FOURTH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF CLINICAL PSYHOLOGY

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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Fourth National Congress of Clinical Psychology will be held in Park Hotel Moskva, Sofia, (25 Nezabravka Str.) from 28^th November till 01^st of December 2024.

1. Organizer of the Congress:

INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Organizing committee:		Scientific committee:
Full Prof. Vanya Matanova, PhD, DSc	Neli Zapryanova	Full Prof. Vanya Matanova, PhD, DSc	Nikolay Bonev, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Zlatomira Kostova, PhD	Angela Ivanova	Assoc. Prof. Pavlina Petkova, PhD	Martin Kolev, PhD
Michaela Kontou	Ventsislav Angelov	Prof. Orlin Todorov, PhD	Marie-Luise Althoff, PhD
Velislava Truhcheva		Prof. Drozdstoy Stoyanov, PhD, DSc	Skirma Povilenaite, MD
		Prof. Georg Northoff, MD, PhD	Assoc. Prof. Marcin Moskalewicz , PhD, DSc
		Prof. Hristo Hinkov, MD, PhD	Assoc. Prof. Zlatomira Kostova, PhD
		Assoc. Prof. Dimitar Kolev, MD	Valentina Gerginova, MD
		Prof. Maxim V. Kireev, DSc	Prof. Domenico De Berardis, MD, PhD

2. Important dates for the Congress:

Deadline for submitting abstracts - by September 10, 2024 at e-mail: congress.psychology.2024@gmail.com ;
Confirmation from the Organizing and Scientific committees - by September 20, 2024;
Early registration of delegates at the Congress – by July 15, 2024;
Late registration of delegates at the Congress – from July 16 till September 30, 2024;
Registration of delegates on site – from October 01, 2024;
Opening of the Congress – November 28, 2024 – Europe Conference Hall, Park Hotel Moskva, Sofia;
Welcome Drink – November 28, 2024 – lobby, Europe Conference Hall, Park Hotel Moskva, Sofia;
Closing ceremony –November 30, 2024 – Europe Conference Hall, Park Hotel Moskva, Sofia;

3. Main topic of the Congress:

Dialogues of Care - Multidisciplinary Approaches to Mental Health

4. Official language of the Congress:

Bulgarian and English language.
During the event there won't be simultaneous translation.

5. Participation with report or short scientific message:

Deadline for submitting abstracts – by 10 September, 2024 at e-mail: congress.psychology.2024@gmail.com ;
Confirmation from the Organizing committee - by September 20, 2024;

Note: Reports included in the Science Program of the Congress will be presented within 20 minutes, short scientific messages will be within 10 minutes.

6. Reservation requests can be made via email: events@wasteels.bg

Please, enter your information (telephone and / or e-email) as well as the necessary data (business or personal) for issuing an invoice.
All participants of the Congress are desirable to declare and pay their participation preferentially at the preferential prices of the organizing company.
The registration of the participants on site in Park Hotel Moskva will begin at 14:00 on November 28, 2024 at the Registration Desk of WASTEELS.

The organizing company is committed to providing full assistance to participants during the Congress:

Registration of the participants;
Accommodation;
Providing materials for the Congress;
General information and coordination.

7. Payment conditions:

Bank account for money transfers in euro:
WASTEELS-Bulgaria EOOD
UBB bank
IBAN: BG03UBBS81551437752800 BIC: UBBSBGSF

8. Payment and cancellation:

All booking requests are valid for 5 business days during which the actual payment should be made. Failure to comply with this condition will void the reservation without notice from the organizer.
Upon request for cancellations of hotel accommodation and / or registration fee up to October 01, 2024 inclusive, the full amount of the payment will be refunded. With partial or complete cancellations from October 02, 2024, amounts are not refunded.

Bank transfer tax of 10.00 EUR will apply for non-EU countries for all payments, higher than 100 EUR. For payments less than 100 EUR bank transfer tax will not be applied. All bank charges for the bank transfer should be on behalf of the sender.

