OPENING WEB-CONFERENCE
from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (French time)

WORKSHOPS
from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (French time)

Dr. Sophie BARON-LAFORET: Psychiatrist and President of the French Association of Criminology and President of CIDFF Pyrénées Orientales (Information Centers on the Rights of Women and Families)

CONFERENCE: System for ecological justice
We all need justice in the broad sense but above all in our daily lives, not only in what touches us closely, but also in what we perceive of social changes, modes of relationship including the media share with us, violence against women and children, family functioning... The lack of means, a repetitive and realistic couplet, must lead us to question an ecological management of our human resources in the face of recourse to the third party that is justice in relations between spouses, neighbours, employers, employees, people designated as sick, etc.
Our Quebec colleagues pointed out more than ten years ago in an interdepartmental report that the coordination of actors is the first element that can make it possible to move forward on a more appropriate social response to sexual violence.
Next come training, supervision and research. The process of violence sows confusion (confusion of places, of generations).
The articulation is to be built, taking into account professional cultures, contextual elements, with respect for differences. Through a trial, I wondered about the place of criminology as a contribution of knowledge from different disciplines. To circulate knowledge, to articulate knowledge in the respect of the functions of each one, of the places of the victims and the perpetrators, of the actors of justice, magistrates, lawyers, investigators, experts, … Allow to shift in recognition of the necessary otherness.

PhD Michele RITTERMAN: Doctor Michele Ritterman is considered the first professional to have integrated hypnosis into family therapy, which she presents in her book that has become a classic: “Using hypnosis in family therapy (1982), translated in English, Italian and Spanish.
A student of Milton Erickson, she is at the origin of the concept of a trance state symptom provoked by many practitioners within psychosocial structures.
Michele has trained thousands of psychotherapists around the world in his approach applied to couples and families - individual or group trances - and has also developed therapeutic contraindications. She was also a pioneer in the idea that the symptom is a gift and therapy a mutual process of cooperation between therapist and client. She says the symptom is also a great teacher: what's wrong tells us what we need to get better. For 45 years, Professor Michele Ritterman has taught us that each human being is the product of all his specificities;
each person is unique, influenced by their nationality, religion, place of residence, class, race, profession, standard of living, family background and self-image. Later, therapists were strongly encouraged to identify symptoms with a formalized "diagnosis", as if human problems were based on personal flaws or failings rather than on social relationships inducing unhappiness. Michele Rittermann is also an activist; she has been spokesperson for Amnesty International as well as other human rights organizations and her book, “Hope Under Siege” published in 1986 and prefaced by Isabel Allende, enshrines the principles of psychotherapy in a broad political and social context.

LECTURE: From the Ecology of the Mind to the Global Mind
Dr. Ritterman will discuss the clinical observations she has made on families and societies around the world over the past 45 years.
She intends to participate in an interdisciplinary dialogue with other clinicians and scientists. These long-time researchers and observers who have devoted themselves to the study of reforestation, water quality, the survival of animal species, air quality, the health of coral reefs, have all together to sound the alarm on man's emphasis on conquest, competition, overconsumption, rather than preserving, replenishing, thinking systemically and contextually and cooperating across the classroom , gender, race, ethnicity, religion and nationality. She also observed that it is these same human-driven forces that devastate the planet's resources, intertwine with pervasive social and political structures, family and marital values, and individual self-persuasion, and have both suggested and globally normalized the mental states of individuals: despair, panic, anxiety, indifference, fear of empathy, narcissism and sociopathy. Every human being today is a unique sample of the species.
A unique resource. Every life matters.
The preservation of lives and human life are important. No person is expendable or worth more than another.
Being measured by one's "net worth" is the height of normalized insanity.

OPENING WEB-CONFERENCE
from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (French time)

Dr. Boris CYRULNIK is a French neurologist, psychiatrist, ethologist and psychoanalyst. Head of a clinical ethology research group at the Toulon-la-Seyne hospital (1972-1991), he published his first book, Mémoire de singe et parole d'homme in 1983 . Director of education since 1996 at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of Toulon, President of the National Center for Cultural Creation and Diffusion of Châteauvallon (since 1998), President of the Annie and Charles Corrin Prize on the memory of the Shoah (since 2005 ). Boris Cyrulnik is best known for developing the concept of “resilience” (being reborn from suffering). He also participated in the Attali commission on the obstacles to growth, led by Jacques Attali and installed on August 30, 2007 by Nicolas Sarkozy. He has published about thirty books.

CONFERENCE: "Can we live without suffering?"

