Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 15th Sept 2026, 11:44:57am EEST

 
8:30am
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9:30am
Registration
Location: Foyer (KEDEA)
9:30am
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10:00am
Opening Session
Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA)
10:00am
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11:00am
Keynote Speech 1 - Prof. Bob Fecho
Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA)
Chair: Prof. Hubert Hermans, Radboud University
 

Becoming Alive: Reimagining the Post-Divorce Self as a Work of Art

Bob Fecho

Teachers College, Columbia University, United States of America

11:00am
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11:30am
Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (KEDEA)
11:30am
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1:00pm
Invited Symposium 1
Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA)
 

Navigating the Future: Internal Dialogues in Decision-Making, Wisdom, and Self-Continuity

Chair(s): Anna Gabińska (SWPS University, Poland); Małgorzata Puchalska-Wasyl (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland)

Discussant(s): Anna Gabińska (SWPS University, Poland)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

How Far Ahead Can We Think? Dialogical Flexibility and Episodic Future Thinking

Gniewko Toruj1; Taciano L. Milfont2; Michalina Marczewska1
1: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland; 2: University of Waikato: Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

 

The Future Self Speaks: Letter Writing As a Dialogical Bridge Across Time

Michalina Marczewska1; Piotr Oleś2
1: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland; 2: SWPS University, Poland

 

Internal Dialogues and Critical Thinking: Intellectual Humility as a Moderator of Cognitive Efficiency

Jan Kutnik
The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

 

The Relationship Between Wisdom and Integration in Internal Dialogues

Małgorzata M. Puchalska-Wasyl1; Bogusław Bielawski2
1: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland; 2: -

 

Narrativity And Dialogical Activity In Solving Life Dilemmas

Łukasz Kaczmarek
University, Poland

 

Deciding What to Study: Effectiveness of the Dialogical Dilemma Solution Technique on Lebanese Senior High School Students Making Choices About Their Future Studies

Anna Gabińska1; Houda Younes2
1: SWPS University, Poland; 2: Wellspring Learning Community, Lebanon

Oral Session 2: Identity Reconstruction and Repositioning
Location: Amphitheatre II (KEDEA)
Chair: Prof. HERNAN SANCHEZ RIOS, Universidad del Valle
 

Autobiographical Tattoos and Self-Construction

Csilla Cseko1, Anna Cseko-Szel2

1: University of Pécs, Hungary; 2: Regional Psychiatry Hospital Randers, Denmark



Voices of Culture Within the Woman’s Self: Rethinking the Ideal Self Through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Anife Fevzieva, Vasily Kostenko

HSE University, Russian Federation



Multiple I-Positions of a Soldier Amputee Due to an Anti-Personnel Mine

Hernan Sanchez Rios, Javier Noreña Salas

Universidad del Valle, Colombia



The Liberating Power of Dialogue in Arrested Transitions

Marta B. Erdos

University Of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hungary

Invited Symposium 4
Location: Amphitheatre III (KEDEA)
 

Innovations in Assessing Dialogical Qualities: Novel Instruments and Validations

Chair(s): Or Burstein (Ben Gurion University)

Discussant(s): Piotr K. Oleś (Faculty of Psychology at Kraków, University SWPS); Athina Filippidou (University of Ioannina)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Dialogical Flexibility Scale – Further Development and validation

Piotr K. Oleś
Faculty of Psychology at Kraków, University SWPS

 

Internal Dialogical Activity and Mental Health Indicators: Psychometric Validation of the Greek IDAS-R

Athina Filippidou; Georgia Gkantona
University of Ioannina

 

Development and Validation of the Dialogicity Scale (DS): A Theory-Driven Psychometric Evaluation of Dialogical Capacity

Or Burstein; Tehila Kogut
Ben Gurion University

 
1:00pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Break
Location: Foyer (KEDEA)
2:00pm
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3:30pm
Oral Session 3: Health, Illness and Embodied Experience
Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA)
Chair: Dr. Athena Androutsopoulou, 'Logo Psychis'- Training and Research Institute for Systemic Psychotherapy
 

Examining the Relationship Between Caregiver Burden, Attachment and I-Positions in Relatives of Patients Suffering from Cancer

Ilayda Bagatur, Anna Gabińska

SWPS University, Poland



Favorite Fiction Stories and the Voices of Women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome: A Group Intervention in Narrative-dialogical-informed Medical Care