You are welcome to participate in Fourth National Congress in Clinical Psychology !

Program

November 28-TH 2024 (Thursday)

14:00 – 19:00 Check-in and participants registration
15:30 – 16:00 Official Opening of the Congress - Full Prof. Vanya Matanova, PhD, DSc

Welcome speeches – Irina Lazarova, MD

16:00 – 16:10 Dialogues on psyche – Full Prof. Vanya Matanova

16:10 – 16:20 Greetings

16:20 – 19:00 First Scientific Session “Words between the body and the mind”

Moderators: Margarita Tareyn, PhD; Violeta Azis, PhD

16:20 – 16:40 The bodily expression of psychological suffering – specifics of the psychosomatic therapeutic approach - Margarita Tareyn
16:40 – 17:00 The clinical psychologist: a link between the physical and psychological experience of the illness - Zdravka Anina, Violeta Azis
17:00 – 17:20 The soul locked in the body - a case of myastenia gravis - Angela Ivanova, Velislava Truhcheva, Izabela Traianova, Maya Mincheva, Neli Zapryanova, Vanya Matanova
17:20 – 17:40 Child psychosomatics - Monika Bogdanova
17:40 – 17:50 The body atom in the clinical practice - Violeta Azis, Alexandrina Milcheva
17:50 – 18:00 Clinical practice with severe and terminally ill patients, and their families - Margarita Tareyn
18:00 – 18:10 Clinical social work in the hospital system - Alexander Milanov
18:10 – 18:20 Body image in patients of barietric surgery - Nikolay Bonev
18:20 – 18:30 Medical trauma. The patient’s psychological response to negative experiences in medical settings - Stanimira Kamcheva
18:30 – 18:40 Body-oriented practices in art therapy - Vyara Granitska
18:40 – 18:50 Attachment and personality: key factors in psychosomatic symptoms – study case - Monika Paskaleva
18:50 – 19:00 Psychosomatics and dental medicine - Mariana Dimova – Gabrovska, Irina Petrova, Tsvetelina Shopnikolova

19:00 – 20:00 Welcome drink

November 29-TH 2024 (Friday)

Second Scientific Session “Mentalization-based therapy”

Moderator: Martin Kolev, PhD

Supervision demonstration and clinical discussion of a case of adolescent psychotherapy - MBT-A approach - Martin Kolev, PhD; Skirma Povilenaite, MD; Mary Louise Althoff, PhD; Louise Esquenazi; Ezra Loh

10:30–11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Third Scientific Session “Psychiatry and psychotherapy. Addictions” PART 1 Moderators: Assoc. Prof. Diana Tsirkova, PhD, DSc

11:00 – 11:10 Group therapeutic process through the "storytherapy for adults" method - Iliyana Mavrodieva
11:10 – 11:20 “To Chicago and back” – presentation of clinical material and therapeutic approach in eating disorder with borderline personality structure - Fotka Georgieva
11:20 – 11:30 Mental structuring and addiction to computer games during adolescence - Diana Tsirkova
11:30 – 11:40 Burnout syndrome - characteristics and implications in a bulgarian sample - Sofia Mikova
11:40 – 12:00 Discussion

12:00 – 13:00 Dry pack lunch

13:00 – 14:50 Fourth scientific session “Neuropsychoanalysis and affective neuroscience”

Moderators: Martin Kolev, PhD; Antonia Borisova, PhD

13:00 – 13:20 Educational lecture "emotional systems and free energy principle" - Martin Kolev, Antonia Borisova
13:20 – 13:30 Hemoencephalographic neurofeedback - history, opportunities, perspectives on application - Mitko Shoshev
13:30 – 13:40 Affective neuroscience personality scale (ANPS): applications and benefits for clinical practice - Elena Shahanova
13:40 – 14:00 Neuropsychoanalytic conceptualisation and case presentation - Martin Kolev
14:00 – 14:10 Care and uncare - Antonia Borisova
14:10 – 14:20 Neurological basis of personality development - Boris Savov
14:20 – 14:30 Neuropsychoanalytic approach to understanding psychological dynamics: clinical case - Tsvetan Velev
14:30 – 14:50 Discussion

