I am pleased to announce the Seventh World Congress on Ego State Therapy, to be held online from 20 to 26 April 2026. The congress will be online and conducted in English, German, Japanese, and Farsi, with participants able to choose sessions in any of these languages.
This global event will promote the professionalisation and standardisation of Ego State Therapy, while fostering academic and clinical exchange across cultures and continents. The congress will feature leading experts in Ego State Therapy, Clinical Hypnosis, Body Work, EMDR, and related fields from Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa, and beyond. Past, current, and incoming presidents and executive directors of Ego State Therapy International will also be in attendance.
Faculty members
The following faculty members have already agreed to present: Annabell Zink, Ashkan Anbarzadeh, Birte Koster, Callie Hattingh, Cem Doğan, Charlotte Wirl, Cynthia Good, Dagmar Meyer-Anuth, Daniela Müller, Eiji Toyota, Elif Babuğa, Elzette Fritz, Fabian Schneider, Florian Huber, Ghita Benaguid, Habibe Aykan, Jenny da Silva-Faca, Joosten Theermann, Jörg Marr, Joy Nel, Karolin Adler, Katja Umpfenbach, Kumiko Shimoji, Louisa Malzahn, Lucia Biberacher, Marlene Biberacher, Mayuko Shimizu, Mei Mizomoto, Sandra Paulsen, Shirley McNeal, Silke Grossbach, Silvia Zanotta, Sophie Adler, Stefanos Gkaitatzis, Susanna Leutner, Thomas Frodl, Ulrike Arras, Verena König, Wendy Lemke, Yoko Niikawa, Yoshi Fukui and Yusuke Suzuki.
Congress Programme
Participants can look forward to live online demonstrations, workshops, keynote presentations, discussion panels, and forums that represent diverse opinions and methods in our trade. Topics will include, among others:
- Contemporary Approaches to Ego State Therapy
- Somatic Ego State Therapy
- Ego State Therapy and Psychodrama
- Ego State for the severely depressed
- Ego State Therapy for Children and Adolescents
- Applications in Crisis Intervention, Depression, Medicine, Reproductive Health, Sports, Education, Coaching, and Counselling
- Master clinical demonstrations