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, 11:04:03am EEST
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Daily Overview |
| 8:30am to 9:00am |
Registration Location: Foyer (KEDEA) |
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| 9:00am to 10:00am |
Workshop 3 Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA) An AI Supported Application for Psychotherapy Based on the Model of the Agonistic Self 1: Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade, Serbia; 2: Svea Ekonomi DOO, Belgrade |
Workshop 1 Location: Amphitheatre II (KEDEA) Researching Practice via Wobble Stories and an Oral Inquiry Process Teachers College, Columbia University, United States of America |
Workshop 2 Location: Amphitheatre III (KEDEA) Voices into Stories: Transforming I-Positions through Dialogical Writing Private Practice & GR CY ACBS Chapter, Greece |
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| 10:00am to 10:30am |
Coffee Break | Poster Session Location: Foyer (KEDEA) P01_A Visual Narrative Approach to Social Selves Tokyo City University, Japan P02_Creating Relational Ripples through the Use of Autoethnographic Stories in Psychotherapy: The Dialogical Self in action! 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 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain P04_Emergence and Transformation of Expressions of Diverse Masculinities in Activists of the LGTBI Movement in Colombia 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 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 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 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 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 Tohoku University, Japan P10_Introducing "Transitiance": Framing the Psychologist's Professional Being in Transitience Tallinn University, Denmark P11_Learning Polite Confrontations: Inner Democracy and Self-Transformation in Facilitated Dialogues Tallinn university, Estonia P12_Living In The Parental Home In Young Adulthood: Identity Negotiation Among Men Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel P13_Negotiating Positions In Couples Therapy: Discursive Analysis Of Session. Logo Psychis, Greece P14_Relational Approaches In Addiction Work In The Context Of Sexual Abuse Trauma: Collaboration With Social Workers Društvo UP – Nonprofit Organization for Assistance to People with Addiction and Their Families & Psychotherapeutic Practice Odloži skrbi (Let Go of Worries), SI P15_The Colors Of Maud Lewis: The Role Of A Childhood Memory In Her Construction Of Identity Logo Psychis - Training and Research Institute for Systemic Psychotherapy, Greece P16_The Dialogue of Intentions: Exploring Meta-Intentionality and the Negotiation of Ipositions in Psychotherapy Tallinn University, Denmark P17_The Voice Of The Body: A Qualitative Study of Clients' Meaning Making Of Somatic Symptoms Logo Psychis, Greece |
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| 10:30am to 12:00pm |
Oral Session 7: Dialogical and Relational Processes in Therapy Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA) Chair: Prof. Tanja Repič Slavič, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology Relational Family Therapy in Action: Supporting Affect Regulation through Role-Play in Family System 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 Private practice, Greece Systemic Family Psychotherapy as an Open Dialogue Space to Promote Positive Mental Health Outcomes and Intrapsychic Wellbeing 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 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology and Franciscan Family Institute, Slovenia |
Oral Session 8: Collective Identities, Political Voices and Activism Location: Amphitheatre II (KEDEA) Chair: Dr. Fiona Westbrook, Auckland University of Technology "Don't Talk About Politics": Political dialogue in the spaces in-between answerability and polyphony 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 Sigmund Freud University, Germany “Who Am I to Speak About Reconstruction?” Dialogical Positioning of Ukrainian Refugee Students in Japan 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 1: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain; 2: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain |
Symposium 4 Location: Amphitheatre III (KEDEA) The Recovery of Voice and Self-Acceptance: How Polyphony Possesses Healing and Restorative Power？ Presentations of the Symposium Hearing the Voices of Parents Who Have Experienced Perinatal Loss: A Space to Hold Polyphony through Multidisciplinary Collaboration Living with Multiple Voices: Polyphonic Selves in the Experience of Mental Health Sick Leave Exploring the Vocal Fluctuations and Acceptance-Recovery Processes of Young Aspiring Voice Actors: Dialogue of I-Positions as a Guide |
Symposium 1 Location: Great Hall (Pyrgos) An Overview of Existing Interventions and Therapeutic Activities That Facilitate Dialogical Changes in Psychotherapy Clients - Part I Presentations of the Symposium Extending IMAP: Adding a Hypothesis stage on symptom functionality Navigating gender and sexuality through Composition Work: A case study The Guided Imagery Therapy Activity “Inner Dialogue-Child Adult Meeting” (ID-CAM): Steps and applications Enriching My Inner Dialogue: An activity to explore compassionate voices |
| 12:00pm to 1:00pm |
Keynote Speech 2 - Prof. Hubert Hermans Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA) Chair: Dr. Eugenie Georgaca, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Dialogical Self Theory as a Bridging Theory Radboud University, Netherlands, The |
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| 1:00pm to 2:00pm |