14:50 – 16:30 Fifth scientific session “Interdisciplinary dialogue”

Moderators: Full Prof. Drozdstoy Stoyanov, MD, PhD, DSc

14:50 – 15:10 Appraising the (dis)reputable proliferation of mental disorders - Werdie van Staden
15:10 – 15:30 On the possibility of trans-discipliinary validation of state and trait diagnostic tools in clinical psychology - Drozdstoy Stoyanov, Kristina Stoyanova, Rossitsa Paunova, Sevdalina Kandilarova
15:30 – 15:50 How do we quantify the atypical experience of time phenomenologically? - Marcin Moskalewicz
15:50 – 16:10 Salience network in psychopathology. swLORETA qEEG diagnostic and therapeutic markers - Dimitar Kolev
16:10 – 16:30 From the brain over symptom to the clinic - spatiotemporal psychopathology - Georg Northoff

16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 – 19:00 Sixth Scientific Session “Prevention and Public Health”

Moderators: Full Prof. Vanya Matanova, PhD, DSc; Assoc. Prof. Zlatomyra Kostova, PhD, DSc

17:00 – 17:20 Posttraumatic growth and ways to assess it - Ventsislav Angelov
17:20 – 17:30 Communication as a fundamential tool for efficiency in disease prevention and health promotion: theoretical and practical aspects - Tsvetelina Shopnikolova, Aleksandrina Vodenicharova, Antonia Yanakieva
17:30 – 17:40 Subjective experiences of emotional connection in childhood and adulthood - Zlatomira Kostova, Svetlana Nedeva
17:40 – 17:50 Mental health in the workplace after the Covid-19 pandemic. Risk factors and effective prevention programs - Nina Petkova
17:50 – 18:00 Early childhood intervention – theory and practice - Tihomir Ivanov
18:00 – 18:15 Cognitive-behavioral approaches to reduction of the harm of smoking - Irina Lazarova
18:15 – 18:30 Psychobiotic - myth or reality? - Dimitar Kolev

18:30 – 19:00 Discussion

November 30-TH 2024 (Saturday)

09:00 – 10:50 Seventh Scientific Session “Child Psychopathology and Psychotherapy”

Moderators: Full Prof. Vanya Matanova, PhD, DSc; Nikolay Bonev, PhD

09:00 – 09:10 Multidisciplinary approach in a child with neurodevelopmental disorder - Milena Rachovska
09:10 – 09:20 Postpartum bonding. Postpartum bonding questionnaire (PBQ) - Svetlana Nedeva
09:20 – 09:30 Dyslexia- complications in mental and social functioning and integrative therapy methods. Case study - Elena Todorova
09:30 – 09:40 Evaluation of the development of children's mathematical abilities and quantitative concepts at the age of 7 - Stefka Gigova
09:40 – 09:50 Prenatal attachment. When care is not care for the psyche - Vanya Matanova
09:50 – 10:00 Validation of piccolo (parenting interactions with children: checklist of observations linked to outcomes) - Kameliya Staneva
10:00 – 10:10 Working with parents and relatives of children with developmental disorders in Bulgaria - Maria Stancheva, Ana Andreeva-Sapundzhieva, Mihaela Barokova
10:10 – 10:30 The unmet needs of the crying baby - Velislava Truhcheva, Valentina Gerginova, Yana Atanasova
10:30 – 10:40 Body image and attachment trauma in plastic-aesthetic surgery patients - Nikolay Bonev
10:40 – 10:50 Discussion

10:50 – 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 – 13:00 Eighth scientific session “Psycho-oncology”

