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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