Pre-Congress Program 01 and 02/10-UFRN*

Theme: “Oh my body, make me a Being capable of questioning itself”
Frantz Fanon

Pre-Congress - October 1st

08:00 – 09:00 Accreditation and welcome coffee

09:00 – 10:00 Keynote Lecture

Lecture theme “(WRITING) PERIPHERAL EXPERIENCES: Ethnic and Gender Experiences”
Speaker: Conceição Evaristo
Location: Psysical Education Auditorium

10:30 – 12:00 Coordinated Sessions (simultaneous activities)

CS1: Transpersonality and Clinical Practice: From Healing Medical Rationality to Hermeneutic Practice of Caring
Speakers: Sidney Silva, Eliana Bertolucci and Lika Queiroz
CS2: Science and Religiosity/Spirituality: Challenges for the Training of Psychologists in the Next Decade
Speakers: Aurino Ferreira, Adriano Holanda and Marlos Bezerra
CS3: Spiritual Emergence: Between Pathology and the Search for the Divine
Speakers: Alexander Medeiros, Débora Diógenes, Lígia Splendore and Norma Alves
CS4: Neuropsychoimmunology and Transpersonal Psychology
Speakers: Vera Saldanha, Esdras Vasconcelos (to be confirmed) and Adriana Rezende
CS5: Transpersonal and Territories: Peripheral, Quilombola, and Indigenous Wisdoms in the Construction and Practices of Care Beyond the “Self”
Speakers: Representatives of entities and institutions

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 18:00 Communications of the Thematic Axes (simultaneous activities)

Axis 1: Traditions & Practices of Care | Eliana Bertolucci and Lika Queiroz
Axis 2: Clinic & Health | Marlos Bezerra and Alexander Moreira-Almeida
Axis 3: Ecology & Education | Aurino Ferreira and Lika Queiroz
Axis 4: Method & Transdisciplinarity | Juarez Francisco da Silva (Instituto Morada das Tradições-SC)
and Djailton Cunha

18:00 – 19:00 Special Symposium

Symposium theme: to be defined
Speakers: Prof. Luiz Eduardo Berni and Prof. Gustavo Rocha

Pre-Congress - October 2nd

09:00 – 10:00 Special Lecture

Lecture theme: “Frontiers in Mental Health: Lessons from Psychedelics and Entactogens”
Speaker: Mark Geyer, USA
Moderator: Isabel Wiessner (IC/UFRN)

10:30 – 12:00 Coordinated Sessions (simultaneous activities)

CS1: The Mind Beyond the Brain
Speakers: Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Mário Simões (Portugal), Daniela Martins Machado and Mark Geyer (USA)
CS2: Neurodiversity and Transpersonality
Speakers: Joísa Araújo, Fernanda Rebouças, Maria Carolina Souto de Vasconcelos and Regina Buccini
CS3: Internet and Mental Health
Speakers: Kaywan Bentzen, Cristina Carrieri, André Marinho (to be confirmed) and Jonatan dos Santos
(to be confirmed)
CS4: Self-Image and Psychological Aspects
Speakers: Danielle Maia, Débora Oliveira and Adeilson Júnior

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 18:00 Communications of the Thematic Axes (continuation of simultaneous activities)

Axis 1: Traditions & Practices of Care | Eliana Bertolucci and Lika Queiroz
Axis 2: Clinic & Health | Marlos Bezerra and Alexander Moreira-Almeida
Axis 3: Ecology & Education | Aurino Ferreira and Lika Queiroz
Axis 4: Method & Transdisciplinarity | Juarez Francisco da Silva (Instituto Morada das Tradições-SC)
and Djailton Cunha

18:00 – 19:00 Special Lecture

Lecture theme: “I Wear my Own Skin Without Fear”
Speaker: Eliane Potiguára, Cabo Frio, Brazil (to be confirmed)

19:00 – 20:00 Special Lecture

Lecture Topic: “Decolonizing Transpersonal Psychology: Insights from the Global South”
Speaker: Elias Capriles, International Transpersonal Association (ITA), Venezuela

Congress Schedule 3 to 5/10*

Congress - October 3rd (friday)

07:00 Accreditation

08:30 – 10:30 Official Opening

UFRN Philharmonic Orchestra
Cultural Performances

10:30 – 10:50 Tributes

Pierre Weil, Léo Mattos and Fátima Tavares

10:50 – 12:00 Opening Session
Presidents and Representatives of the following entities:

Luso-Brazilian Transpersonal Association (ALUBRAT)
Brazilian Association for Research in Transpersonal Psychology l (ABRAPET)
Ibero-American Transpersonal Association a (ATI)
European Transpersonal Association (EUROTAS)
International Transpersonal Association (ITA)
Federal Council of Psychology
Regional Council of Psychology from the 17th Region (CRP-17/RN)

