Conference Agenda

An AI Supported Application for Psychotherapy Based on the Model of the Agonistic Self

Vladimir Džinović¹, Vojin Popović²

1: Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade, Serbia; 2: Svea Ekonomi DOO, Belgrade

Relational Family Therapy in Action: Supporting Affect Regulation through Role-Play in Family System

Prof. dr. Christian Gostečnik, Prof. dr. Tanja Repič Slavič

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology and Franciscan Family Institute, Slovenia

Family-Emergent Voices And Supervisory Dialogue In Shaping Therapeutic Stance: A Clinical Family Therapy Case

Vasiliki Pappa

Private practice, Greece

Systemic Family Psychotherapy as an Open Dialogue Space to Promote Positive Mental Health Outcomes and Intrapsychic Wellbeing

Aimilia Markouizou Gkika

SYNIXISEIS/ΣΥΝΗΧΗΣΕΙΣ, Center for Psychotherapy and Counselling Support. Greece /www.synixiseis.gr

The Therapist’s Role in Relational Family Therapy with Survivors of Sexual Abuse Experiencing Flashbacks

Prof. dr. Tanja Repič Slavič

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology and Franciscan Family Institute, Slovenia

Dialogical Self Theory as a Bridging Theory

Hubert Hermans

Radboud University, Netherlands, The

The Axiomatic Shift in the Study of the Self: Thirty years of theoretical innovation

Jaan Valsiner

Aalborg University, Denmark

Clinical uptake of a Dialogical Self Theory summer school in counselling and psychotherapy: Six-month follow-up

Georgia Gkantona, Fotios Ntagkas

University of Ioannina, Greece

Quantitative and Qualitative Ways of Assessing Narrative Therapy and Dialogical Self-Therapy

Barbara Mainguy^1,2, Lewis Mehl-Madrona^1,2,3,4

1: Coyote Institute, Orono, Maine, USA; 2: Maine Street Medicine Works, PLLC, Orono, Maine, USA; 3: University of Maine, Orono; 4: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Portland, Maine, USA

Communication and Identity in LGBTQ+ Psychotherapy: A Dialogical Perspective on the Therapeutic Relationship

Chrysilia Gkleka, Irini Kadianaki

University of Cyprus, Cyprus

The Practice of Dialogical and Relational Reflexivity: Navigating Power and Contradictions in Systemic Psychotherapy

Elias Gotsis

SYNICHISEIS KESYKEPSY GREECE

Career Development as a Dialogical Process in Intercultural Work Contexts: Internal Dialogue and Self-Positioning Among Japanese Business Professionals

Atsushi Ikarashi, Takashi Iba

Keio University, Japan

Becoming a Professional While Becoming Black: An Autoethnographic Study of Professional Identity in Higher Education

Wesley Matheus Lauriano de Andrade¹, Katrin Kullasepp²

1: Federal University of Bahia; 2: Federal University of Bahia, Tallinn University

Contradictions and the Dialogical Self in Long-Term Creative Practice — An Auto-TEM Analysis of Creative Vision Treating Creative Artifacts as “Voices” —

Hiroaki Tanaka^1,2, Takashi Iba¹

1: Keio University, Japan; 2: Hokkaido University, Japan

English across Everyday Life: A Language Ecology of I-positions and It-positions among First-Generation Bilingual College Students

Mark Philip Smith

Kean University, United States of America

Researching Practice via Wobble Stories and an Oral Inquiry Process

Bob Fecho

Teachers College, Columbia University, United States of America

"Don't Talk About Politics": Political dialogue in the spaces in-between answerability and polyphony

Fiona Westbrook

Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

“The Queer Community Is Too Fragmented And Doesn’t Fight Together — Especially Gay Men!”: Negotiation of Roles, Community, and Identities Within Queer Activism

Lina Jacob

Sigmund Freud University, Germany

“Who Am I to Speak About Reconstruction?” Dialogical Positioning of Ukrainian Refugee Students in Japan

Kateryna Hanamura

Kansai University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Japan

The Impact of Refugee Experiences on the Cultural Identity of Syrian Children Residing in Jordan: A Dialogical Self Perspective

Heba Suleiman¹, Crista Weise²

1: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain; 2: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Indigenous Narrative Therapy

Lewis Mehl-Madrona^1,2,3,4, Barbara Mainguy^2,3

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

Narrative and Dialogic Spaces of I-Positions in The Migration Stories of Survivors of Trafficking. A Qualitative Study.

Giacomo Chiara¹, Iman Tarocco², Sara Cavaliere³, Diego Romaioli⁴, Elena Faccio⁵, Roberto Vitelli⁶

1: University of Naples "Federico II"; 2: Associazione Welcome Onlus; 3: Freelance; 4: University of Padua; 5: University of Padua; 6: University of Naples "Federico II"

Problematizing Identity in Metamodern Era: Who is the Metamodern Human?