Suffering begins in the womb; it is both of chemical and mental origin. If the mother is stressed, cortisol and catecolamines cross the placental barrier causing atrophy of the limbic system, the neurological base of memory and emotions. The ontogenesis of speech begins in the uterus and continues in the sensory niche of the mother's arms, but it is only around the age of 6/7 that the child has access to the representation of time and therefore to the story. Temporality plays a role in the reception and representation of time. Babies and young children live in contextual time, the present time, psycho-traumatized adults are prisoners of their syndrome while the elderly suffer from bi-frontal atrophy which prevents them from anticipating the future and submits them in the past. Healthy memory is evolutionary while episodic memory deteriorates if the trauma is not worked out. So does suffering really only end with death?

Pr. Gérard OSTERMANN, Professor of therapeutics option Internal medicine. Specialist in cardiology and angiology. Graduated in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Pharmacology. Psychotherapist-Analyst. Specialist in addictive behaviors, anorexia and the management of pain and trauma.

CONFERENCE: "Psycho-ecology is everything that shapes us!"

WORKSHOPS
from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (French time)

Dr. Eric BARDOT : Psychiatrist, child psychiatrist, psychotherapist. Trainer in hypnosis, brief systemic therapies, EMDR/HTSMA. Designer and organizer of HTSMA training (Hypnosis, Strategic Therapies and Alternative Movements). He is the director of the Mimethys Institute in Nantes.

CONFERENCE: "What the person I am knows or the life experience of a non-knower"

Our history, the events of life that build us, when they are saturated by insecurity, suffering, mistreatment, must it condemn us to survival , wandering, over-adaptation ? “What the person I am knows” is to be understood as a nomination of the living process which constitutes our basis as a person in the world of humans. When events come to damage this base, they make the bed of psychotrauma. If the human relationship contains a therapeutic power, then I will show that the posture of not knowing as an unveiling of what the person I am knows will allow the human encounter both in the singularity of this encounter and at the same time in the universality of the human.

Pr. Yves WINKIN, is a University Professor in Information and Communication Sciences. Specialized in "Anthropology of communication", he teaches the sociology of interactions and the social history of Anglo-Saxon "cultural studies" at the École Normale Supérieure (ÉNS, Lyon). He was a researcher Belgian Scientific Research Fund He is a member of numerous committees of scientific journals ( Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales , Sociologie et société , etc.). He has published works on the social history of American social sciences, as well as an invitation to an ethnographic approach in communication sciences.

CONFERENCE: "The enchantment"

My intervention will focus on the notion of enchantment, understood as "voluntary suspension of disbelief", a formula of the English poet Coleridge (1817). By pairing it with Oscar Mannoni's phrase "I know, but still", which summarizes for him the process of denial, I obtain a small search engine that allows me to invest in the many places and situations where professionals (which I call "enchantment engineers") train highly willing participants to suspend judgment to float for a while in an imaginary or partially imaginary world. The spectrum of these places is very wide: from Disneyland to public relations events and revamped city centers. In all cases, these are socially constructed operations that require personal investment.

Gérald BRASSINE has been a psychotherapist since 1975, he trained in classic intra-psychic approaches, systemic therapy and Ericksonian hypnosis at the Palo Alto school. Founder in 1984 of the Milton Erickson Institute in Belgium, he practices clinical hypnosis there. After using classical then Ericksonian hypnosis, EMDR, Descopem and S. Experiencing as well as cognitivist concepts in the treatment of trauma, he created and developed the PTR tool for the attention of psychic trauma . He is also the author of "Preventing, detecting and managing sexual abuse" (ed. Dangles).

CONFERENCE: "Construction and deconstruction of traumatic memories"

When the constructivist concepts of the School of Palo Alto and Strategic Conversational Hypnosis meet, the PTR* is born: efficiency is at the rendezvous because of the softness offered by this model to treat the most severe traumas. virulent. Here, the patient is aware of his state of hypnosis and learns to use it. He is active and exchanges constantly with his therapist. The paradoxical use of all the hypnotic phenomena that constitute the symptoms of trauma (PTSD) offers him exceptional comfort. Let the patient do so that he finds his own resources on his own? To treat traumas it is generally illusory! He needs the therapist for that! This must be directive to promote the awakening of “Autonomous Self-Therapeutic Processes”: emanation of the unconscious needs of the patient, finally found, which had remained frozen in the traumatic memory. He must be active to protect his patient by means of the Dissociative Protections: it is on this condition that the patient regains his personal capacities of resilience...

Roberta MILANESE, psychologist and psychotherapist, is research associate at the Strategic Therapy Center of Arezzo, directed by Giorgio Nardone, and professor at the School of Specialization in Brief Strategic Psychotherapy. She is responsible for organizing the Master in Strategic Communication, Coaching, Problem Solving and Performance Science in Milan, where she lives and works. She is the author of numerous books, including Strategic Coaching, Changing the Past, The Touch, the Remedy, the Word, Psychopills, Strategic Change, The Deceptive Fear of Not Being Good Enough, The Wounded Mind. She has been teaching for years in clinical and organizational masters in Italy and other countries.

