Conference programme

The programme is arranged over five days from the afternoon of Monday 20th July to Friday 24th July. On Wednesday 22nd July there will be a free afternoon.
Arrivals and registrations will be made between Sunday afternoon 19th and Monday morning 20th.  Day registrations can be made every morning.
On Monday morning two pre-conference workshops are scheduled. One of these, “An invitation to the Psychology of Personal Constructs” held by Trevor Butt is exactly an invitation, since it is for free. The other, “Spying on the Self” held by Dusan Stojnov has a separate charge (not included in the conference fee).

There is also a social program planned throughout the congress.

To download the complete programme follow this link
 

Pre-conference workshops

Trevor Butt (University of Huddersfield, UK)
An Invitation to the Psychology of Personal Constructs

Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) is one of those grand theories that attempts to make sense of all aspects of personal conduct. And yet it is an approach to psychology with none of the landmarks familiar in other psychologies: there are no cognitions or emotions, no self, no motivation and no unconscious.  This is a talk and discussion that is aimed at beginners to PCP. We will look at the origins of the theory, its model of the person and philosophy. The concept of the personal construct will be described and elaborated. We will think about the traditional distinctions between behaviour, cognition and emotion, and see how PCP transcends these with its focus on construing. Finally, we will look at Kelly’s notion of choice and see how it is used to understand how and why people act as they do.


Dusan Stojnov (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Spying on the Self

The ‘self’ has been the subject of many controversies in psychology ‐ from being a core issue at the onset of psychology as a discipline, to being ruthlessly banned by behaviorists and then again becoming a central concern of psychology. During this time, the self was most often treated as an entity residing “under the skin” ‐ as being an unchanging private property of an individual. The constructivist approach to psychology has boldly challenged this approach and offers an alternative construction of self, suggesting that the self is ‘created’ in relation, and that there can be not one but many selves, which are not totally integrated but fragmented. From this point of view, the self is not a structure but a process. Leading constructivists and constructionists such as Rom Harre, John Shotter, Kenneth Gergen, Michel Foucault and many others, have enabled not only different approaches and conceptualizations of the self, but also many different ways of working with the self. Unfortunately, their work has unfairly neglected the pioneering contribution of George Kelly and his Personal Construct Psychology towards the relational study of the self. The workshop "Spying on the self" is designed to investigate the self in the context of social forces through the application of Personal Construct Psychology, with the aim of fostering better understanding of people and their construing processes. It includes outlines of different approaches to the self in psychology and psychotherapy and a special technique of elaboration of the self, "Constructivist Rologram", a method developed by the author to allow an analysis of a person’s different roles in different social contexts. This workshop will be of interest to all those who are concerned with theoretical approaches to the self and to those who are interested in learning about new methods of working with the self in the areas of psychotherapy, educational psychology and human resources.
 

Plenaries

Plenaries, following the idea of co-creating a vibrant experience of constructivist living, are, wherever possible, in the form of a debate or collective work.

Trevor Butt and Viv Burr (University of Huddersfield, UK)
Making the Most of Methods: the future for PCP?

Mary Frances (PCP Association, UK)
Construing the Congress-a group activity

Harry Procter (UK)
Shelley’s Poem “Julian and Maddalo”: A Conversation

Jörn Scheer (University of Giessen, Germany), Bill Warren (University of Newcastle, Australia), Liz Thomson (PCP Association, UK)
What have constructivism and PCP to say about present challenges in a globalizing world?

Dusan Stojnov (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Bill Warren (University of Newcastle, Australia), Sue Watson (University College London, UK)
Personal Construct Psychology in future: The beginning of an end or a new beginning?

David Winter (University of Hertfordshire, UK), Malcolm Cross (City University, UK), Carmen Dell’Aversano (University of Pisa, Italy),  Kenneth Sewell (University of North Texas, USA)
What have personal construct psychologists done with sex?

