Health and Personality Development

Key Topics

Challenges to science on the threshold of metamodernism
Wellbeing studies: a cross-disciplinary methodological perspective
Spirituality, spiritual practice, and spiritual experience in mental health
Psychological assistance and support for working with different groups of clients and patients
Integrating technologies into psychological assistance
Psychological research and evaluation in professional activity
Modern trends in psychological assistance
Digitisation in professional life
Professional identity and professional activity
Health behaviour, self-help, and recreation
Development trends in modern military psychology and military psychologists' professional activity during the war in Ukraine

Programme

Opening of the Conference
Musical performance Welcome addresses Prof. Tatjana Koķe, Vice-Rector for Studies, RSU Prof. Inga Millere, Dean, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare Assoc. Prof. Signe Tomsone, Dean, Faculty of Rehabilitation Prof. Kristīne Mārtinsone, Head of the Department of Health of Psychology and Pedagogy				Video recording

Plenary Session
The use of science and technology to substantially raise human mental and emotional wellbeing \| Video recording Prof. Jeffery A. Martin (USA)
Spirituality and technology \| Video recording Prof. Julia Mossbridge (USA)

Plenary Session

EuroPsy Standards – Future developments based on the Cube model | Video recording
Prof. Conny Herbert Antoni (Germany)

Integrating technology with psychological science: eHealth tools promoting wellbeing and behavior change | Video recording
PhD Angelos Kassianos (Cyprus)

The arts in health, schools and community: Scaling up the Arts for the Blues | Video recording
Prof. Vicky Karkou (Great Britain)

Spirituality and health
Prof. Andrew Newberg (USA)

Workshop Types / varieties of spiritual experience | Video recording
Prof. Andrew Newberg (USA)

Lectures and workshops with invited speakers
Lecture Therapeutic Relationship in Existential-Phenomenological Perspective Workshop Rewards of Practicing Psychotherapy: Learning from the Clients PhD candidate Tatjana Dragan (Lithuania)
Workshop Intensified exposure therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder \| Video recording Prof. Christian M. G. Stierle (Germany)
Workshop What is Mental Health? Prof. Timothy D. Evans (USA)
Lecture Creatively Feeling: An Artful Approach to Mental Health and Healing Master class The Art of Being Alone: Virtual Community Art Therapy Practices in Uncertain Times MD Julia Volonts (USA)

Working language: Latvian, English
Format: online

The conference is open to students, psychologists, health professionals, supervisors, as well as anyone from the helping and educational professions.

All events at the conference will be recorded.

The conference welcomes representatives of the assisting and educational fields (psychologists, medical practitioners, consultants, social professionals, supervisors, etc.), as well as students, spiritual teachers and practitioners.

Participation is free of charge, but we invite you to make a donation to “Support Groups for the People of Ukraine” project. The donated funds will be used to organise psychological support groups for local residents in Ukraine.

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