CONFERENCE: "Coping with trauma: learning to ride the waves"

Never before has it been so clear that in this historic moment the concept of "trauma" can no longer be limited to the "wound" inflicted by a single disruptive event that suddenly tears apart the reality of the person who suffers it, as in the traditional concept of post-traumatic stress disorder. The wound of the trauma, in fact, can also occur as an effect of many small microtraumas that the person is forced to live in the present and that he must learn to manage. The most telling example is the situation we have been experiencing for more than a year due to the covid-19 pandemic, a furious and unexpected storm that threatens to overwhelm us even psychologically if we do not become adept at facing the waves. . When we are somehow "hostages" of a present that we cannot change, it becomes essential to have concrete tools to effectively manage the intense emotions of fear, pain, anger and anxiety. . Thus, we can not only prevent the structuring of real psychological disorders but also emerge from the storm stronger and more resilient than before.  

Federica CAGNONI, psychologist and psychotherapist, is a research associate at the Strategic Therapy Center of Arezzo, directed by Giorgio Nardone, and professor at the School of Specialization in Brief Strategic Psychotherapy. She is the author of numerous publications and several books, including Perversion on the Net, Changing the Past, The Wounded Mind. For years she has been teaching in clinical and organizational masters in Italy and other countries.

CONFERENCE: "Losing sight of the future"

Our experience in the clinical field of "traumatic" experiences has led us to distinguish three fundamental ways in which these experiences can affect our existence: to trap us in the past, to hold us hostage to the present and, last but not least, to distract us from the future. . There are indeed events which, like a cleaver, inexorably worm their way into our lives and seem to erase our future, robbing us of all perspective and suddenly turning off the light on all that had hitherto been a source of motivation to go from the front. They can come on suddenly, like a discouraging diagnosis, or unfold quietly and only slowly and subtly reveal themselves over time in all their catastrophic glory. Sometimes we are overwhelmed as victims, having to deal with all the anguish that this entails; sometimes we are aware of it, drowning in guilt; sometimes we can be the creators of it without even being aware of it, for a real "self-fulfilling prophecy" effect. Being the victim or perpetrator of an event that mortgages our future makes a difference; to be aware of it or not to be aware of it, even more so.

OPENING WEB-CONFERENCE
from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. (French time)

Michael D. YAPKO , Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist residing near San Diego, California. He is internationally recognized for his work in clinical hypnosis and outcome-oriented psychotherapy, particularly in the treatment of major depression, regularly teaching professional audiences around the world. He has been invited to present his innovative ideas and methods to colleagues in more than 30 countries on six continents and throughout the United States. He is the author of 16 books and editor of three others, as well as numerous book chapters and articles on the topics of brief therapy for depression and the use of clinical hypnosis in strategic psychotherapies. He is the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the International Society of Hypnosis, the Milton H. Erickson Foundation, and the American Psychological Association (Division 30). More information about Dr. Yapko's work is available on his website: www.yapko.com.

LECTURE: "Managing fear: insights into the application of hypnosis in treatment."

The global pandemic has made it clear that what drives fear is much more about our circumstances and how we deal with them than our neurobiology. This presentation will focus on three elements that, alone and in combination, play an important role in how fear is formed and maintained and what we as clinicians can do to help people deal with fear skillfully. Specifically, we will briefly examine the client's coping style, cognitive style, and ability to dissociate, all of which play a role in the client's response to therapy in general and hypnosis in particular. Hypnosis is a way to help people gain skills in these areas in a way that will be described.

WORKSHOPS
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (French time)

Linda METCALF, M.Ed., PhD, LMFT is currently President of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She is the former Director of Graduate Advising Programs at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas. She is also a former teacher and certified school counselor. She is the author of eleven books, including her new book, Solution Focused Narrative Therapy (Springer) 2017. She has presented extensively in the United States, Australia, Japan, Newfoundland, Germany, Scotland , England, Norway, Amsterdam, Singapore, UK, Canada, Thailand and more. She is past president of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

LECTURE: "The Fearless Mindset: Using Solution-Focused Narrative Therapy to Help Children and Adolescents Cope with Fear."

This presentation will discuss how the use of solution-focused narrative therapy can help children and adolescents to externalize fear and then compose a miracle day where fear happens less, allowing them to be their best, despite the fear. The steps to follow will be included in the presentation along with a case example that will show the usefulness of combining two postmodern models as a means of change.