Apresentações

The sound of drums and harmonica: Potriguara, Pajé Isaías, and Mapu;
Maracatu and Luiza with the African diaspora;
Ítalo Teixeira, Saga of the Amazon

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 18:05 Mini-courses, Workshops and Experiences

Workshops and Experiences (WE)

13:30 – 14:45 (atividades simultâneas)
– WE1: Therapeutic Aikido | Cris B

14:00 – 15:15 (simultaneous activities):
– WE2: Biodanza | Alicia Robalo
– WE3: Illuminating the Inner Child: Childhood Trauma and the Seven Stages of AIT as a Therapeutic Path | Ana Paula Moraes
– WE4: Mandalas and Perinatal Matrices | Débora Diógenes and Kaywan Bentzen
– WE5: Releasing the Tower Anima | Wagner Mata

15:25 – 16:40 (simultaneous activities):
– WE6: Theme to be defined | Elias Caprile, ITA, Venezuela
– WE7: Yoga and Consciousness | Silas Silva
– WE8: When are Happiness and Spirituality Pretty Names for Self-Abandonment? | Leila Rocha and Filipe Rocha Abreu
– WE9: Psychological Safety at Work | Sarita Cezana and Rita de Cássia Mendonça
– WE10: Psychological Safety at Work | Norma Alves

16:50 – 18:05 (simultaneous activities):
– WE11: Experiencing Spirituality day by day | Mário Simões
– WE12: The Nine Faces of Woman: The Enneagram and the Feminine Journey |
Aline V. Almeida
– WE13: Active Chakra Meditation | Juliana Lotumolo
– WE14: Theme to be defined | Antonieta Mazon
– WE15: Quantum Field Immersion in the Rescue of the Child of Light | João Jorge Nogueira

Mini-courses (MN)
14:00 – 15:15 (simultaneous activities):
– Main Hall/MN1: Embodied Consciousness | Aidda Pustilnik (online) and Lika Queiroz
– MN2: Trauma and Traumatic Stress: The Principles of EMDR Therapy | Silvia Guz

15:25 – 16:40 (simultaneous activities):
– Main Hall/MN3: Enneagram and Spirituality: The Desert Therapists | Luiz Garcia
– MN4: Reprocessing: Biortomolecular Pharmacology with Emphasis on Autism | José Littor

16:50 – 18:05 (simultaneous activities):
– Main Hall/MN5: Panel – Transpersonal Education | Francisca Henrique, Vera Saldanha and Heloísa Henrique
– MN6: Faith, Perseverance and Love from the Transpersonal Perspective: Stimulation of the Supraconscious | Manoel Simão

18:30 – 19:30 Keynote Lecture

Speaker: Harris Friedman, International Transpersonal Association (ITA), USA
Title: “Transpersonal Psychology in the Next Decade: Challenges for Engaged Research
and Practice”
Moderator: Sidney Silva, ABRAPET

19:30 Autograph signing

19:30 Cultural Activities

UFRN String Quartet

Congress - October 4th (saturday)

08:00 Tai Chi Chuan on the beach

Workshops and Experiences (WE)

08:00 – 10:30 (activity simultaneous to Tai Chi Chuan and the Main Lecture)

Holotropic Breathwork | Newton de Assis Júnior

09:00 Keynote Lecture

Speaker: David Lukoff (online)
Title: “Spiritual Emergencies and Cultural Contexts: Spiritual Skills and Competencies”
Moderator: Wagner da Mata

10:30 – 12:00 Symposia (simultaneous activities)

Main Hall: Mental Health, Entheogens and Psychedelics: Promises, Reality and Limits | Mark Geyer (UCSD/USA), Dráulio Araújo (UFRN/ABRAPET) and Nicole Galvão (UFRN/ABRAPET)
S1: Artificial Intelligence and Transdisciplinarity: Challenges for the Next Decade | Florent Pasquier (CIRET/Paris), Juarez Francisco da Silva (Instituto Morada das Tradições-SC) and Francisco Fialho
(UFSC)
S2: The Transpersonal Message of Jesus of Nazareth and its Application in Psychotherapy | Roman Gonzalo (University of Zaragoza/Spain)
S3: Body and Soul: Health, Illness and Spirituality | Alexander Moreira-Almeida (UFJF), Roberto Crema (UNIPAZ) and Luiz Garcia (ALUBRAT)
S4: Transpersonal in the Hospital Context | Maria Cristina Barros and Milena Nardine Bubols
S5: The Transpersonal Domain as a Passage from Scientific Discourse to Symbolic Narrative | Gustavo Rocha (UFS and UFBA)

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 18:05 Mini-courses, Workshops and Experiences (simultaneous activities)

