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Programme

11 April, Friday 

13 00 - 13 30 Registration 

13 30 – 14 00 Opening ceremony of the conference: LAAP President Goda Rukšaitė, IAAP President Misser Berg, Director of the Department of Psychology of the Vilnius University prof. Roma Jusienė.

14 00 – 14 30 Prof. Gražina Gudaitė (VU, Lithuania) Role of culture and engagement with unconscious in Jungian psychoanalysis

Meeting the Other

Moderator Misser Berg (President of IAAP, Denmark)

• 14 45 – 15 15 Arthur Niesser (Germany/ Great Britain) Meeting the culturally other in the consulting room

• 15 15 – 15 45 Susanna Wright (Great Britain) Identity confusion and the cultural other - experiencing the “me" and "not me" in oneself

• 15 45 – 16 05 Discussion 

16 05 - 16 30 Coffee break 

Culture and the Destiny of a Woman

Moderator Pilar Amezaga (President Elect of IAAP, Uruguay)

• 16 30 – 17 00 Lisbet Myers Zacho (Denmark) The role of women’s anger in different cultures  

• 17 00 – 1730 Svitlana Shevchenko (Ukraine) Ukrainian women and war: cultural aspects and historical perspective

• 1730 – 1750 Discussion

18 00 – 18 30 Musical performance 

19 00 Reception in the Hall of the Vilnius University

12 April, Saturday

On the Issues of Cultural Trauma 

Moderator Dr. Neringa  Grigutytė (VU, Lithuania)

• 09 00- 09 30 Prof. Danutė Gailienė (VU, Lithuania) Cultural trauma as a violation of cultural identity

• 09 30 – 10 00 Caterina Vezzoli (Italy) 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

Coping with the Consequences of Trauma 

Moderator Yurij Danko (Ukraine)

• 10 50- 11 20 Valentina Samus (Ukraine) Facing death: traditional and modern ways to cope with fear and grief 

• 11 20 – 11 50 Malgoržata Kalinovska (Poland) To be able to approach the Future as a friend. Cultural complex and healing

• 11 50 – 12 10 Discussion

On the Issue of Cultural Complexes

Moderator Dr.Giedrė Bulotienė (Lithuania)

• 12 20 – 1250 Dr. Jörg Rasche (Germany) The issue of cultural complexes in the context of the Russian war against Ukraine

• 12 50 – 13 00 Discussion 

13 00 – 14 30 Lunch 

Literature and the Unconscious 

Moderator Iveta Upeniece (Latvia)

• 14 30 – 15 00 Ramona Gredzena (Latvia) Reflections on the role of literature in engagement with the unconscious in Jungian analysis 

• 15 00- 15 30 Algis Petronis (Lithuania) Cultural imagery as a transitional space: bridging inner and outer divisions

• 15 30 – 15 50 Discussion  

15 50 – 16 20 Coffee break 

Music and the Unconscious 

Moderator Eglė Beinorienė (Lithuania)

• 16 20 – 16 50 Rūta Juzulenaitė (Estonia) Navigating cultural unconscious in search for cultural identity. Role of sound and music in approaching otherness

• 16 50– 17 20 Linas Stankevičius (Lithuania) Hidden layers of culture: exploring cultural complexes in psychotherapy 

• 17 20 – 17 40 Discussion 

19 00 Gala Dinner at the Neringa Restaurant, Gedimino pr.23, Vilnius

13 April, Sunday 

Living Democracy

Moderator Elona Lovčikienė (Lithuania)

• 09 00- 09 30 Marianne Mueller (Switzerland) Living democracy- inside and outside

• 09 30 – 10 00 Prof. Audrius Beinorius (VU, Lithuania) Psychoanalysis and culture: some postcolonial and anthropological reflections 

• 10 00 -10 20 Discussion

10 20 – 10 50 Coffee break 

Culture in a Changing World

Moderator Dr. Ieva Bieliauskienė (Lithuania) 

• 10 50 – 11 20 Prof. Jolanta Kowal (Poland) The role of culture in shaping identity in a changing world: A Jungian perspective

• 11 20 – 11 50 Dr. Dovilė Petronytė Kvedarauskienė (VU, Lithuania) Culture confronts destruction: split, relatedness, solidified identity 

• 11 50 – 12 10 Discussion 

About Cross-Cultural Cyber Therapy

Moderator Dr. Asta Adler (VU, Lithuania)

• 12 10 – 12 40 Prof. J. Cambray (United States of America) Cross-cultural Cyber-therapy: Opportunities and Challenges 

• 12 40 – 13 00 Discussion 

13 00 – 13 30 Closing of the conference