Vera Triantafyllidi1, Eleni Kalampoka2, Lina Michalas1, Athena Androutsopoulou2

1: 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 'Alexandra' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; 2: 39;Logo Psychis'- Training and Research Institute for Systemic Psychotherapy, Greece



Integration of Osteopathy and Dialogical Self-Therapy for Physical Afflictions

Sophie Redlin1, Lewis Mehl-Madrona2, Barbara Mainguy3

1: Moral Injury Partnership, United Kingdom; 2: University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA; 3: Coyote Institute, Oroni, Maine, USA



Dialogical Self Dynamics and Affective-Semiotic Fields in Adolescents with Overweight

Maria Cecilia Salcedo Ariza1, Monica Roncancio Moreno2

1: Universidad del Valle, Colombia; 2: Universidad del Valle, Colombia

Oral Session 4: Motherhood, Loss and Transformation
Location: Amphitheatre II (KEDEA)
Chair: Prof. Kristiina Uriko, Tallinn University
 

Voices Across the Divide: Rethinking Gender Identity and the Tension Between Similarity and Difference in Adult Mother–Daughter Conversations

Ronit Even Zahav

Ruppin Academic Center, Israel



Dialogical Self — Created to Be Integrated: Formation of the Maternal Bond

Kristiina Uriko, Roland E. Uriko

Tallinn University, Estonia



Maternal Grief: In the Space Between Silence and Words — Experiencing the Loss of a Child in the Tempi Train Disaster

Kia Thanopoulou

Family Therapy Unit, Greece/ Integrated Mental Health Care Unit of Attica



Beyond the Mother Role: A Dialogical Exploration of Identity, Care, and Separation Through a Dream

Ifigenia Sotiropoulou

"Logo Psychis" -Training and Research Institute for Systemic Psychotherapy, Greece

Invited Symposium 5
Location: Amphitheatre III (KEDEA)
 

Innovative Methodologies for Studying the Dialogic Self

Chair(s): Sandra Ferraz C D Freire (Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil)

Discussant(s): Manuel De La Mata Benitez (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Family Voices at the Table in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Dialogical Perspective on Food Management

Mónica Roncancio Moreno; Juan José Cleves Valencia; Arcadio De Jesús Cardona Isaza
Universidad del Valle, Colombia

 

A Map, a Suitcase, a Passport, and a Letter: Creative Instruments for Exploring I-Positions in the Search for Asylum

Pilar Orrego-Gañán1; Alicia Español2; Manuel De La Mata-Benítez1
1: Universidad de Sevilla, Spain; 2: Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain

 

Social Construction of Gender by School Children: Navigating Self Dynamics Mediated by Avatars

Sandra Ferraz C D Freire
Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil

 

The Trajectory Equifinality Approach: a Fruitful Methodology to Investigate the Role of Imagination in the Developmentof the Dialogical Self

Angela Branco
Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil

Invited Symposium 2
Location: Great Hall (Pyrgos)
 

The Dialogical Process of Becoming a Psychologist

Chair(s): Katrin Kullasepp (Tallinn University, Estonia and Federal University of Bahia, Brazil)

Discussant(s): Jaan Valsiner (Aalborg University, Denmark)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Becoming a Psychologist Through Making Sense of Others’ Intentions

Katrin Kullasepp1; Julie Bo Christensen2; Simone Indius3
1: Tallinn University, Estonia and Fedreal University of Bahia, Brazil; 2: Tallinn University, Estonia and Familie Center Viborg, Denmark; 3: Tallinn University, Estonia

 

Meta-Intentionality and Professional Identity in Psychotherapy: Aligning Intentions in the Dialogical Space of Therapy

Simone Indius
Tallinn University, Estonia

 

Becoming Professional Psychologist in Practice - Identifications in and outside of Professional Settings

Julie Bo Christensen
Tallinn University, Estonia and Familie Center Viborg, Denmark

 

Imagination and the Boundaries of Professional Identity: Dialogical Reflections from Psychotherapeutic Practice

Jennifer Sigurddatter
Tallinn Unviersity, Estonia

3:30pm
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4:00pm
Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (KEDEA)
4:00pm
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5:00pm
Invited Workshop 1
Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA)
 