 

Papers

ANDREATTA, L. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) A constructivist approach to the Italian Mafia
ASHKAR, C. (University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia), CRITTENDEN, N. (University of Wollongong, Australia) Living with our many selves: A PCP approach to “know thyself”
BALZANI, L. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Planet handicap calls earth… which coordinates for a viable sexuality?
BELL, R.C. (University of Melbourne, Australia) Should the repertory grid be consigned to the research scrapheap? Mixed models say “No.”
BELL, R.C. (University of Melbourne, Australia), FACCIO, E. (University of Padua, Italy), CASTIGLIONI, M. (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) An introduction to iGRIDSTAT: an Italian language version of the repertory grid analysis program GRIDSTAT
BELL, R.C. (University of Melbourne, Australia), WINTER, D. (University of Hertfordshire, UK), BHANDARI, S. (Mental Health NHS Trust, UK) Hierarchical Relationships in Dependency Grids: Explorations in Survivors of Childhhood Sexual Abuse
BREGANT, I. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Construing a community for persons with a label of psychosis
BURR, V. (University of Huddersfield, UK), KING, N. (University of Huddersfield, UK) In these shoes? Exploring women’s identities through footwear
CABIRIA, J. (Baker College, Philadelphia, USA) Online social communities: Re-constructing lives
CARATTONI, S. (School of Constructivist Psychotherapy CESIPC, Padua, Italy), BUZZEGOLI, K. (School of Constructivist Psychotherapy CESIPC, Florence, Italy), FAVARO, A. (School of Constructivist Psychotherapy CESIPC, Padua, Italy), LOTT, S. (School of Constructivist Psychotherapy CESIPC, Padua, Italy) The metaphoric nature of language: implication in costruttivistc psychoterapeutic conversation
CARBONE, S. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) My training experience as a journey through ethics

CARLIN, F. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) A constructivist reflection on work in a community for foreign minors

CARTER, C. (Australia) Living well with pain – an oxymoron? Personal construct Therapy with clients who have chronic pain

