INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “Psychological Trauma and Post-Traumatic Growth: Theoretical Approaches and Applications in Practice.”
In the current social context, we are facing many changes that can cause mental suffering, psychological difficulties, post-traumatic stress disorder, feelings of loss and hurt. To enhance understanding of theoretical approaches as well as practical applications of psychological trauma and post-traumatic growth, the Faculty of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (USSH, VNU-HCM) has successfully organized the International Conference with the theme "Psychological trauma and post-traumatic growth: theoretical approaches and applications in practice.".
The 2024 International Conference on “Trauma and post-traumatic growth: theoretical approaches and clinical cases” was officially opened solemnly on the morning of November 23, 2024, at the Faculty of Letters Hall, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM. During many months of preparation, the Organizing Committee received great support from the community of experts, researchers, and graduate students, and received more than 40 papers, 25 papers were reviewed to prepare for publication in the conference proceedings. With more than 800 people registered to attend the International Conference, and according to the Organizing Committee, 400 people attended directly at the Van Khoa Hall in the Plenary Session in the morning and the breakout sessions in the afternoon of November 23, 2024. The conference was also broadcast live on the fanpage of the Faculty of Psychology, with totally 6,500 viewers.
Speaking at the workshop, Dr. Pham Tan Ha, Vice President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM (USSH-VNUHCM), emphasized that the USSH-VNUHCM aims at three core values: Creativity, Leadership and Responsibility. In particular, the University is responsible for seriously implementing its commitments on the quality of training, research and community service, and currently the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM is the leading university in psychology training in the South. During the years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the University has implemented the Mental Vaccine community service program to ease the loss and trauma of the people. The University has mobilized many lecturers, practitioners, and master's students of clinical psychology from the Faculty of Psychology to support this program. In 2024, the Faculty of Psychology also established the Center for Psychological Research and Application to promote research and practice activities to support individuals with psychological difficulties, in which the topic of supporting psychological trauma is also an important topic.
In the Plenary Session of the Conference, four papers were presented by foreign professors and experts focusing on the Conference's theme of trauma and post-traumatic development. Prof. Vassilis Saroglou from the University of Louvain (Belgium) presented "The relationship between religion and spirituality in psychological support for people with trauma", and experts from the University of Ulm (Germany), Prof. Jorn von Wietersheim presented "Trauma-focused psychodynamic therapy and STAIR narrative therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to child abuse: Description of the therapy, research protocol and expected results", Prof. Harald Gündel with the topic “Advanced Concepts of Emotion and Alexithymia and Their Relationship to Related Treatment Strategies”, and Art Therapist Alexandra Danner-Weinberger presented the topic “Art Therapy Interventions to Address Emotional Processing by Focusing on Body Awareness”.
Many workshop participants asked questions and exchanged with the 4 speakers at the Discussion Session. The Discussion Session was moderated by Dr. Le Thi Mai Lien, Prof. Harald Gundel, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Tu.
After the Plenary Session at Van Khoa Hall ended in the morning, three breakout sessions were held in the afternoon of the same day in different rooms. Each breakout session had 5 presentations focusing on sharing and context, theoretical models of trauma and post-traumatic growth, the current status of research and assessment of trauma and post-traumatic growth, and therapeutic approaches and applications in practice. Attendees actively interacted and asked questions to the speakers to clarify the presented content, as well as shared very interesting and diverse perspectives revolving around the focus of the topics presented in each sub-committee. The response and influence of the 2024 International Conference is a great source of motivation for the strategy of improving the quality and brand of the Psychology Department of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - VNU-HCM.
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The Faculty also plans to publish a proceedings/book includes all the Vietnamese and English research articles related to the topic with an ISBN index. This is a valuable source of scientific information for readers interested in the topic, bringing valuable contributions to learning, research and social life. The 2024 International Conference is one of the important events in the work of improving the quality of research and teaching of the Faculty of Psychology. The conference has been carefully prepared and successfully organized as a forum for scientists and psychological practitioners to exchange and discuss theoretical frameworks on trauma, post-trauma and application models in trauma therapy practice, which can be applied in examination activities, psychological support, serving to soothe and heal traumatized individuals to restore their spirit in today's volatile and complex world. This also demonstrates the core values of Connection - Diversity - Empathy of the Faculty of Psychology and Creativity, Leadership and Responsibility of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM.
The International Conference and International Training Program has been prepared and implemented with great support from the university leadership team, faculty staff, partners, organizations, experts, and researchers from Vietnam and other countries. The Organizing Committee would like to sincerely thank the researchers and experts who responded to create the success of this international training program.
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