Dan SHORT, Ph.D. , is a practicing clinical psychologist who teaches courses in medical hypnosis at the Southwest College of Naturopathic College of Medicine. He is an expert in Ericksonian psychotherapy and clinical hypnosis and executive director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Phoenix. He is best known for collaborating with two of Milton H. Erickson's daughters, Roxanna Erickson-Klein and Betty Alice Erickson, in writing Hope & Resiliency: The Psychotherapeutic Strategies of Milton H. Erickson MD In this classic text, he summarizes his learning of his two-year period as the head of the archives of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation and was thus able to study in depth the texts, audio recordings and videos of Milton Erickson which are preserved there. He currently lives with his wife and her two children in Scottsdale, Arizona.

CONFERENCE: "Three things to know to face fear"

Fear is one of the most powerful of all emotions. Its grip is so intense that people can literally be paralyzed. Most people don't realize that they have control over such powerful emotions, and more importantly, that emotions like fear can serve as a stepping stone to higher and more adaptable emotional states. Thanks to the knowledge acquired during this presentation, you will learn to see fear no longer as a problem but rather as an opportunity.

Dr. Julien BETBÈZE is a hospital psychiatrist, head of the Loire-Atlantique therapeutic family care department, CHS de Blain. Lecturer in Nantes at the Faculty of Psychology and at the EBU of Medicine: DU Addictions, DU Therapeutic Hypnosis, DU Pain. Family therapist, addiction service of Nantes University Hospital. Pedagogical manager and trainer at the Arepta Institut Milton Erickson in Nantes. Co-author with Y. Doutrelugne, O. Cottencin, L. Isebaert and D. Megglé of "Brief interventions and therapies: 10 concrete strategies, crises and opportunities".

CONFERENCE: " Fear and dissociation "

The intervention will be centered on the understanding of the dissociative process, on the tools of hypnosis and on the methods of questioning in brief therapy which make it possible to find a more peaceful vision of our relationship to the world.

Claude de SCORRAILLE is a psychologist, psychotherapist, supervisor, trainer, and lecturer, she applies the systemic and strategic brief therapy of the Palo Alto School and the CTS of Prof.  Nardone for over 15 years. She is also trained in conversational hypnosis. She has a consultation in Paris and via digital. She teaches the clinic of the relationship within the International School Lact/MRI/University of Paris 8 and at the IAE of Paris within the framework of the Master's in Business Administration.

She is also a worker and supervisor at the CSAPA in Montreuil, a consultation center specializing in addictions. She is president and co-founder of LACT where she develops individual and collective interventions with the problem solving methodology for individuals and organizations. She directs the consultation center specializing in obsessive and compulsive disorders (OCD) at LACT in partnership with the OCD clinic ® CONFERENCE: "From fear to shame"

Patrick BANTMAN is a psychiatrist and chief physician at the Esquirol hospital in Saint-Maurice (94). He is also Vice-President of Psychiatres du monde and a member of Schibboleth, an association of psychoanalysts and researchers interested in Freud's current events. Head of the Charenton Family Therapy Unit since 1998. Member of the Board of Directors of the French Family Therapy Society (SFTF), Family Referent at the Val de Marne CUMP Emergency Unit, Supervisor at the PJJ in the intergenerational field, in particular on the issue of the transmission of trauma. In this regard, he organized an international congress and published under the title: “from one generation to another”. In the field of family therapy, he also works on two theoretical and practical approaches: from the intrapsychic to the interpersonal and in family therapy with the question of multi-family therapies.

CONFERENCE: "Fear as a legacy"

For many years now, I have been working with families and couples who come to consult me ​​for difficulties in their life or for problems related to a sick member of their entourage.
My relational practice was born from the desire to broaden my epistemological perspective through the systemic approach transmitted by our trainer Mony Elkaim.
In this context, we often encounter situations where the question of family transmission arises, in particular around traumas experienced by previous generations. Can fear be transmitted between generations? The world around us is currently changing due, among other things, to the health crisis which has come to disturb us in our intimacy, by inserting the fear of contamination. We are contaminated by the fear of others: in our practice, the fear of the parents can induce defensive behavior in the child, growing up in a world considered by the other as worrying does not reassure and vulnerability in the face of fear can find its place in transgenerational transmissions.
We will start from our clinical practice to understand the effects of passing from one generation to another of fear and the moment we are currently living, is particularly in resonance with the need to address these questions, from the effects of traumatic experiences and their transmission.

Myriam CASSEN is Director of the Michel Montaigne Institute, clinical psychologist, family and couple therapist, addictologist, specialist in parental burnout, ICV practitioner - Specialist in the treatment of psychological trauma, trainer at the Michel Montaigne Institute in Bordeaux. She is also a member of the French Society of Family Therapy (SFTF) and the European Family Therapy Association (EFTA), Bordeaux. Co-author of "Feminine Addictions", Ed. EDK, and "Multi-family therapies", Ed. ERES.

CONFERENCE: "Fear: phylogenetic necessity and ontogenetic risk"