The United Kingdom is hosting the 13th Congress of the European Association for Body Psychotherapy.
The conference is a joint venture between the CABP and the EABP taking place between 14th and 17th of September 2012 in Cambridge, UK.

To visit the 13th EABP Congress Cambridge 2012 website please click here

Congress themes are:

• Early attachment
• Social bonding in adults
• Relational body psychotherapy
• Eco-psychology, social justice
• Embodied conflict exploration

Confirmed speakers are Prof. Daniel N. Stern, Prof. Stephen Porges, and also Prof. Rubens Kignel, PhD, body psychotherapist, from Brazil. Stephen Porges and Sue Carter will also co-present a one-day workshop. Mary Jayne Rust will speak about eco-psychology, and Jean-Claude and Arlene Audergon will facilitate a large group process on embodied conflict resolution. Merete Holm Brantbjerg will give an opening keynote. There will be a panel on relational body psychotherapy consisting of Shoshi Asheri, Asaf  Rolef Ben-Shahar, Roz Carroll, Michael Soth, and Nick Totton. 

There will be parallel presentations by Carmen Joanne Ablack, Lily Anagnostopoulou, Eric Wolterstorff and Herbert Grassmann, and a panel discussion chaired by Tom Warnecke.

The congress will be followed by a Symposium entitled The Science of Body Psychotherapy: From Research to Practice and from Practice to Research.

Pre and Post congress workshops will be announced shortly.

The congress venue: Faculty of Music, 11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP.

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Accommodation will be available in nearby Cambridge University colleges.

Cambridge is easy to reach by public transport.  The nearest airport is London Stansted with international flights to most European destinations. There are also connections to all other London airports.

 The Congress Planning Committee consists currently of the following members:

Sheila Butler

Member of CABP and EABP

Sevenoaks, Kent, UK

Dianne Chipperfield

Member of CABP

London, UK

Lidy Evertsen

Chair of EABP

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Herbert Grassmann

Member of EABP

Nürnberg, Germany

Claudius Kokott

Member of CABP and EABP

London, UK

Hodd Shaham

Member of CABP

Ranana, Israel

Justin Smith

Member of CABP

Carterton, Oxfordshire, UK

Michael Soth

Member of CABP and EABP

Oxford, UK

Kathrin Stauffer, Chair

Chair of CABP and member of EABP

Cambridge, UK

Nick Totton

Member of EABP

Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, UK

Jill van der Aa

Member of EABP

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tom Warnecke

Member of CABP and EABP

London, UK

Gill Westland

Member of CABP and EABP

Cambridge, UK

And in an advisory capacity: