Program

Day1, Saturday 13th September 2025

9:15〜

Registration

9:45〜10:00

Opening Ceremony

10:00〜13:00
Congress Theme Session

“Pursuing Maturity: A Live Session on Dynamic Group Psychotherapy”

Therapist: Hidefumi Kotani, Ph.D.

Commentators:

Sadanobu Ushijima, M.D.

Ralph Mora, Ph.D. MSS, CAIA. 

Seth Aronson, Psy,D. 

How can we outgrow adolescence? Psychological competence changes with age. We want to look closer at the unfoldment of the dynamics of the developmental tasks of ‘intimacy’, ‘productivity’ and ‘ego integration’ by E.H. Erikson. Congress participants will role-play clients who are undergoing dynamic psychotherapy, and master therapists will carry out a live group psychotherapy session with those participants. Dynamic group psychotherapy is an effective form of psychotherapy to visualise the dynamics of individual development. We will explore the keys to the maturation in the dynamic development of the different generations of clients and individuals. 

13:00〜14:15

Lunch/ Poster Sessions

14:15〜15:15
Congress Chairperson’s Talk

“The Maturation of Women”

Speaker: Yuki Nakamura, Ph.D.

Chair: Tomoko James, Ph.D. 

15:30〜16:30
Edward L. Pinney Memorial Talk

"A Theory of Clinical Psychoanalysis for Maturation: From a Viewpoint of the Developmental Task of Joy"

Speaker: Hidefumi Kotani, Ph.D.                     

Chair: Kazunori Hashimoto, Ph.D. 

17:00〜18:30

Research Presentations (Clinical Research Presentations and Research Support)

Day 2, Sunday 14th September 2025

10:00〜13:00

Training Workshops

13:00〜14:30

Lunch and Independent Symposium

Several mini-sessions of each theme brought by participants

This is aimed at bringing together participants of the open workshop and members of the congress

14:30〜17:30

Training Workshops

17:30〜18:15

Sum up

18:30〜20:30

Reception "Let's get together"

Venue: Listel Shinjuku (5-3-20 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)

Day 3, Monday 15th September 2025

10:00〜11:00

General Meeting

11:15〜12:45

Case Supervision

Session 1

Supervisors:

Sadanobu Ushijima, M.D. 

・Ralph Mora, Ph.D. MSS, CAIA. 

Chair: Yukio No 

Session 2

Supervisors:

・Seth Aronson, Psy.D 

・Kazunori Hashimoto, Ph.D. 

12:45〜13:45

Lunch

13:45〜15:45

Plenary Case Seminar

Conductor: Hidefumi Kotani, Ph.D. 

Case Presenter: Yuki nakamura, Ph.D. 

15:45〜16:00

Closing Ceremony