Armenian Association for Positive Psychotherapy

Photos from the conference pt 2: Armenia at the Crossroads of East and West Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapists in Dialogue

Photos from Conference: Armenia at the Crossroads of East and West, Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapists in Dialogue

Armenia at the Crossroads of East and West:
Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapists in Dialogue

Armenia, March 29, 2026

The conference, led by the President of the World Association for Positive Psychotherapy, Dr. Hamid Peseschkian, took place — and it was truly meaningful ❤️

The symbol of the conference was Mount Aragats — a metaphor for wholeness, diversity, and inner balance.

Participants from multiple countries — Armenia, Romania, Argentina, Georgia, Bulgaria, Germany, Russia — came together, creating a truly international professional space.

Deep meetings, lively dialogues, professional and human connection.

I thank everyone for their openness, interest, and the atmosphere we created together.
Thank you to each person who was part of this event.

Mount Aragats — as a symbol of balance and the journey toward harmony with oneself and the world — is now with us 🤍

Our thanks to you: 🇩🇪 Danke • 🇷🇺 Спасибо вам • 🇬🇪 მადლობა • 🇷🇴 Mulțumesc • 🇵🇹 Obrigado • 🇦🇲 Շնորհակալություն • 🇧🇬 Благодаря

"The Cognitive Behavioral Tsunami: How CBT became the dominant psychotherapy"
by Dr. Farhad Dalal (UK)

📅 Date: 11 December 2025
🕖 Time: 19:00–20:30 CET
🌐 Language: English with simultaneous translation into Bulgarian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian (+ languages to be added if 20+ from one country register)
🎓 CPD: 2 credits

We continue our exclusive “Meet the Expert” series, where leading thinkers in psychotherapy share ideas that shift perspectives and inspire reflection.

Join us for an eye-opening conversation with Dr. Farhad Dalal (UK) — psychotherapist, group analyst, and author of the acclaimed “CBT: The Cognitive Behavioral Tsunami”.

In this event, Dr. Dalal will explore how modern psychotherapy has been shaped not only by science, but by power, ideology, and institutional politics. This lecture reveals what lies behind the dominance of — and questions what we call “evidence-based.”

🔹 How did CBT become the leading therapy model?
🔹 What role did politics and ideology play in this rise?
🔹 What happens when science becomes a tool of power?

An unmissable session for psychotherapists, trainers, consultants, and students eager to look deeper into the structures influencing the “psy” professions today.

🔸 Free for WAPP members
🔸 10 EUR for non- or lapsed members

👉 Registration is required:
https://wapp.member365.org/public/event/details/8d9364cfb56e5f934afed0c2a2d5c7fb5f697ecf/1

📩 Zoom link will be sent automatically after registration.
✅ 2 CPD credits will be awarded to WAPP-certified psychotherapists and trainers upon attendance.

About the Expert:
Farhad Dalal, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist and group analyst in private practice in Devon, UK. He is the author of several influential books, including Taking the Group Seriously, Race, Colour and the Processes of Racialization, Thought Paralysis: The Virtues of Discrimination, and CBT – The Cognitive Behavioural Tsunami: Managerialism, Politics and the Corruptions of Science. He currently teaches group psychotherapy in India and continues to write on ethics, power, and the evolving politics of psychotherapy.

Join us for a remarkable evening of insight, dialogue, and reflection with one of the most provocative voices in contemporary psychotherapy.

— WAPP Head Office

The World Association for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy has renewed its membership in the World Federation for Psychotherapy (WFP) - a very prestigious and historical organization, its first president was Carl Gustav Jung from Switzerland. All 2,600 individual WAPP members are automatically members of WFP!