PAST EVENTS:
SECOND INTERNATIONAL WAKING DREAM THERAPY CONFERENCE
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The conference in Milan held in October, 2017 followed the one held in Malta in 2014, organised in collaboration with the Malta Depth Psychological Association. It aimed to create a climate of sharing and debating of ideas between, authors, practitioners and scholars from all over the world who are interested in imaginative therapies related to the thinking of Robert Desoille (1890-1966). This conference also intended to promote the collaboration amongst different schools of thought, the development of research on the method, the setting up of an archive on waking dream therapy, the translations of several publications on the subject, the updating of the International Register of practitioners of various denominations, and the organisation of an international conference in a different country every three years. The various ways of working therapuetically with waking dreams, which were highlighted during the first international conference in 2014, could be grouped under three general sections: authors and groups who developed the metapsychology and the methodology of Desoille, those who use waking dreams within another theoretical orientation (Freudian, Bionian, Jungian, Psychosynthethic and Gestaltist, etc.) and those who use the waking dream method as a therapeutic tool amongst many others. The second conference centered around three broad themes namely, emerging pathologies treated with the imagination, the evolution and development of the waking dream methodologies and specialised applications.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WAKING DREAM THERAPY
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On the 23-24 May, 2014 the First International Conference on Waking Dream therapy was held in Rabat Malta. The theme chosen for the conference was ‘Reveries from the Past and Stimuli to the Future.’ The conference was organised by the Malta Depth Psychological Association (MDPA) under the auspices of Scuola Internazionale di Specializzazione con la Procedura Immaginativa (S.I.S.P.I.) Italy and the French Embassy of Malta.
The guest speakers included psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, psychologists, researchers, psychotherapists from different countries around the world such as Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Malta, Uruguay, Brazil and U.S.A. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Gunther Langwieler, psychiatrist and Jungian analyst from Berlin Germany. The welcome addresses were given by the chair of the conference Mr. Laner Cassar and by Dott. Alberto Passerini, President of S.I.S.P.I. The conference was officially opened by the President of the Republic of Malta, H.E. Ms. Marie-Louise Coleiro-Preca.
The conference started with a series of papers around Carl Jung’s and Robert Desoille’s methods of using the imagination for therapeutic purposes. It then developed into various presentations around the different schools of thought in which Desoille’s method was developed including psychoanalytic, transpersonal, existential and somatic perspectives. The waking dream was also tackled from philosophical, mystical and neuroscientific perspectives. The concluding speech was given from the President of Sociedad Uruguaya de Enseuno Dirigido (SUED), the psychiatrist and psychotherapist Dr. Hector Anastasia.
On Friday evening an exhibition of paintings, video, photos and rare books titled Robert Desoille in dialogue with Carmelite Mysticism was held at the Carmelite Priory in Mdina. It was opened by the French Counselor for Malta Mr. Laurent Croset. The conference ended with a round table which launched this International Network for the Study of Waking Dream Therapy.
In the photo below: Dott. Alberto Passerini; Mr. Laner Cassar;
President of Malta H.E. M. L. Coleiro Preca; Ms. Christiane Sullivan.
Photo below: Guest speakers in a visit at the President’s Palace.
Photo of display of rare books from Exhibition ‘Robert Desoille in Dialogue with Carmelite Mysticism.’
Oil Painting of Robert Desoille by Maltese artist Damian Ebejer in Exhibition.