CASTIGLIONI, M. (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy), FACCIO, E. (University of Padua, Italy), VERONESE, G. (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy ), POIANA MOSOLO A. (University of Padua, Italy), BELL, R.C. (University of Melbourne, Australia) Eating disorders and construction of meaning
CIPOLLETTA, S. (University of Padua, Italy), PRUNEDDU, A. (University of Padua, Italy) Cancer as a personal construing: a qualitative research
CONTINO, L. (University of Turin, Italy & University of Barcelona, Spain), Castiglioni, M. (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Villegas, M. (University of Barcelona, Spain) Psychopathology of freedom: the semantics of agoraphobia
CORNELIUS, N. (University of Bradford, UK) Leadership practice, community engagement and the social good and diversity: a PCP perspective
DANIEL, E. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Travel as a self psychoterapy: when discovering means changing
DEL RIZZO, F. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Sport and teenagers. An exploration of interpersonal constructs using repertory grids
DEL RIZZO, F. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Therapeutic relationships in oncological contexts
DERKACH, L. (Dnepropetrovsk University, Ukraine), MINKA, P. (Dnepropetrovsk University, Ukraine), Ways of learning and living in Ukraine:  a new paradigm of constructivist psychology
DIMCOVIC, N. (Serbian Constructivist Association, Serbia), RAJKOVIC-TUCE, A., GOLUBOVIC, N. Group work with trainees in constructivist psychotherapy: the Belgrade experience
DONÀ, F. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Person and illness
DŽINOVIĆ, V. (Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade, Serbia), ŽIVKOVIĆ, S. (Serbian Constructivist Association, Serbia) Creativity cycle as a paradigm of teachers’ professional development
FABBRIS, F. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) The encounter with the other in accident and emergency
FAVARETTO, G. (City Police of Mogliano Veneto, Italy), GAMBARO, I. (City Police of Mogliano Veneto, Italy), GILIBERTO, M. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy), GIROTTO, A. (City Police of Mogliano Veneto, Italy), MARINI, L. (City Police of Mogliano Veneto, Italy), ROBAZZA, F. (City Police of Mogliano Veneto, Italy), SIMEONE, A. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) VIVIANI, A. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) An experience of outdoor constructivist training with the city police through sailing
FIORIN, L. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy), SANDI, F. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) How do people change?
FORSTER, J.R. (University of Washington, Seattle, USA) Facilitating Strengths-Focused Identity: Why?
FOSTER, H. (Australia), VINEY, L.L. (University of Wollongong, Australia) Using contrasting images to explore meanings within a personal construct diagnostic framework: Some meanings of being an artist
GELAR, J. (Liberty University, Canada) Interpersonal Cognitive Complexity and Cross-cultural Dating: An application of Personal Constructs Psychology
GILIBERTO, M. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy), CHELI, S. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) What part could PCP play in a dialogue with approaches where There Is No Alternative?
GIOS, L. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Quid est veritas? (What is the Truth?)
GRANVOLD, D. (University of Texas, Arlington, USA) Love and Marriage: Constructivist Couple Therapy
GREEN, B. (Queensland Health, Australia) Elaborating relaxation & intoxication
HEDGES, M. R. (The University of Auckland, New Zealand) Using PCP to understand Tertiary Education Choices
HENNESSY, D. (University of Wollongong, Australia) Me, Myself, I: Identity and the tattoed self
IBRAHIM, S. (Germany) Equivalences of Constructs in a cross-cultural context
IBRAHIM, S. (Germany) Repertory Grid Technique as a Diagnosis-Instrument in Heterogeneous Teams
KAHN, J. (Curry College, USA), BRETT, B. (Curry College, USA), HOLMES, J. (Curry College, USA) The dialogic masculine self: Teenage boys challenging dominant masculinity
KARAIRMAK, O. (Kocaeli University, Turkey) Similarities between Personal Construct Theory and Developmental Therapy
LANE, L. (Illawarra Cancer Care Centre, Australia) To Live until I Die: Optimal Functioning at the End of Life
MARHABA, A. (University of Padua, Italy) A Dialogue between a Realist and a Constructivist
MCWILLIAMS, S.A. (California State University, USA) Emptying the constructed self: Integrating mindfulness, awareness, and acceptance with constructivist psychotherapies
MÖSKEN, G. (Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany), DICK, M. (University of Applied Science, Northwest-Switzerland), WEHNER, T. (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland) The qualitay of work: Subjective meanings of different forms of work for volunteers
ORLANDO, P. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) A constructivist point of view about autistic spectrum: the therapy between supporting and role construction
PANEPINTO, A. (University at Buffalo, USA) Guarding the Gate without Falling into the Moat: Bridging Constructivism and Competency Based Clinical Training
PAVESI, G. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Musico-graphics activity in spdc. the laboratory of drawing as opportunity of knowledge
PAVLOVIC, J. (Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade, Serbia) Education as reconstruction? A qualitative study of students’ perceptions of constructivist counseling education
ROBINSON, J.C. (Lancashire Care NHS Trust, UK) Understanding how young children view themselves
RODRIGUES, A. (University of Minho, Portugal), RIBEIRO, E. (University of Minho, Portugal), ROSÁRIO, P. (University of Minho, Portugal) Content analysis of personal constructs of Portuguese underachievers and their parents
RODRIGUES, A. (University of Minho, Portugal), ROSÁRIO, P. (University of Minho, Portugal), RIBEIRO, E. (University of Minho, Portugal) Letters from Gervase: A study of how first-year college students construct meaning of Gervase, self and significant others
ROSENBERGER, M. (Elements and constructs GmbH, Germany), BUVE, J. (Elements and constructs GmbH, Germany) Slater’s opened Door - Group Analysis on the basis of the Multiple Principle Component Analysis
SANUI, J. (Kanto Gakuin University, Japan) Introduction of the Evaluation Grid Method: A Japan-original design supportive tool based on PCT
SEABORN, B. (University of Wollongong, Australia), OADES, L. (University of Wollongong, Australia), VINEY, L. (University of Wollongong, Australia), TRUNECKOVA, D. (University of Wollongong, Australia) Assessing the Effectiveness of Personal Construct Group Work and Family Support Home Visiting for Recovery in Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
SERMPEZIS, C. (Coventry University, UK), WINTER, D. (Hertfordshire University, UK) Is trauma the product of over or under-elaboration? A critique of the personal construct model of post-traumatic stress disorder
SEWELL, K. (University of North Texas, USA) Research in Trauma and Bereavement: Implications for Constructivist Therapists
SHAFQAT, S. (University of Cambridge, UK) Personal Construct(s) of Extremism
SİMSEK, H. (University of Selçuk, Turkey) Construct Changes in ELT –Teachers as a result of a TD-Program
SOLDERA, C. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy), PALENA, A (Public mental health center Ulss 16, Padua, Italy), CAPETTI, C. (Italy), DAL ZOVO, D. (Italy) Evaluation of group psycotherapy in a public mental health center
SONEGO, A. (Telstra Corporation, Australia), BELL, R. (University of Melbourne, Australia) Using Repertory Grids as a cross cultural research technique (aka – measuring aesthetic perceptions)
STELLA, G. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Treated like intractables. Some possible alternatives for therapy of drug addictions
THOMPSON, M. (University of Melbourne, Australia), BELL, R.C. (University of Melbourne, Australia) A grid study of survivors of torture and other forms of systematic violence
TRUNECKOVA, D. (University of Wollongong, Australia), VINEY, L.L. (University of Wollongong, Australia) Small-Group Counselling with Primary School Children: An Evaluation
TRUNECKOVA, D. (University of Wollongong, Australia), VINEY, L.L. (University of Wollongong, Australia) Small-Group Personal Construct Counselling with Primary School Children: What happens in the Groups?
UGAZIO, V. (University of Bergamo, Italy), NEGRI, A. (University of Bergamo, Italy), FELLIN, L. (University of Bergamo, Italy) The Semantics of Phobic, Obsessive and Eating Disorders
VALLIN, E. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Vocational and career counselling with primary school students: a PCP approach
VAN KASTEREN, Y. (University of Queensland, Australia) Emotions and motivation relating to environmentally sustainable consumer behaviour
VERONESE, G. (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy), CASTIGLIONI, M. (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) “Fear of Flying”: personal constructs and attachment style
WALKER, B. M. (University of Wollongong, Australia) Personal Construct Theory as a theory of development
WINTER, D. (University of Hertfordshire, UK), GOINS, S., SUNDIN, J. (London University, UK), PATIENT, S. (University of Hertfordshire, UK) Long sleeves, short sleeves, and gunpowder: the construing of former child soldiers

