
14 30 – 15 00 Arthur Niesser (AJA,London) Meeting the culturally other in the consulting room
15 00 – 15 20 Discussion
15 20 – 15 50 Coffee break
15 50 – 16 20 Prof. Verena Kast (CGJIZ, Zurich) Emotional creativity and cultural differences
16 20 – 16 50 Algirdas Petronis (LAAP, Vilnius) Cultural imagery as a transitional space: bridging inner and outer divisions
16 50 – 17 10 Discussion
17 10 – 17 20 Break
17 20 – 17 50 Lizbeth Myers Zacho (DSAP, Copenhagen) The role of women’s anger in different cultures
17 50 – 18 20 Svitlana Shevchenko (UDG, Zaporozhe) Ukrainian women and war: cultural aspects and historical perspective
18 20 – 18 40 Discussion
19 00 Reception
12 April, Saturday
Exploring Cultural Identity and Manifestation of Cultural Complexes
09 00- 09 30 Prof. Danutė Gailienė (VU, Vilnius) Cultural trauma as a violation of cultural identity
09 30 – 10 00 Catherina Vezzoli (CIPA, Milano) Navigating between transgenerational trauma and idealization. Building complex and inclusive cultural narratives in therapy
10 00 – 10 20 Discussion
10 20 – 10 50 Coffee break
10 50 – 11 20 Valentina Samus (UDG, Kyiv) Facing death: traditional and modern ways to cope with fear and grief
11 20 – 11 50 Malgorzata Kalinowska (PSJP, Krakow) To be able to approach the Future as a friend. Cultural complex and healing.
11 50 – 12 10 Discussion
12 10 – 12 20 Break
12 20 – 12 50 Dr. Jörg Rasche (DGPA, Berlin)The issue of cultural complexes in the context of the Russian war against Ukraine.
12 50 – 13 00 Discussion
1300 – 14 30 Lunch
14 30 – 15 00 Suzanna Wright (SAAP, London) Identity confusion and the cultural other - experiencing the “me" and "not me" in oneself
15 00 – 15 30 Ramona Gredzena (LAAP, Riga) Reflections on the role of literature in engagement with the unconscious in Jungian analysis
15 30 – 15 50 Discussion
15 50 – 16 20 Coffee break
16 20– 16 50 Linas Stankevičius (LAAP, Vilnius) Hidden layers of culture: exploring cultural complexes in psychotherapy
16 50 – 17 20 Rūta Juzūlėnaitė (FEGAP, Tallin) Navigating cultural unconscious in search for cultural identity. Role of sound and music in approaching otherness
17 20 – 17 40 Discussion
19 00 Gala Dinner
13 April, Sunday
Understanding Culture as a Complex, Multidimensional Process in Today’s World
09 00 – 09 30 Marianne Muller (CGJIZ, Bern) Living democracy- inside and outside
09 30 – 10 00 Prof. Audrius Beinorius (VU, Vilnius) Psychoanalysis and culture: some postcolonial and anthropological reflections
10 00 – 10 20 Discussion
10 20 – 10 50 Coffee break
10 50 – 11 20 Prof. Jolanta Kowal (AJAP, Wroclaw University) The role of culture in shaping identity in a changing world: A Jungian perspective
11 20 – 11 50 Dr. Dovilė Petronytė Kvedarauskienė (VU, LAAP, Vilnius ) Culture confronts destruction: split, relatedness, solidified identity
11 50 – 12 10 Discussion
12 20 – 12 50 Prof. J. Cambray(CGJUNGENE, California) Cross-cultural Cyber-therapy: Opportunities and Challenges
12 50 – 13 10 Discussion
13 10 – 13 30 Closing of the conference
