Myroslava Mushkevych, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Practical Psychology and Psychodiagnostics of the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, took part in the 9th Online Conference of the International Academy of Family Psychology (IAFP) “Families in Difficult Times: Conflicts, COVID and Cyberspace”. The event lasted from October 10–12 and brought together leading psychologists and psychotherapists from different countries of the world to highlight the most relevant scientific and applied problems of family psychology in difficult life situations.
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Applied Psychology and Psychodiagnostics at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University Myroslava Mushkevych, together with Professor of Clinical Psychology at Seattle Pacific University (USA), co-author of the book “Family Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice” John Thoburn presented a report during the main plenary session on the topic “Training Model for Mental Health Support – Experience of Ukraine”.
During the conference sessions, the scientists and practitioners focused on revealing the psychological aspects of the following areas: psychological trauma and its treatment; psychological education during disasters, natural disasters, for individuals and groups; parents in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic; the dual burden of work and childcare for parents during the COVID-19 pandemic: work-family conflict as a stressor for individual and relational well-being; development of psycho-educational content on disasters, focused on family systems; war, trauma, and escape: an interdisciplinary approach to aftermath psychotherapy for bereaved families, and more.
The conference of the International Academy of Family Psychology enabled to combine the scientific opinion and practical experience of psychologists and psychotherapists and will foster the development of family psychology as a field of psychological science in the future.
The Department of Practical Psychology and Psychodiagnostics
