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We returned from Toru\u0144 with our heads full of ideas and our hearts a little fuller as well. This year\u2019s 20th \u201cTr\u00f3jkonferencja\u201d of Polish psychotherapists was truly dense: from discussions on the scientific status of psychotherapy to encounters with art \u2014 which, as it turns out, can also become its own form of therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPsychotherapy \u2014 between science and art\u201d was far from an empty slogan on a poster. It was a theme that kept resonating throughout the plenary sessions, workshops, and endless conversations over coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word \u201cart\u201d appeared mostly in the context of presence, intuition, human connection \u2014 the things that cannot be captured by statistics or closed into a protocol. And yet no one tried to push science out the door: it was always there, right beside us, like a demanding yet caring supervisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfa4 Day One \u2014 science, love, and the creative tension between them<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Arlene Vetere<\/strong> opened the conference with a bold word \u2014 \u201clove.\u201d No irony, no quotation marks. She spoke of Agape as both a resource and a task in couple therapy: a force that regulates our bonds and restores movement in relationships. Love without kitsch. It was deeply moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agnieszka Graff<\/strong> took us into the cultural traps that therapy sometimes falls into. She highlighted how therapeutic narratives may unintentionally take over a person\u2019s experience rather than open it \u2014 and how calling someone a \u201cfemale patient\u201d in Polish isn\u2019t just grammar, but recognition of the real world she comes from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, Tomasz Stawiszy\u0144ski<\/strong> reminded us that: \u201cPsychotherapy will not resolve the conflict between science and spirituality \u2014 and perhaps that\u2019s actually a good thing.\u201d His take wasn\u2019t cynical \u2014 rather, an invitation to accept the inherent tension within our work. Because psychotherapy happens in between<\/em> \u2014 where neither an fMRI scan result nor a metaphor is enough on its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83e\udde9 Day Two \u2014 workshops, emotions, and closeness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This day was special to me personally. The Scientific Committee consisted of an impressive group of experts: Bogdan de Barbaro (Chair), Szymon Chrz\u0105stowski, Czes\u0142aw Czaba\u0142a, Ma\u0142gorzata Ga\u0142ecka, Jaros\u0142aw Gliszczy\u0144ski, Barbara J\u00f3zefik, Jacek Ma\u015blankowski, Zofia Milska-Wrzosi\u0144ska, \u0141ukasz M\u00fcldner-Nieckowski, Irena Namys\u0142owska, Bogus\u0142awa Piasecka, Hanna Pinkowska-Zieli\u0144ska, Bartosz Zalewski.
They selected the workshops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was thrilled that one of those chosen was my own – Barbara S\u0142awik<\/strong> about \u201cThe art of dancing to the music of emotions: TANGO EFT as a structure for Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graduates of the Psychotherapy Training Program at Laboratorium Psychoedukacji were strongly represented this year \u2014 and I felt very proud watching my dear colleagues on stage: Agata Cioczek<\/strong> on the myth of therapy as a place of accusation, Cveta Dimitrova<\/strong> on loneliness, epistemic trust, and artificial intelligence, Marcin Hermanowski<\/strong> on therapists on screen, and what media teaches us about psychotherapy, Katarzyna Pokropska & Aneta Mossakowska<\/strong> on the art of attuning to group process in group therapy and Ma\u0142gorzata Borowiecka<\/strong> on the \u201cthird\u201d in relationships and the subtle resonance in couple therapy. Listening to these fantastic specialists, I felt moved \u2014 different, authentic, passionate, deeply grounded in science and ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also had an excellent workshop by \u0141ukasz M\u00fcldner-Nieckowski<\/strong> on supporting healthy sexuality in therapy, and the intense but much-needed closing workshop by Hanna Pinkowska-Zieli\u0144ska & Bartosz Zalewski<\/strong> on perversion in couple therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Day Three \u2014 training and the future of the profession<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The final day began with a panel discussion on psychotherapy training, led by Maciej \u017burek<\/strong> \u2014 a wonderful set of perspectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aldona Czajkowska<\/strong> – training child and adolescent therapists
Joanna Skowro\u0144ska<\/strong> – training supervisors
Mariusz Furga\u0142<\/strong> – specifics of training family therapists
Maciej Musia\u0142<\/strong> – the path toward becoming a psychoanalyst
Rafa\u0142 Bornus<\/strong> – multimodal training<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then \u2014 the legislation. The discussion on the upcoming Psychotherapist Profession Act<\/strong> was demanding but crucial. Because the aspiration toward a profession grounded in responsibility and patient safety must meet the reality of political process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The update was provided by Anna Grzelka<\/strong> (Coordinator of the Working Group) and Dr. \u0141ukasz M\u00fcldner-Nieckowski<\/strong>(National Psychotherapy Consultant).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfa5 Behind the scenes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A conference is not only the stage and microphones. It\u2019s also technology charms, sprinting with cables, laughter during coffee breaks \u2014 and for me: the first YouTube live<\/strong> of the Working Group I have ever produced \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to everyone who wrote in the chat or afterward that the stream was helpful \u2014 it made all the stress worth it!
The recordings are still available to watch \ud83d\udc49 HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2764\ufe0f People who make this meaningful<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It moves me that in such a diverse field \u2014 psychoanalysis next to CBT, systemic therapy beside EFT, humanistic work beside Gestalt \u2014 we can still be together<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not because we agree on everything.
But because we share the same commitment: the well-being of the people who come to us<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2728 Too much good stuff at once<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The conference was so incredibly fascinating that at times it became\u2026 a bit frustrating. The program was bursting with parallel sessions \u2014 lectures, workshops, discussions, panels, and special events happening all at once. We experienced a real case of an embarrassment of riches<\/strong>: wherever we went, something equally exciting was taking place just behind another door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are still soothing our little therapeutic sense of loss<\/strong>, because even though our work is all about being fully attentive in one therapy room at a time<\/em>\u2026 at conferences we would definitely appreciate having the superpower of bilocation<\/strong> \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udca1 What stays with us?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2714 psychotherapy is neither only a protocol nor only a metaphor
\u2714 gratitude for those who engage in thoughtful, respectful dialogue
\u2714 trust that diversity of approaches is a strength
\u2714 belief that we can build bridges instead of walls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toru\u0144 was beautiful. Autumn light \ud83c\udf42\ud83c\udf41, good conversations, good thoughts.
We return to our therapy rooms remembering that although our work requires constant scientific learning \u2014 the greatest art remains simply to sit with another human being and stay with them in whatever they bring.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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