Workshops and Experiences (WE)
14:00 – 15:15 (simultaneous activities):
– WE1: Hypnotherapy and Expanded States of Consciousness | Liz Chaves
– WE2: Sound Healing | Larissa Paraguassú
– WE3: Cacau Dance | Marina Macedo
– WE4: Art Therapy | Filipa Alvarenga
– WE5: Self-image | Danielle Maia

15:25 – 16:40 (simultaneous activities):
– WE6: Music and Transcendence | Ítalo Teixeira and Rosa Amélia Marques
– WE7: Re-signifying Emotional Wounds | Magali Fernandes
– WE8: Re-signifying Family Patterns | Mônica Accioly
– WE9: SoulCollage® – Images that Reveal the Light! | Márcia Rosa e Cristina Souza
– WE10: Clinical Cases Through the Mandala | Myriam Romero

16:50 – 18:05 (simultaneous activities):
– WE11: Ego, Pain & Pleasure | Eliana Bertolucci
– WE12: Body as a Portal of Consciousness | Frieda Sousa
– WE13: Integrating Anima and Animus | Vera Cánovas (to be confirmed)
– WE14: The Wheel of the Goddesses | Nazilda Coelho
– WE15: Accessing and Resignifying the Traumas of the Inner Child | Mara Beatriz Rocha and Nádia Veriguine

Mini-courses (MN)
14:00 – 15:15 (simultaneous activities):
– Main Hall/MN7: Multilevel Dialogical Process – Klinic of Transmutations | Marlos Alves Bezerra (UFRN)
– MN8: Environmental Education: A Transdisciplinary Ecological Perspective | Juarez Francisco da Silva (Instituto Morada das Tradições-SC)

15:25 – 16:40 (simultaneous activities):
– Main Hall/MN9: Free Yourself from Trauma and Unleash Your Best: Clinical Hypnosis and Trauma from the Perspective of CBT and ITA | Vera Saldanha (ALUBRAT) and Nora Cavaco (Al Gharb Clinical Center)
– MN10: Mental Health and Work | Júlio Rezende (UFRN), Sarita Cesana (Sebrae) and Rebeca Toyama (ALUBRAT)

16:50 – 18:05 (simultaneous activities):
– Main Hall/MN11: Research with Psychedelics in Brazil: Realities and Promises | Dráulio Araújo (UFRN/ABRAPET), Nicole Galvão (UFRN/ABRAPET) and Isabel Wiessner (IC-UFRN)
– MN12: Songs an Circle Dances in Psychic Harmonization: An Experience in Altered States of Consciousness | Luiz Eduardo Berni

18:15 – 18:35 Lecture

– Main Hall: Peacebuilding Circle with a Transpersonal Approach: Expanding Consciousness in the Corporate World | Cynthia Ferrari

18:35 – 19:35 Keynote Lecture

Speaker: Jorge Ferrer, Associación Transpersonal Iberoamericana (ATI), Spain
Title: “Embodied Spirituality: Challenges and Opportunities for Education and Health in the
Next Decade”
Moderator: Aurino Ferreira (UFPE)

19:35 Autograph signing

19:35 Cultural Activities

Fire System Band

Congress - October 5th (sunday)

08:00 Dance class on the beach

09:00 – 10:30 Keynote Lecture

Speaker: Steve Taylor and Mário Simões
Title: “Challenges for Spiritual Awakening”
Moderators: Vera Saldanha

09:00 – 10:30 Lecture (simultaneous activity with the Main Lecture)

Speakers: Phill Jeffries (UK), Marlos Bezerra (UFRN/ABRAPET), Catarina Tupinambá (Instituto AVA – Arte Viva Ancestral/Ministério da Saúde PROADI/SUS)
Title: “Social Resilience: Spirituality and Democracy in a World at Risk”
Moderator: Andressa Santos (ABRAPET/UFRN)

10:30 – 12:00 Symposia (simultaneous activities)

Main Hall: Perinatal Matrices and Psychotherapy: Contributions to Psychopathology and Transpersonal Psychology | Paul Grof (Univ. of Toronto, online) and Débora Diógenes (ABRAPET)
S1: Intervention and Inclusion: New Perspectives on Autism Support from a Transpersonal Perspective | Nora Cavaco (Portugal)
S2: Childhood in the Context of Adversity: What is the Contribution of Transpersonal Psychology? | Alice Andrade (UFPE), Sidney Silva (ABRAPET) and Nadia Veriguine (UFSC)
S3: Trance, Spirituality and Psychotherapy | Aurino Ferreira (UFPE), Sofia Bauer (to be confirmed) and Ronilda Yakemi (USP) (to be confirmed)
S4: Trauma and Transpersonal Consciousness | Mark Forman (online)
S5: The Dream Body: Archetypal Experience from the Perspective of Biotransenergetics | Pierre Luigi Lattuada (online)