Babak Ghaempanah, Katie Stephenson, Svetlana Khapova

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, The

From Conformity to Self-Authorship: A Dialogical Self Theory Analysis of Self-Reconfiguration in a Young Adult with a Refugee Background

Takao Tomono

Keio University, Japan

Expanding Dialogical Space under Representational Pressure: A Pattern Language for Supporting Refugee Children, Grounded in Dialogical Self Theory in Japan

Takao Tomono

Keio University, Japan

Dialogical Approaches Across Contexts: Working With Voices, Identity, and Agency

Chair(s): Philia Issari (International Program in Systemic, Narrative and Collaborative Dialogic Counseling and Psychotherapy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA))

Discussant(s): Georgia Gkantona (University of Ioannina)

Presentations of the Symposium

“Voices of Starvation”: Internal Multi-Actor Performance Method in the Treatment of an Adolescent with Anorexia Nervosa

Konstantinos-Stylianos Damaskos¹; Georgia Gkantona²
1: Inpatient Unit, “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital, NKUA, International Program in Systemic, Narrative and Collaborative-Dialogic Counseling & Psychotherapy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; 2: University of Ioannina

Reflective practice in counselling: Dialogical Self Theory and the Internal Multi-Actor Performance Method

Evangelia Tserpeli¹; Georgia Gkantona²
1: International Program in Systemic, Narrative and Collaborative-Dialogic Counseling & Psychotherapy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; 2: University of Ioannina

The River of Life: A Method for Professional Identity Development in Psychology Students

Persephone Lafazani¹; Georgia Gkantona²; Philia Issari³
1: Department of Home-Based Psychiatric Treatment, Institute of Mental Health of Children and Adults,; 2: University of Ioannina; 3: International Program in Systemic, Narrative and Collaborative Dialogic Counseling and Psychotherapy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)

Voices into Stories: Transforming I-Positions through Dialogical Writing

Stavroula Sanida

Private Practice & GR CY ACBS Chapter, Greece

The Recovery of Voice and Self-Acceptance: How Polyphony Possesses Healing and Restorative Power？

Chair(s): Masayoshi Morioka (Ritsumeikan　University, Japan)

Discussant(s): Kakuko Matsumoto (Mukogawa Women’s University)

Presentations of the Symposium

Hearing the Voices of Parents Who Have Experienced Perinatal Loss: A Space to Hold Polyphony through Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Shoko Sugao
The University of Osaka

Living with Multiple Voices: Polyphonic Selves in the Experience of Mental Health Sick Leave　

Miki　 Noda
Ritsumeikan University

Exploring the Vocal Fluctuations and Acceptance-Recovery Processes of Young Aspiring Voice Actors: Dialogue of I-Positions as a Guide

Yuka Kondo
Ritsumeikan University

Polyphonic Selves: From Image to Voice in Arts-Based Dialogical Practice

Eun Bee Ellin Kim, Caryn Cho, Yifan Zhang, Lilian Zhou, Ethan Yeung

think & write, United States of America

The Dialogical Self and Polyphony – Diversity in Space: Resonating Multiple Voices in the Field of Psychosocial Support

Chair(s): Masayoshi Morioka (Ritsumeikan University Japan)

Discussant(s): Kakuko Matsumoto (Mukogawa Women’s University)

Presentations of the Symposium

Polyphony Facilitated by Musical Narratives: Insights from Prisoner Treatment Practices

Kakuko Matsumoto
Mukogawa Women’s University

Safeguarding Voices Under Forced Migration: Distortions of Dialogical Space and Time

Kateryna Hanamura
Kansai University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Activating Case Study Workshops: From the Perspective of ba: Space in Japanese Culture

Koichi Hirose
Kagoshima University

Multiple Selves in Educational Contact Zones: East Asian Academic Experiences Through Dialogical Self Theory

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

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

Presentations of the Symposium

Wobbling Forward: How Vulnerability Reshapes the Multiple Selves of Transnational Scholars

Eun Bee Ellin Kim¹; Jing Du²
1: think & write; 2: Teachers College, Columbia University

Whose Story Gets Told?: Korean American Adults’ Perspectives on History’s Missing Voices

Ethan Yeung; Caryn Cho
think & write

Silent I-Positions: Dialogical Exploration of Student Classroom Participation

Lilian Zhou; Yifan Zhang
think & write

Me, Myself, and (A)I: The Confessions of Teenagers

Lilian Zhou
think & write

An Overview of Existing Interventions and Therapeutic Activities That Facilitate Dialogical Changes in Psychotherapy Clients - Part I

Chair(s): Eugenie Georgaca (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Discussant(s): Evrinomy Avdi (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Presentations of the Symposium

