We have now completed the Sixth Symposium organized jointly by Ukrainian Umbrella Association of Psychotherapy (UUAP) and the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP). The theme for this Symposium was “The Role ow Women in the Time of War.”

Our Sixth Symposium included a Sociodrama (this part of the event was not recorded on video), which was conducted by two experts in the field of Sociodrama in Ukraine – Olena Stupak and Anastasia Sklyaruk. They conducted the Sociodrama with all the participants of the Symposium, and explored the psychosocial roles of women unfolding against the backdrop of the war.
More than 1200 delegates registered for the Symposium from Ukraine, and from all over the World. Nearly 600 participants attended the event.
Please join us for our Seventh Symposium which will be on Friday February 21st 2025. Please check the full details here.
This was a free event open to Psychotherapists. This Symposium was built on the World Council for Psychotherapy Statement regarding the invasion of Ukraine, which was adopted by EAP.
All participants of the Symposium unequivocally supported the statement of the World Council of Psychotherapy.
The Sixth Symposium reached more nearly 600 participants from 35 countries.
Video recordings of the SIXTH Symposium
OPENING ADDRESSES With Patricia Hunt FRSA, professor Alexander Mironenko, Pia Clementsen (Chair of the Danish Association for Psychotherapy) and Villy Sovndal MEP, Patron of Symposium
"The Psycho-Emotional Demands on Women in the Army" Maryna Lanivska, veteran contract soldier
"A Woman on the Road" Olha Lypko, psychotherapist, clinical psychologist, member of the WAPP, UAPP and the Nomada Association who work with refugees
“Mental Health among Women Ukrainian Refugees in Denmark” Karen-Inge Karstoft, Associate Professor of psychology, Senior Researcher
"Women's Path Through War: Legacy of Strength or Challenges of Modernity" Valeria Pryhozhyna, psychotherapist, psychologist, co-founder of the NGO "Crisis Psychological Assistance in Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk Region"
“Women’s Leadership in the Times of War and Oppression: Perspective from Life and Practice in Exile” Lena Grigorieva, psychologist, psychotherapist, manager of projects in support to mental health professionals in exile
ROUND TABLE OF ALL SPEAKERS Moderators: Irena Bezic and Alexander Mironenko