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By Raimundo Guerra<\/strong> (Spain)<\/p>\n

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Last October 23 and 24 we celebrated in Valencia, Spain, the 6th Annual IARPP-Spain conference. About 173 attendees from seven different countries came to Valencia. The topic of the conference was\u00a0Psychoanalysis, Contexts, and Evolution: Psychotherapy and its Social Contexts<\/em><\/strong>. It was focused on how society and culture influence both the patient and the psychotherapist. As special guests we were happy to host Malcolm Slavin and the IARPP President, Susanna Federici.<\/p>\n

In the opening presentation Slavin\u00a0presented\u00a0his paper, \u201cWe Need Art So We Do Not Die of the Truth: An Existential-Adaptive Perspective on Art, Music, and Psychotherapy.” The\u00a0discussants were Raimundo Guerra (Chair of the conference) and Ram\u00f3n Riera. On\u00a0Saturday\u00a0morning Susanna Federici\u00a0presented her paper about an interesting clinical case entitled \u201cToday I Feel You…As More of a Person: Negotiation of the Paradox of Being for Oneself and for the Other.\u201d Mal Slavin and Silvia Jim\u00e9nez showed their clinical\u00a0sensitivity\u00a0through their valuable comments regarding Federici\u00b4s case. A tribute to the Spanish\u00a0psychoanalyst Joan Coderch was a special moment during the conference.\u00a0 Alejandro \u00c1vila-Espada (President of the IARPP-Spain chapter), Alejandra\u00a0Plaza (President of IARPP-Mexico), Rosario Casta\u00f1o, Neri Daurella and Joan Coderch participated\u00a0in this part of the program. It was the most emotional moment of the conference, especially when Raimundo Guerra gave a commemorative plaque to Joan Coderch and the audience stood up and applauded for two minutes.<\/p>\n

Also, at this Spanish conference we had an invited panel with Rosa Velasco who presented her research about children and their interactions with their mothers, as well as two other very interesting panels with practical and valuable papers presented. There was also a scientific poster session, with all the attendees voting on their favorite. The winners were Mario Casta\u00f1o, Carmen Cort\u00e9s, and Laura Tormo, with a poster about\u00a0development\u00a0of communication in\u00a0psychotherapy.\u00a0To round out the meeting, we had dinner in a restaurant at the Mediterranean Sea, during which the organizing\u00a0committee gave Alejandro \u00c1vila-Espada a special gift in recognition of his ten years as President of the IARPP-Spain Chapter.<\/p>\n

Dr. Raimundo Guerra, Chair of the organizing committee of the 6th IARPP-Spain Conference.<\/p>\n

\"guerraphoto0715w\"<\/a>Raimundo Guerra, PhD
\n<\/strong>Presidente de la Sociedad Espa\u00f1ola de Psicoterapia y Psicolog\u00eda para la Integraci\u00f3n.
\nDirector de IPSA-Levante
\nemail: ipsalevante@gmail.com
\n<\/a>website: http:\/\/www.ipsalevante.com<\/a>
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