Moderators: Margarita Tareyn, MD; Ekaterina Vitkova

11:20 – 11:30 The medical team in the oncology discourse. Communication skills - Ekaterina Vitkova
11:30 – 11:40 Nature and role of resilience and coping strategies in cancer patients: theoretical foundations - Silviya Ivanova
11:40 – 12:00 The mental experience of cancer - Ekaterina Vitkova
12:00 – 12:20 Psychological assessment and interventions in psycho-oncology - Blagina Yordanova
12:20 – 12:40 Children and questions of illness and death - Alexander Milanov
12:40 – 12:50 Patient assistant in oncology - Elif Nazif
12:50 – 13:00 Can i place the trust for my future on myself?! - Svilen Lapakov

13:00 – 14:00 Dry pack lunch

14:00 – 16:00 Ninth scientific session “Anxiety-depressive states and life crises”

Moderators: Full. Prof. Vanya Matanova, PhD, DSc; Ventsislav Angelov

14:00 – 14:10 Relationship between attachment style and anxiety in early adulthood - Filipa Velkova
14:10 – 14:20 Suffering and development: an integral approach - Elena Mustakova-Posart
14:20 – 14:30 Surrogasy in Bulgaria – psychological and legal aspects - Vanya Matanova, Radostina Nikodimova
14:30 – 14:40 Application of psychodrama in the treatment of depression in a patient with a diagnosis of depression - the case of reni, user of the DCPLU, Laskarevo village, Sandanski municipality - Hristo Yordanov
14:40 – 14:50 The influence of infertility-related cognitions on subjective wellbeing and depression - Mina Nedelcheva-Datsova
14:50 – 15:00 Validation of the infertility cognition questionnaire - Mina Nedelcheva-Datsova
15:00 – 15:10 Infertility-related stress: affective balance, anxiety and depression in women undergoing assisted reproductive procedures - Daniela Vladinova, Daniel Petrov
15:10 – 15:20 The Covid-19 pandemic as a medical crisis from the perspective of modern clinical psychology, psychotherapy and interpersonal communication - Ivaylo Zhivkov
15:20 – 15:30 ‘The hero’s journey’ – how did the monomyth become a model of grieving? - Ventsislav Angelov
15:30 – 15:40 Anxiety in clinical practice - Irina Valneva
15:40 – 15:50 Anxiety, depression, and percieved social support in patients with organ transplants - Kalina Fartunkova
15:50 – 16:00 Discussion

16:00 – 16:20 Coffee break

16:20 – 19:00 Tenth scientific session “Psychiatry and psychotherapy. Addictions.” PART 2

Moderators: Prof. Drozdstoy Stoyanov, MD, PhD, DSc; Assoc. Prof. Zlatoslav Arabadzhiev, MD

16:20 – 16:30 Integrative psychosynthesis in psychotherapy - Zlatoslav Arabadzhiev
16:30 – 16:40 The dark triad, motivation for success and attitudes towards corrupt behaviour - Diyana Tomova
16:40 – 16:50 Approach with emotional and behavioural symptoms in children within the family system - Michaela Kontou
16:50 – 17:00 Religious coping and the experiential system: the relationship between religious coping strategies and adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies of the experiential system - Maria Ivanova
17:00 – 17:10 Mistakes in consulting - Krasimir Ivanov
17:10 – 17:20 Group work with relatives of adults with dementia - Petya Nikolova, Vanya Matanova
17:20 – 17:30 Monitoring the psychiatric care system in Bulgaria – covi - Zahari Zarkov, Drozdstoy Stoyanov, Sevdalina Kandilarova, Vladimir Nakov
17:30 – 17:40 A contemporaty approach to metaphors as a powerful psychotherapeutic tool - Sofia Mikova
17:40 – 17:50 Transgenerational cycle of violence and its impact on child development - Diyana Videva

17:50 – 19:00 Round table discussion:

On the possibilities for regulating psychotherapeutic services as a medical activity - Drozdstoy Stoyanov, Vladimir Nakov, Zahari Zarkov, Mihail Okoliyski, Rumyana Dinolova, Hristo Hinkov

Closurе of the Congress
19:30 – 23:00 Gala dinner

December 01-ST 2024 (Sunday)

08:00 – 11:00 Check-out. Departure from hotel.

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