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The walls within: working with defenses against otherness

Online Conference 5-11 July 2021

ISPSO ANNUAL MEETING 2027

February 2–7, 2027
Vienna, Austria

PDW PROGRAM

Professional Development Workshops
VIENNA 2-3 FEB. 2027 

Tuesday & Wednesday
AM 9.00 - 12:30 (then lunch)
PM 14.00-17.30

The primary task of the Professional Development Program is to focus on practice, learning skills, and the application of concepts to this work.

Professional Development Workshops can be attended independently from the Symposium, therefore you can register for PDWs without having to attend other parts of the Annual Meeting.

All times listed are CET.

TUESDAY

Full day workshops:
  • PDW 1: When the Twain Meet – Ajeet Mathur
  • PDW 2: Who's Containing Whom? Bion's (Co-)Dependency for a BANI-world: Making Theory Relevant for Practice – Nadine Riad Tchelebi
  • PDW 3: Reversal Theory and Group Psychodynamics: Theory and Practical Application
    – Anna Reiche & Larry Hirschhorn
  •  PDW4: Writing with intelligence(s) – Martin Ringer & Fiona Martin (Day 1 of 2)
Morning (AM) sessions:
  • PDW 5: Thinking with Fragments: Social Dream Collage Making as Sustained Thinking
    – Regan Berry & Nicola Wreford-Howard
  • PDW 6: Working with projective and associative material of self and others
    – Erik van de Loo & Saskia de Maat
Afternoon (PM) sessions:
  • PDW 7: Whole System Engagement for Future and Strategic Planning Using Future Search
    – Jeffrey Axelbank
  • PDW 8: Exploring Trans-European Identities and Dynamics
    – Richard Morgan-Jones, Dragana Vranjes & Iwona Soltysinska (Part 1 of 2)

WEDNESDAY

Full day workshops:
  • PDW 9: Social Dreaming as a methodology to explore the tension between omnipotence and incompleteness – Angela Eden
  • PDW 10: Improving our practice as consultants and managers: A case conference method
    –
    Larry Hirschhorn & James Krantz
  • PDW 4: Writing with intelligence(s) – Martin Ringer & Fiona Martin (Day 2 of 2)
  • PDW 11: Who do you think you are to…? & Who am I to…? – Nevena Jeremic & Sari Mattila
Morning (AM) sessions:
  • PDW 8: Exploring Trans-European Identities and Dynamics
    – Richard Morgan-Jones, Dragana Vranjes, Iwona Soltysinska (Part 2 of 2)
  • PDW 12: The Freudian Grip – Psychoanalysis in Leadership and Coaching
    – Moritz Senarclens de Grancy
Afternoon (PM) sessions:
  • PDW 13:Working with Omnipotence and Impotence to Achieve Relative Potency
    – Mal O’Connor
  • PDW 14: Humanizing Strategy: Working with Unconscious Dynamics in Strategy Execution
    – Geert Vercaeren