Programme
Conference
“Family Therapy Today: Innovations and Challenges”
“La thérapie de famille aujourd’hui : innovations et défis”
Uni Mail, University of Geneva, 23 June 2017
Presentations will be given in English by international experts in the field, coming from Canada, United Kingdom, Italy and Switzerland. The Conference will be composed by four plenary presentations in English, two parallel sessions en French and two English-French parallel sessions. The English presentations will be simultaneously translated into French.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
| 09:00 | Registration / Welcome |
| 09:30-11:15 - Hall 1 | |
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09:30
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Opening introduction by Nicolas Favez, Full Professor, Clinical Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships Unity; Vice-dean, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
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10:00
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Karl Tomm, Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada; Director of the Calgary Family Therapy Centre "Patterns of Interpersonal Interaction that influence Mental Health" |
| 11:15-11:45 - Coffee/tea break |
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| 11:45-13:00 - Hall 1 | |
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11:45
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Rita Harris, Consultant clinical psychologist and systemic therapist, clinical lead, Thrive, Anna Freud Centre and Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK "Developing a Learning Culture: Using systemic supervision and consultation" |
| 13:00-14:00 - Lunch break |
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| 14:00-15:15 - Halls 1 & 2 - Parallel Sessions (in French) | |
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14:00
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Joëlle Darwiche, Tenure-track assistant rofessor, Family and DevelOpment research centre (FADO), Institute of psychology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland "L'intervention Systémique Brève Intégrative (ISBI): intervenir sur les relations conjugales et coparentales" |
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14:00
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Phililp Nielsen, Psychologist-psychotherapist FSP, Lead of the Centre Phénix Mail, Geneva, Switzerland "Le thérapeute de famille aux prises avec les méthodes "evidence-based": la clinique, la recherche, la thérapie familiale multi dimensionnelle (MDFT)" |
| 15:15-15:45 - Coffee/tea break |
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| 15:45-16:30 - Halls 1 & 2 - Parallel Sessions (French-English) | |
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15:45
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Julia Granville, Consultant systemic psychotherapist, mindfulness teacher, consultant and lecturer, Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK "Thérapie familiale et pleine conscience: une approche intégrative" |
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15:45
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Laverne Antrobus, Consultant educational psychologist at the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust,, author and broadcaster, UK "Parenting programmes: a systemic framework" |
| 16:30-17:15 - Hall 1 | |
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16:30
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Laura Fruggeri, Systemic/social constructionist therapist, Professor of Social psychology, University of Parma and Centro Bolognese di Terapia della Famiglia, Parma and Bologna, Italy "Bridging research and therapeutic practice" |
| 17:15-17:30 - Closing remarks |
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