11 DAY SEMINAR SERIES

OCT 2025 – AUG 2026

Date and time

11:00 – 13:00 (UK), 12:00 CET & 15:30 India

25 October 2025, 15 November 2025, 6 December 2025, 17 January 2026, 21 February 2026, 14 March 2026, 18 April 2026, 16 May 2026, 13 June 2026, 11 July 2026, 1 August 2026

Schedule

11 AM -11.45 AM (UK Time) Lecture
15 minute break
12 PM -1 PM Facilitated discussion group

Location

Online

Prices

£499 entire course 
Reduction of 10% on early application [ends 25 September 2025]

20% IAN members,  SEAS members & Sponsoring Organisations [Centre for Family Therapy (Barcelona), the Interfamily Therapy Centre (Elche), Romanian Society for Jungian Analysis]

*changes may occur due to the current global economic situation
*attendance free for residents in war zones

Schedule
A Transformational Seminar Series for Therapists, Mental Health Professionals & Humanitarian Workers
  • Learn trauma-informed, attachment-based frameworks
  • Build culturally sensitive tools for working in high stress environments
  • Understand the impact of displacement, violence & instability on family dynamics
  • Equip yourself to support resilience and connection in the face of crisis

Day 1

Bowlby, the Robertsons, War and the Birth of Attachment Theory by:
Mario Marrone (UK) and Nicola Diamond (UK)
Facilitated by: Javier Sempere & Claudio Fuenzalida (Spain)

Day 2

Child and Adult Attachment under Threat by:
Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg (Portugal)
Facilitated by: Haline Schendan (UK)

Day 3

Experiences of Youth in War-Stricken Ukraine and Other Countries by:
Kirsi Peltonen (Finland)
Facilitated by: Apphia D’Souza (India)

Day 4

Attachment Research in India and Its Socio-Political Implications by:
Ritesh Kumar (India)
Facilitated by: Princy Jain (India)

Day 5

Attachment, Societal Frictions and Social Justice by:
Shanmukh Kamble (India)
Facilitated by: Roxana Parra (UK)

Day 6

Holding on through Chaos: Attachment and Trauma
in Ukrainian Families in War-Time by:
Dmytro Martsenkovskyi (Ukraine)
Facilitated by: Lavinia Tanculescu (Romania)

Day 7

Attachment, Trauma and Psychological Support for
Youth and their Parents Impacted by War: The
Example of Ukrainian Forcibly Displaced Families by:
Iryna Frankova (Ukraine)
Facilitated by: Iulia Feordeanu (Romania)

Day 8

Attachment and Trauma in Israeli Families by:
Efrat Sher Censor and Rinat Feniger-Schaal (Israel)
Facilitated by: Beatriz Folch (UK)

Day 9

Attachment and Trauma in Palestinian Families by:
Raija-Leena Punamäki-Gitai (Finland), Safwat
Y. Diab, and Samir R. Qouta (Gaza)
Facilitated by: Marinus van IJzendoorn (Holland)
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Day 10

Toward Safe, Stable and Shared Family-Based
Care during War and Peace by:
Marinus Van IJzendoorn (The Netherlands)
Facilitated by: Nicola Jones (UK)

Day 11

Summary and Discussion of Attachment during Social Conflict and War by:
Nicola Diamond (UK) and Nicolas Lorenzini  (Germany)
Facilitated by: Kate Brown (UK)
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All lectures will have Spanish subtitles available
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For full details of the course, download the course brochure ATCA2025.pdf (3)