Symposia

BUTLER, R. (UK), BELL, R.C. (University of Melbourne, Australia), GREEN, D. (University of Leeds, UK), O’CONNOR, N. (The Umbria Institute, Perugia, Italy) Reflections in Personal Construct Theory
BUTT, T. (University of Huddersfield, UK), McWILLIAMS, S.A. (California State University San Marcos, USA), WARREN, B. (University of Newcastle, Australia) Personal construct Theory’s Roots in Pragmatism
COMPAÑ, V. (University of Barcelona, Spain), FEIXAS, G. (University of Barcelona, Spain), DADA, G. (University of Barcelona, Spain), VARLOTTA, N. (University of Barcelona, Spain), SOLDEVILLA, J.M. (University of Barcelona, Spain), CIRICI, R. (Hospital Mutua de Terrassa, Spain), AYATS, M. (Hospital Mutua de Terrassa, Spain) Personal construct systems in distress Some studies using the Repertory Grid Technique
DELL’AVERSANO, C. (University of Pisa, Italy), ARMEZZANI, M. (University of Padua, Italy), FACCIO, E. (University of Padua, Italy), VIARO, M. (Italy), MININNI, G. (Italy) PCP and Language
PETITBON, E. (Ireland), MC HALE, E. (Ireland), GUNAWARDHANA, L. (Ireland) Working with groups of man who show violent behavior in their intimate relationships
RIBEIRO, E. (University of Minho, Portugal), SENRA, J. (University of Minho, Portugal), MOURÃO, J. (University of Minho, Portugal), BORGES, A. (University of Minho, Portugal), FREIRE, T. (University of Minho, Portugal) Implicative dilemmas: origin and psychotherapeutic resolution

Workshops

CUMMINS, P. (UK), PEKKALA, G. (UK) They Fuck you up, your Mum and Dad. They don't mean to but they do
EBERT, A. (Murdoch University, Australia) Sharing processes of meaning-making to foster inner and collective harmony
FILIP M. (Czech Academy of Science, Brno, Czech Republic) Constructivist diagnostic dimensions in results of the Semantic Selection Test
FORSTER, J.R. (University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA) Facilitating Strengths-Focused Identity: How?
KING, N. (University of Huddersfield, UK), BURR, V. (University of Huddersfield, UK) Exploring Personal Identities through Constructions of Footwear
PRECIOUS, D. (University of Hertfordshire, UK) MILLS, L. (University of Hertfordshire, UK), PUCHALSKA, S. (University of Hertfordshire, UK), MARTIN, A.M. (University of Hertfordshire, UK), MOORE, H. (University of Hertfordshire, UK) Creative construing through a problem based learning paradigm
PROCTER, H. (UK), STOJNOV, D. (University of Belgrade, Serbia) Personal & Relational Construct Psychology: Theoretical and Practical Reflections
ROSENBERGER, M. (Elements and constructs GmbH, Germany), BUVE, J. (Elements and constructs GmbH, Germany) Getting in Touch With sci:vesco® : A high sophisticated Mutlti-Grid-Software
SAVAGE, D.J. (UK) The Challenge of Trust
SEABORN, B. (University of Wollongong, Australia) Playful reconstructions: Recovery from trauma through games and play
 

Other experiential activities
 

STUDENTS COMMITTEE (Australia, CAN, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, UK, USA) Open space
 

