The Legacy of the Unsaid: An Experiential Here-and-Now Group Workshop
People will type truths into a screen that they will not say to a human face. This workshop makes that gap visible, not through discussion, but through a live here-and-now group experience built around a single intervention drawn from the facilitator's work in clinical AI research. Participants will discover, in real time, what happens when […]
The Tale of All Tales: My Life as a “Hero’s Journey” – Group Schema Therapy Meets Expressive Arts Therapy
This experiential workshop integrates the archetypal motifs of the Free Child and the Hero’s Journey into a process of self-exploration within a group setting. Combining emotion-activating methods from Group Schema Therapy with Expressive Arts Therapy, participants engage their own life path as a Hero’s Journey. From Gilgamesh and the Arab epic of Abu Zayd al-Hilali […]
FATHERS – “It’s (not) time to make a change…” Group Schema Therapy Meets Expressive Arts Therapy
This WS confronts one of the most powerful forces in our cultural lives: the internalized father. In Schema Therapy, this figure often lives on as the Punitive or Demanding Parent mode, shaping identity through pressure, judgment, and emotional inhibition. While patricide by the son is a recurring motif in (male-authored!) cultural history, the daughter never […]
The Missing Voice: An Ethics-Grounded Arabic Podcast as a Public Mental Health Initiative in the Arab World
بودكاست الصحة النفسية is a fully Arabic-language mental health podcast addressing an unmet gap: competent practitioners communicate in mixed Arabic-English, excluding much of the Arab public, while fully Arabic content is often unqualified and medically oriented. The counseling perspective has been absent—until now. The podcast pairs a person-centered counseling psychologist with a lay software engineer […]
Art as Health Behavior: Reclaiming Ancient Egypt’s Healing Wisdom for Modern Wellbeing
Founded in 2024, the National Arts in Health Week Egypt establishes art as health behavior rooted in ancestral wisdom & global research. From Alexandria to Aswan, we honor ancient Egyptians as healing arts pioneers. Across universities, museums, and community spaces, we collaborate with Egyptian pioneers supporting responsible use of arts in healing. demonstrating arts' versatility […]
Future-Ready Mental Health: Designing Initiatives for the Next 25 Years
This workshop explores the use of future design strategies, foresight methodologies, and participatory labs to develop innovative mental health initiatives anticipating challenges that may emerge over the next 25 years. Participants will engage in trend analysis, scenario building, and prototyping, integrating human-centered design principles with creative arts therapies and group-based approaches. The workshop emphasizes building […]
Empowering Arts in Health: Human-Centered Design and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Practice
This workshop aims to empower art in health practitioners to translate their expertise into sustainable entrepreneurial ventures, integrating human-centered design principles with creative arts therapies in group contexts. Participants will explore how the “here-and-now” dynamics of groups can inform the design of services and products that address mental health and collective well-being challenges, while building […]
Breaking Shame in the Here and Now: Groups for Emotional and Binge Eating
Emotional eating, binge eating, and food addiction are often connected by cycles of shame, guilt, secrecy, and fear of judgment, leaving individuals struggling in isolation. In many Arab contexts these difficulties are framed as issues of willpower, increasing stigma and silence. This presentation explores the use of the here and now in therapeutic groups to […]
من عثرة السقوط إلى أفاق الارتقاء والنمو: عرض تقديمى لنموذج تطبيقى لجلسة سوسيودراما دمجا مع بعض مبادىء مدرسة الرخاوى
من عثرة السقوط إلى آفاق الارتقاء والنمو: نموذج تطبيقي لدمج السوسيودراما (مورينو) مع جدل مستويات الوعي (الرخاوي) في تأهيل الفتيات المدمنات ملخص العرض: يسعى هذا العرض إلى تقديم نموذج إكلينيكي وتطبيقي لجلسة "سوسيودراما" واقعية تم تنفيذها بالفعل، تهدف إلى تعريف المتخصصين بآليات توظيف الفنون الدرامية كأداة للنمو النفسي والارتقاء ضمن برامج دعم وإرشاد الفتيات المتعافيات […]
A New Reading of an Ancient Myth: The Psychological Dimensions of the Isis-Osiris-Horus Myth
A New Reading of an Ancient Myth: The Psychological Dimensions of the Isis-Osiris-Horus Myth Dr. Ayman Hamed Abdel-Shafi Presentation Summary Presentation begins by defining myth, briefly explores the relationship between myth and psychology, examining Freud and Jung's interpretations of famous myths. then why the Osiris-Isis-Horus myth was chosen, specifically whether this ancient myth can be […]