CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

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The International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy welcomes submissions for the 2026 Annual Conference in Malta.  This year’s theme addresses global concerns around exclusion, structural violence, identity-based hostility, and the increasing social, political, and institutional pressures affecting both forensic systems and clinical work.

 

Around the world, governments and institutions are enacting policies restricting personal freedoms, speech, and difference.  These shifts generate intense societal anxieties, foster mechanisms of projection and boundary‑making, and create hostile environments for those perceived as “strangers”.  The conference examines these dynamics through psychoanalytic and systemic thinking, exploring their impact on individuals, institutions, and societies.

 

We welcome submissions from colleagues across psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, forensic mental health, psychology, psychiatry, social work, criminal justice, law, probation, organisational consultancy, and related fields.

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