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Psychotherapy Specialist Conference
presented by IFAPA
16–19 September 2026
During the Annual Medical Section Conference
at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland
Dear Friends of Anthroposophic Psychology and Psychotherapy,
As in years past, the International Federation of Anthroposophic Psychotherapy Associations (IFAPA), of which AAP is a member, is organizing a hybrid Psychotherapy Specialist Conference during the Annual Medical Section Conference in Dornach, which begins Wednesday, September 16 and ends Sunday, September 20, 2026.
This year’s Medical Section Conference is dedicated entirely to trauma, as ever-present war and violence, both in real and virtual settings, increases and children are subject to physical and sexual abuse, including in online settings, where those tasked with guiding them may be dissociated because of their own use of social media in the presence of children.
The hybrid conference is open to all, not only licensed professionals, and will take place as follows (all times CEST):
Wednesday, September 16, 4:30 pm to 6 pm
Opening of the Forum:
- Future trauma-related disorders and pathophysiological consequences from parent/caregiver emotional and mental absence due to media use in the child’s presence with Hartmut Horn, MD, Germany
- Early childhood traumatization—intergenerational impact of parental dissociation with Henriette Dekkers, Lic. Psychologist, Netherlands
- The therapeutic process in serious early traumatized persons with Susan Overhauser, Lic. Psychologist, USA
Thursday, September 17, 4:30 pm to 6 pm
- Drug treatment and psychotherapy in traumatized schoolchildren in the Parzival-Center, Karlsruhe, Germany, with Hartmut Horn, MD
- Medication and psychotherapeutic treatment in traumatized children in Norway and Estonia with Anne Daniel Karlsen, Estonia
- Treatment of schoolchildren with social trauma with Swapna Narendra, MD, India
Friday, September 18, 4:30 pm to 6 pm
- On traumatizing influences upon adolescents in the social context with Lisa Devine, Lic. Psychologist, Australia
- The impact of effective media education on the development of family systems with David Martin, MD, Germany
Saturday, September 19, 4:30 pm to 6 pm
- The Ukrainian presentation of the above quoted problems with Nairine Maltseva, Psychotherapist, and Yevhen Volchenko, MD, from Kiev, Ukraine
- Love, hope and trust in a social cohesion with Vasuprada Kartic, Lic. Psychotherapist, India, and Giovanna Bettini, Lic. Psychotherapist, Italy
- The Harvest of the Conference—Closure with Henriette Dekkers and Hartmut Horn
This conference will be run in hybrid format, in English, with translations into Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, and German provided.
Online participants need Zoom access and will receive a link to their respective language channel two days before the conference.
If interested, you may register through AAP in the following steps:
- Write a note to Rick Ruffin, AAP Secretary, at rruffin@leader.com, with your full name, licensed profession (if the case), e-mail address, the language channel you want to attend, and indicate your method of payment (directly to IFAPA or via PayPal).
- Both routes are to the attention of IFAPA Treasurer Ellen Moses and should note that the payment is for the September 2026 Specialist Psychotherapy Conference.
- Before September 5, fees are:
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- 150€ for Europe/North America;
- 110€ for Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand;
- 90€ for India, Southeast Asia, Philippines, and Thailand; and
- 40€ for Ukraine, South America, Romania, and Bulgaria.
- Fees paid between September 6 and September 12 need to include an additional 10€.
- Make PayPal payments to ifapaswiss2012@gmx.de and email the receipt to Ellen Moses at e.keller.61@gmail.com and Rick Ruffin at rruffin@leader.com.
- Pay directly to IFAPA bank account as follows:
Name of account: Internationaler Verband der Gesellschaften für Anthroposophische Psychotherapie
Address: Rüttiweg 45, 4143 Dornach, CH
Bank: Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank BLKB
Rheinstrasse 7
4410 Liestal
IBAN: CH 71 0076 9434647462001
Konto/Depotnumber: 4346.4746.2001
Clearing Nr. 769 (similar sort number)
BIC/SWIFT BLKBCH22
Receipts of payment will be mailed to participants upon request. Certificates of participation will be provided for licensed professionals. The lectures will be recorded and will remain available for approximately two weeks after the closing of the conference.
Note that this form of registration is only for the hybrid conference. Registration for in-person attendance takes place through the Goetheanum at this LINK.