Dialogical Sonic Self-Portraits: Voice as Common Ground in Dialogical Self Theory

Verdis Athanasios

National and Kapodistiran University of Athens, Greece

Invited Workshop 2
Location: Amphitheatre II (KEDEA)
 

Parts, Voices and Positions: A Dialogue Between Dialogical Self Theory and Internal Family Systems Theory in the Context of Multiplicity-Informed Psychotherapy

Polina Roussou

Logo Psychis'- Training and Research Institute for Systemic Psychotherapy, Greece

Invited Workshop 3
Location: Amphitheatre III (KEDEA)
 

Writing the Self: Dialogical Transformations for Research and Life

Reinekke Lengelle

Athabasca University & The Hague University Applied Sciences, Canada

 
5:00pm
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5:15pm
Break
5:15pm
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6:45pm
Oral Session 5: Inner Dialogue, Reflexivity and Identity Construction
Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA)
Chair: Dr. Małgorzata M. Puchalska-Wasyl, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
 

Parrhesia, Dialogue, and the Authenticity of Identity

Marta B. Erdos

University Of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hungary



Reading Narratives: Generation and Dialogue of Fictional Characters within the Self

Takashi Iba

Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Japan



Internal Dialogue Within Digital Gameplay: Who Are We Talking To, and Why?

Małgorzata M. Puchalska-Wasyl

The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

Oral Session 6: Psychological Adaptation, Recovery and Mental Health
Location: Amphitheatre II (KEDEA)
Chair: Barbara Mainguy, Coyote Institute
 

Dialogical Self Theory In Collaborative Writing. Qualitative Research With Clinicians And People With Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia (TRS)

Giacomo Chiara1, Elena Faccio2, Andrea de Bartolomeis3, Felice Iasevoli4, Roberto Vitelli5

1: University of Naples, Italy; 2: University of Padua, Italy; 3: University of Naples, Italy; 4: University of Naples, Italy; 5: University of Naples, Italy



Challenges in Outcome Studies for Dialogical Self-Therapies

Barbara Mainguy1,2, Lewis Mehl-Madrona1,2,3,4

1: Coyote Institute, United States of America; 2: Maine Street Medicine Works, PLLC; 3: Northern Light Acadia Psychiatry Residency, Bangor, Maine; 4: Department of Native Studies, University of Maine, Orono



Co-constructing "Being Understood" in Life-Story Interviews: A Dialogical Narrative Analysis of Brain Tumor Illness Narratives

Yingdi Liang

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Symposium 3
Location: Amphitheatre III (KEDEA)
 

The Readerly Writerly Self: Exploring Literacy Through a DST Lens

Chair(s): Dawan Coombs (Brigham Young University)

Discussant(s): Dawan Coombs (Brigham Young University)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Using Dialogical Self Theory to Examine Shifts in Reader Identity at the Secondary Level

Mercedes Allen
Brigham Young University

 

Empowering Readers: Incorporating DST to Prepare Students for a Dialogical Classroom

Kaylee Smedley
Brigham Young University

 

Phantom Mirrors, Promoter Bridges: Keeping Dialogue Open in AI-Assisted First-Year Writing

Chelsey Barber1; Kelsey Hammond2
1: Stony Book University; 2: Teachers College, Columbia University

Invited Symposium 3
Location: Great Hall (Pyrgos)
 

The Dialogical Self in Flux Within Culture — Exploring Contradictions —

Chair(s): Kiyomi Banda (Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan)

Discussant(s): Tatsuya Sato (Ritsumeikan University); Yuko Yasuda (Ritsumeikan University)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Living with Contradiction: Dialogical Self Processes in Caregiving for Toxic Parents in Japan

Kiyomi Banda
Kanazawa Institute of Technology

 

Reconsidering ‘Cultural Transgression’: The Conflicts and Experiences of Families Supporting Japanese Nationals with Serious Illnesses Who Live Abroad

Akiko Ichikawa
Ochanomizu University

 

Contradictions and Conflicts in Career Development: A Dialogical Self Theory Perspective

Taiyo Miyashita
The Japan Research Institute,Limited

 

The Dialogical Self as Process: Autoethnographic Explorations of Self-Reconfiguration Across a Life Trajectory

Teppei Tsuchimoto
Ritsumeikan University

7:00pm Welcome Reception
Location: Balcony (KEDEA)