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Make Plans to Join us for the 24th World Congress of Psychotherapy
June 4-6, 2026 | United Nations Headquarters & City University of New York Graduate Center
“Psychotherapy, Mental Health and Human Rights- Caring for Vulnerable Populations, Healthcare Professionals, and
Humanitarian Relief Workers”
Stay Tuned! The Call for Proposals is Coming Soon!
Generously Co-Sponsored By:




Scientific Co-Chairs:
Asher Aladjem (USA)
Sohail Ali (USA/United Nations)
César Alfonso (USA)
Chaimaa Aroui (Morocco)
Moussa Ba (USA)
Dilip Jeste (USA)
Alma Jimenez (Philippines)
Amine Larnaout (Tunisia)
Goran Mijaljica (Sweden/Norway)
Helene Nissen-Lie (Norway)
Daniela Polese (Italy)
Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar (Malaysia)
Ekaterina Sukhanova (USA)
Congress Topics:
- Caring for Refugees, Displaced Persons and Asylum Seekers
- Stigma and Discrimination
- 2SLGBTQIA+ affirmative psychotherapies
- Caring for Survivors of Natural Disasters
- Caring for Survivors of Torture and Terrorism
- Climate Change
- Suicide Prevention
- Human Rights
- Women’s Rights
- Children’s Rights
- Bioethics
- Psychotherapy with the Medically Ill
- Psychotherapy with Persons with Disabilities
- Psychotherapy with Persons with Sensory Impairment
- Psychotherapy with persons living with HIV
- Caring for Humanitarian Relief Workers
- Prevention of Burnout and Moral Injury
- Caring for Healthcare Professionals
- Trauma-Focused Psychotherapies
- CBT
- Third-Wave Therapies
- Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic
- Psychotherapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Supportive Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness
- Humanistic Therapies
- Hypnosis
- EMDR
- Ketamine and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy
- Brief Psychotherapies
- Group Psychotherapy
- Balint Groups for Healthcare Professionals
- Family and Couple Therapy
- Psychosocial Therapies
- Computer-Assisted Therapies
- Tele-psychotherapy
- Culturally Adapted Psychotherapies
- Combined/integrated Psychotherapies
- Psychotherapy Outcomes
- Psychotherapy Research
- Psychotherapy and Neuroscience
- Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
- Psychotherapy in Late Life
- End-of-Life and Palliative Care Psychotherapies
- Psychotherapy and Primary Care
- Psychotherapy, Culture and Society
- Religion and Spirituality
- Psychotherapy and Public Health
- Liaising with NGOs to Promote Mental Health
- Psychotherapy at the Workplace and Employee Assistance Programs
- Psychotherapy and Student Mental Health
- Delivering Psychotherapy in underserved Areas of the World