Extending IMAP: Adding a Hypothesis stage on symptom functionality

Georgia Gkantona
University of Ioannina, Greece

Navigating gender and sexuality through Composition Work: A case study

Evgenia Rozou¹; Maria Io Akalestou²; Maria Viou¹
1: "Logo Psychis" Training and Research Institute for Systemic Psychotherapy, Greece; 2: Private Practice

The Guided Imagery Therapy Activity “Inner Dialogue-Child Adult Meeting” (ID-CAM): Steps and applications

Athena Androutsopoulou; Maria Viou
"Logo Psychis" Training and Research Institute for Systemic Psychotherapy, Greece

Enriching My Inner Dialogue: An activity to explore compassionate voices

Maria Viou¹; Eugenie Georgaca²
1: "Logo Psychis" Training and Research Institute for Systemic Psychotherapy, Greece; 2: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Where Do Our Worlds Meet? – Toward a Meta-Position in Parenthood

Anna Kiapoka

National Organization for Prevention and Addiction Treatment (EOPAE), Greece, Private practice

An Overview of Existing Interventions and Therapeutic Activities That Facilitate Dialogical Changes in Psychotherapy Clients - Part II

Chair(s): Eugenie Georgaca (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Discussant(s): Evrinomy Avdi (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Presentations of the Symposium

Working with Inner Power Relations: Voice constellations and therapeutic change in the Model of the Agonistic Self Approach

Vladimir Džinović
Institute for Educational Research, Republic of Serbia

Writing the Self: Changes to the dialogical self through Therapeutic Writing

Reinekke Lengelle
Athabasca University, Canada & The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

A resource-oriented add-on intervention to group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for social anxiety disorder: Capitalizing Innovative Moments

Miguel M. Gonçalves; Eugénia Ribeiro; Inês Mendes; Laura Koppensteiner; Dario Paiva; João T. Oliveira
University of Minho, Portugal

Choreographing change: Using Positioning Microanalysis to facilitate dialogical innovation in couples therapy

Carla Cunha¹; João Salgado¹; Catarina Figueiredo²
1: University of Maia & Center for Psychology at University of Porto, Portugal; 2: University of Maia, Portugal

Navigating Contradictions and Responsibilities in the Poly-Crisis Climate: Transnational Narratives of Dialogical Selves

Chair(s): Mahtab Janfada (The University of Melbourne, Australia)

Discussant(s): Bob Fecho (Teachers College, Columbia University)

Presentations of the Symposium

Dialogical Breakthrough: Meta-position Forged by Answering to the ‘Other’

Rashida Mustafa
Teachers College, Columbia University

Lighting Up My Candle Amidst Conflicted Storms: Peace Literacy as My Moral Answerability

Mahtab Janfada
The University of Melbourne

The Inner Activist: Dealing with The Polycrisis One Psyche at a Time

Reinekke Lengelle
Athabasca University, Canada & The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

P01_A Visual Narrative Approach to Social Selves

Sosuke Yokoyama

Tokyo City University, Japan

P02_Creating Relational Ripples through the Use of Autoethnographic Stories in Psychotherapy: The Dialogical Self in action!

Marilena Karamatsouki^1,2

1: Stegi Psychotherapeias (private practice), Greece; 2: Synixiseis - Center for Psychotherapy and Education of Dialogical Appreciative Psychotherapy

P03_Designing with Voices: Teachers’ Decision-Making and the Integration of Generative AI in Secondary Education

Aida Calmaestra-Quirante

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

P04_Emergence and Transformation of Expressions of Diverse Masculinities in Activists of the LGTBI Movement in Colombia

Hernan Sanchez Rios, Jose Alejandro NIño Vazquez

Universidad del Valle, Colombia

P05_From Dialogical Self to Dialogical Self-Authorship: Towards a Conceptual Framework for the Development of Educators’ Professional Identity in Crisis Contexts

Olha Prosina

State Higher Education Institution UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine

P06_How Are Speakers’ Opinions Constructed?: Through Communication via Listeners’ “Rephrasing” in Elementary School Lessons

Megumi Yokoyama

Saitama University, Japan

P07_How the Self Understands Other Minds: An Exploratory Factor Analysis of a New Theory of Mind Measure from Open-ended Reports

Famira Racy, Jenny Schorn, Makayla Vermette, Alain Morin

Inner Speech Research Lab, Mount Royal University, Canada

P08_When The Dialogical Self Mitigates Darkness: How Dialogical Flexibility Buffers The Negative Impact Of Machiavellianism On Intellectual Humility

Jan Kutnik, Małgorzata Puchalska-Wasyl, Wacław Bąk

THE JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN, Poland

P09_Inter-Position Conflicts and Self-Care in Japanese Maternal Toothbrushing Rituals: A Dialogical Self Approach

Komi Suzuki

Tohoku University, Japan

P10_Introducing "Transitiance": Framing the Psychologist's Professional Being in Transitience

Julie Bo Lindgren

Tallinn University, Denmark