Lunch Break Location: Foyer (KEDEA) |
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| 2:00pm to 3:00pm |
Invited Lecture 1 Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA) The Axiomatic Shift in the Study of the Self: Thirty years of theoretical innovation Aalborg University, Denmark |
Workshop 4 Location: Amphitheatre II (KEDEA) Indigenous Narrative Therapy 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 |
Workshop 5 Location: Amphitheatre III (KEDEA) Polyphonic Selves: From Image to Voice in Arts-Based Dialogical Practice think & write, United States of America |
Workshop 6 Location: Great Hall (Pyrgos) Where Do Our Worlds Meet? – Toward a Meta-Position in Parenthood National Organization for Prevention and Addiction Treatment (EOPAE), Greece, Private practice |
| 3:00pm to 3:30pm |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer (KEDEA) |
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| 3:30pm to 5:00pm |
Oral Session 9: Dialogical Processes in Psychotherapy Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA) Chair: Prof. Georgia Gkantona, University of Ioannina Clinical uptake of a Dialogical Self Theory summer school in counselling and psychotherapy: Six-month follow-up University of Ioannina, Greece Quantitative and Qualitative Ways of Assessing Narrative Therapy and Dialogical Self-Therapy 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 University of Cyprus, Cyprus The Practice of Dialogical and Relational Reflexivity: Navigating Power and Contradictions in Systemic Psychotherapy SYNICHISEIS KESYKEPSY GREECE |
Oral Session 10: Narratives of Migration, Displacement and Identity Reconstruction Location: Amphitheatre II (KEDEA) Chair: Dr. Takao Tomono, Keio University Narrative and Dialogic Spaces of I-Positions in The Migration Stories of Survivors of Trafficking. A Qualitative Study. 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? 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 Keio University, Japan Expanding Dialogical Space under Representational Pressure: A Pattern Language for Supporting Refugee Children, Grounded in Dialogical Self Theory in Japan Keio University, Japan |
Symposium 5 Location: Amphitheatre III (KEDEA) The Dialogical Self and Polyphony – Diversity in Space: Resonating Multiple Voices in the Field of Psychosocial Support Presentations of the Symposium Polyphony Facilitated by Musical Narratives: Insights from Prisoner Treatment Practices Safeguarding Voices Under Forced Migration: Distortions of Dialogical Space and Time Activating Case Study Workshops: From the Perspective of ba: Space in Japanese Culture |
Symposium 2 Location: Great Hall (Pyrgos) An Overview of Existing Interventions and Therapeutic Activities That Facilitate Dialogical Changes in Psychotherapy Clients - Part II Presentations of the Symposium Working with Inner Power Relations: Voice constellations and therapeutic change in the Model of the Agonistic Self Approach Writing the Self: Changes to the dialogical self through Therapeutic Writing A resource-oriented add-on intervention to group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for social anxiety disorder: Capitalizing Innovative Moments Choreographing change: Using Positioning Microanalysis to facilitate dialogical innovation in couples therapy |
| 5:00pm to 5:15pm |
Break |
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| 5:15pm to 6:45pm |
Oral Session 11: Educational and Professional Identities: Dialogical Processes of Becoming Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA) Chair: Katrin Kullasepp, Tallinn University Career Development as a Dialogical Process in Intercultural Work Contexts: Internal Dialogue and Self-Positioning Among Japanese Business Professionals Keio University, Japan Becoming a Professional While Becoming Black: An Autoethnographic Study of Professional Identity in Higher Education 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” — 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 Kean University, United States of America |
Symposium 6 Location: Amphitheatre II (KEDEA) Dialogical Approaches Across Contexts: Working With Voices, Identity, and Agency Presentations of the Symposium “Voices of Starvation”: Internal Multi-Actor Performance Method in the Treatment of an Adolescent with Anorexia Nervosa Reflective practice in counselling: Dialogical Self Theory and the Internal Multi-Actor Performance Method The River of Life: A Method for Professional Identity Development in Psychology Students |
Symposium 7 Location: Amphitheatre III (KEDEA) Multiple Selves in Educational Contact Zones: East Asian Academic Experiences Through Dialogical Self Theory Presentations of the Symposium Wobbling Forward: How Vulnerability Reshapes the Multiple Selves of Transnational Scholars Whose Story Gets Told?: Korean American Adults’ Perspectives on History’s Missing Voices Silent I-Positions: Dialogical Exploration of Student Classroom Participation Me, Myself, and (A)I: The Confessions of Teenagers |
Invited Symposium 6 Location: Great Hall (Pyrgos) Navigating Contradictions and Responsibilities in the Poly-Crisis Climate: Transnational Narratives of Dialogical Selves Presentations of the Symposium Dialogical Breakthrough: Meta-position Forged by Answering to the ‘Other’ Lighting Up My Candle Amidst Conflicted Storms: Peace Literacy as My Moral Answerability The Inner Activist: Dealing with The Polycrisis One Psyche at a Time |
| 6:45pm to 7:45pm |
ICDS Business Meeting Location: Amphitheatre I (KEDEA) |
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| 8:00pm | Conference Dinner Location: Avenue restaurant |
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