 

Posters

BALCÁZAR NAVA, P. (University of Mexico, Mexico), GURROLA PEÑA, G.M. (University of Mexico, Mexico), GUADALUPE COLÍN GARATACHIA, H. (University of Mexico, Mexico), ESQUIVEL SANTOVEÑA, E.E. (University of Mexico, Mexico), VIRSEDA HERAS, J.A. (University of Mexico, Mexico), ARELLANO, R.C. (University of Mexico, Mexico) The Construction of the Self in Diabetic Patients
COLOMBARI, S. (School of Constructivist Psychotherapy CESIPC, Florence, Italy), SAGLIOCCO, E. (School of Constructivist Psychotherapy CESIPC, Florence, Italy) The talented psychotherapist
FERRARI, L. (University of Padua, Italy), SGARAMELLA, T.M. (University of Padua, Italy), CARRIERI, L. (University of Cassino, Italy) Construction of Work in Italian adolescents
FORMIGARI, E. (Institute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy) Construing experience in a drug addiction treatment centre
GUADALUPE COLÍN GARATACHIA, H. (University of Mexico, Mexico), BALCÁZAR NAVA, P. (University of Mexico, Mexico), ARELLANO FLORES, R.C. (University of Mexico, Mexico), ESQUIVEL SANTOVEÑA, E.E. (University of Mexico, Mexico), BONILLA MUÑOZ, M.P. (University of Mexico, Mexico) Personal Constructs in Two Groups of Diabetes type 2 Patients
GURROLA PEÑA, G.M. (University of Mexico, Mexico), CARREON, A. (University of Mexico, Mexico), BALCÁZAR NAVA, P. (University of Mexico, Mexico), ESQUIVEL SANTOVEÑA, E.E. (University of Mexico, Mexico), BONILLA MUÑOZ, M.P. (University of Mexico, Mexico), ARELLANO, R.C. (University of Mexico, Mexico) Content Categories of Personal Constructs in Alexitimic and non-Alexitimic Adolescents
KARAIRMAK, Ö. (Kocaeli University, Turkey) Constructivist elements in a French movie: Amelie
LOO, J. (University of Queensland, Australia), PO OEI, T. (University of Queensland, Australia) The interface between character strengths, problem gambling, and other gambling correlates
MESQUITA, R. (University of Minho, Portugal), RIBEIRO, E. (University of Minho, Portugal) The Therapy Termination Experience
NOTA, L. (University of Padua, Italy), FERRARI, L. (University of Padua, Italy), GINEVRA, M.C. (University of Cassino, Italy), SORESI, S. (University of Padua, Italy) Hopes and expectations for the future: a training program to increase optimism
PADUANELLO, M. (University of Padua, Italy) Well-Being and Cross-Cultural Communication Pyramid Procedure as a tool to the confrontation of meanings
PIATTOLI, A. (School of Constructivist Psychotherapy CESIPC, Florence, Italy), SASSI, C. (School of Constructivist Psychotherapy CESIPC, Florence, Italy) A constructivist planning over paths of change in a socialization center for people with disabilities
ROCÍO BUENO CASTRO, C. (University of Mexico, Mexico), GURROLA PEÑA, G.M. (University of Mexico, Mexico), BALCÁZAR NAVA, P. (University of Mexico, Mexico), BONILLA MUÑOZ, M.P. (University of Mexico, Mexico), VIRSEDA HERAS, J.A. (University of Mexico, Mexico) Personal constructs in psychiatric patients
ROMAIOLI, D. (University of Padua, Italy), SANNINO, M. (Italy) Akrasia in the Use of Psychoactive Substances
SALLA, M. (University of Barcelona, Spain), FEIXAS, G. (University of Barcelona, Spain), COMPAÑ, V. (University of Barcelona, Spain), VARLOTTA, N. (University of Barcelona, Spain), DADA, G. (University of Barcelona, Spain) The Exchange Grid in the assessment of couples: A case study from the depression project
SASSI, C. (School of Constructivist Psychotherapy CESIPC, Florence, Italy), TIMPANO, M. (School of Constructivist Psychotherapy CESIPC, Florence, Italy) The group’s adventure
TRAVINA, L. (Russia), ABRAMOV, A. (Far Eastern Center for Economic Development, Vladivostok, Russia) Reconstruction of the image of the future city of Vladivostok
TRAVINA, L. (Russia), BLOHINA, S. (Russia) The features of the construction system of top-managers in a big russian generating company