To Ukrainian colleagues

Dear Alexander, dear Ukrainian Colleagues,

I am writing this important message to you in reply to your Statement to EAP. Please Alexander share this message with your colleagues. As EAP President I apologise most sincerely to all Ukrainian Psychotherapists and to UUAP. As EAP President I support all Ukrainian Psychotherapists and I have responded to your reactions.   

I have acted decisively and the situation has now been corrected. 

No free tickets are possible for Russian Psychotherapists. The only free tickets are for Ukrainian Psychotherapists.

EAP 30th Anniversary Congress - March 12-13, 2022

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STATEMENT FROM THE WORLD COUNCIL FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY TO THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT

The World Council for Psychotherapy calls upon the Russian Government to immediately cease the invasion of Ukraine; stop the war; respect the law of nations; and bring back all Russian troops and weapons to their home country. It is our view as Psychotherapists that a military invasion never solves problems, and never achieves its intended aims. Instead it creates immense damage, and causes destruction on many levels which can reverberate through the generations.

Condolences for the loss of David Sassoli

It is with sadness and deep regret that we have heard of the death of David Sassoli, President of the European Commission. 

In a correspondence with David Sassoli in 2020 he wrote: “Thank you for your letter  . . .and for the vital role that EAP Psychotherapists play in mental health care, especially in times of crisis, based on the high standards of training, ethical and professional conduct and professional competence.”

We honour the support that David Sassoli gave to our profession, and we extend our condolences and sympathy to his family and colleagues.

President Patricia Hunt European Association for Psychotherapy January 11^th 2022

Conference on Refugees Postponed

As the EAP Executive committee decided to hold the EAP Board meetings in autumn 2021 online due to the continuing restrictions and the risk of the new Covid variants, the Conference on Refugees in Pristina, Kosova will be postponed to October 2022.

Details about the date and program will follow.

Euronews article with interview with EAP President Patricia Hunt

EAP President Patricia Hunt was interviewed by Euronews concerning the mental health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the results of an EAP survey into the work of European Psychotherapists during lockdown.  

Here is the interesting article: Euronews-article-for-EAP

Survey on psychotherapy in Europe during the COVID-19 lockdown 2020

In Autumn 2020 the European Association for Psychotherapy conducted a survey asking Psychotherapists all over Europe how they had responded to the pandemic. Please click here for a very interesting summary of the results which shows how Psychotherapists have successfully adapted to work with online methods, and have continued to offer Psychotherapy to those who need it across Europe in an effective and sustained way.

Vol 24, No 1, Spring 2020

• Editorial
  COURTENAY YOUNG
• European Association for Psychotherapy: Interim Advice for Conducting Psychotherapy Online
  ADRIAN M. RHODES
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing with Body-Oriented Interventions within the Field of Adoption: Translating Neuroscience into a Clinical Case Study
  KATRIEN VANFRAUSSEN, EDWARD CAMPFORTS & LINDITA IMERAJ
• How to Become a More Reflective Practitioner / Researcher
  COURTENAY YOUNG
• Notes on Empathy vs Confrontation in Psychological Treatment
  SEYMOUR HOFFMAN 
• The Problem of Parallel Process: Wild Analysis in Psychotherapy Supervision?
  C. EDWARD WATKINS, JR.
• Initiating Practice-Related Research: Report on an EAP Conference, 23-Feb. 2020, SFU Private University, Vienna
  Peter Schulthess
• Can “Psychotherapeutic Methods, Procedures and Techni

Vol 24, No 2, Summer 2020

• Editorial
  Courtenay Young
• ‘Can’t Sing, Won’t Sing’: Singing and the Sense of Self across the Life Span
• ANNE COLGAN 
• Psychotherapy & Religion: Towards a Phenomenology of Change: Part 1
• PAUL J. WHITTEMORE 
• Psychotherapy & Religion: Towards a Phenomenology of Change: Part 2
• PAUL J. WHITTEMORE 
• The Effects of Multicultural Discussions and Supervisory Working Alliance on Perceived Counseling Competence: A Brief Report
• JARICE N. CARR, PATRICIA L. KAMINSKI, NINA CALMENSON & C. EDWARD WATKINS, JR. 
• Contact and Relational-Needs in Couple Therapy: An Integrated Psychotherapy Perspective
• RICHARD J. ERSKINE & JANET P. MOURSUND 
• BOOK REVIEWS:
• 1: Skills in Psychodynamic Counselling & Psychotherapy (2nd

In Memoriam Mony Elkaim

Dear friends, dear colleagues,

A very sad news has arrived - our dear friend and colleague, teacher, founding member and former President and a Honorary President of EAP, Professor Mony Elkaim has died in Brussels on 20th of November.

He made enormous contributions to EAP with his energy, wisdom, political talent and humor in calm and turbulent times of our existence. He was approaching all members very -personally, with an open heart, inviting the EAP Board members to his home in Brussels while we have had EAP meetings in his town. His talent to find a peaceful and balanced solution in most difficult situations was legendary, indeed.