Track 1 — The Individual The inner dimension: how trauma operates within the human psyche.
Topics: moral injury and its distinction from PTSD · post-traumatic anger · stabilization under ongoing threat (without resolution) · clinical support for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV)
Track 2 — Partnership and Family How prolonged stress and loss alter our closest relationships.
Topics: the impact of chronic stress on couple dynamics · family systems under separation and loss · psychological support for families of combat veterans
Track 3 — Society Collective trauma and pathways to community recovery.
Topics: moral injury among Ukrainians — preliminary research findings · building crisis supervision support systems for practitioners · the role of the psychological community in societal recovery
Evidence-Based Practices for Professional Support of Specialists in Wartime Ukraine: Supervision Groups and Training
Adjunct Professor, International Relations Program, New York University · expert in documenting war crimes and working with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence
"Like a garbage bag everyone wants to throw away": voices of rape survivors in Kosovo
PhD in Psychology · crisis psychologist · Alfred Nobel University "None of my school teachers ever spoke with me about my Ukrainian identity": postcolonial dynamics and women's experiences in mixed Russian-Ukrainian marriages during the Russian-Ukrainian war
Military psychologist
Reflections on the skills military psychologists and civilian practitioners supporting service members actually need
EMDR therapist and supervisor · Senior officer, psychological support and recovery unit, 60th Separate Mechanized Brigade, 3rd Army Corps
Psychotherapeutic work with the effects of prolonged combat stress in military personnel: clinical features and approaches
EuroPsy Committee · Doctor of Psychological Sciences · psychotherapist · leader of the Ukrainian RTM Global team
Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories Protocol (RTM Protocol): development and research in Ukraine
Psychologist · psychotherapist · trauma therapist · USP supervisor · Senior Research Fellow, H.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, NAES of Ukraine
Somatic responses during wartime
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Among the presenters: a military psychologist working directly in combat zones, clinicians experienced in ongoing trauma, and international experts. This is not adapted theory — it's knowledge tested in practice, right now.
ESTSS partnership and international speakers. Simultaneous interpretation UA↔EN — the conference is accessible to both Ukrainian practitioners and international colleagues.
Individual — partnership and family — society. The program shows how trauma moves across these levels and what to do clinically at each one.
Participation counts toward your continuing professional development under the European Credit Transfer System. The certificate is issued in both Ukrainian and English.
Chair of the Ukrainian Association of Specialists in Overcoming the Consequences of Traumatic Events · crisis psychologist · EMDR & trauma therapist · Chair of the EMDR Ukraine Education and Training Committee · ESTSS Board member · co-founder of the Ukrainian Institute for Trauma Studies
Training analyst · ECPP supervisor · Board member, Ukrainian Association of Specialists in Overcoming the Consequences of Traumatic Events · ESTSS Board member · co-founder of the Ukrainian Institute for Trauma Studies
ssociate Professor, Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Alfred Nobel University (Dnipro) · trained in existential analysis and logotherapy (GLE International) · researcher in psychotraumatology, the legacy of the Soviet era for Ukrainians, and qualitative research methodology in psychology
Psychotherapist · psychoanalyst · trauma therapist · USP supervisor (Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists) · Senior Research Fellow, H.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, NAES of Ukraine
