Scientific Committee

Conference Chair

Andreea Szilagyi
Associate Vice President for NBCC International, U.S.A.
Vice President for the European Board for Certified Counselors, Portugal

Program Chair

Liliana Silva
World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS), Portugal


International Scientific Committee

Zafer Bekirogullari • Cag University, Turkey
D. Bruce Carter • Syracuse University, U.S.A.
Elias Kourkoutas • University of Crete, Greece
Alois Ghergut • Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania
Marie J. Myers • Queen's University, Canada
Kaushik Ghosal • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, U.S.A.
Gokhan Malkoc • Dogus University, Turkey
Plamen Dimitrov • Bulgarian Psychological Society, Bulgaria
Naved Iqbal • Jamia Millia Islamia University, India
Jim Johnson • Point Loma Nazarene University, U.S.A.
Nadia Mateeva • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Carmen Tabernero • University of Cordoba, Spain
Linda Blokland • University of Pretoria, South Africa
Adriana Baban • Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Otilia Clipa • Stefan Cel Mare University, Romania
Bernard Sabbe • University of Antwerp, Belgium
Andrzej Sekowski • John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Siamak Samani • Islamic Azad University, Iran
Angel Barrasa • University of Zaragosa, Spain
Florian Daniel Zepf • RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Katherine Makarec • William Paterson University, U.S.A.
Pandelis Perakakis • University Jaume I, Spain
Maclean Geo-Jaja • Brigham Young University, U.S.A.
Itziar Alonso-Arbiol • University of the Basque Country, Spain
Asli Carkoglu • Dogus University, Turkey
Gianluca Serafini • Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Yong Peng Why • National University of Singapore, Singapore
Margaret Defeyter • Northumbria University, U.K.
Shahrokh Shafaie • Southeast Missouri State University, U.S.A.
Angel Castro • University of Zaragoza, Spain
Eda Kargi • Cyprus International University, Cyprus
Velile Notshulwana • Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Calven Gwandure • University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Tokozile Mayekiso • Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Heikki Ruismäki • University of Helsinki, Finland
Simona Trip • University of Oradea, Romania
Anna Slysz • Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan, Poland
Liah Greenfeld • Boston University, U.S.A.
Adilia Silva • independent researcher, South Africa
Deborah Wooldridge • Bowling Green State University, U.S.A.
Ayse Nuray Karanci • Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Andy McKinlay • University of Edinburgh, U.K.
Victor Martinelli • University of Malta, Malta
Emerson Rasera • Federal University of Uberlândia, Brasil
Maurizio Pompili • Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Hossein Kareshki • Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Raija-Leena Punamäki • University of Tampere, Finland
Aurora Adina Ignat • Stefan Cel Mare University, Romania
Hans Jeppe Jeppesen • Aarhus University, Denmark
Inkeri Ruokonen • University of Helsinki, Finland
Chris McVittie • Queen Margaret University, U.K.
Brij Mohan • Louisiana State University, U.S.A.
Tapio Toivanen • University of Helsinki, Finland
Norman Sartorius • Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Switzerland
Samuel Shaki • Ariel University Center, Israel
Lisa Woolfson • University of Strathclyde, U.K.
Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis • University of Birmingham, U.K.
Alan Apter • Schneiders Childrens' Medical Center of Israel, Israel
Patricia Arenas Bautista • Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas, Cuba
Gintautas Valickas • Vilnius University, Lithuania
Conni Campbell • Point Loma Nazarene University, U.S.A.
Gary Ruelas • Integrative Medical Institute of Orange County, U.S.A.
Daniel Nightingale • DementiaDoctor, U.K.
Anne Schild • University of Vienna, Austria
Colleen Macquarrie • University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Diane Elkonin • Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Mark Simes • Boston University, U.S.A.
Anna Borghi • University of Bologna, Italy
L. Francesca Scalas • University of Cagliari, Italy
Marc-Eric Bobillier Chaumon • University of Lyon 2, France
Diego Lasio • University of Cagliari, Italy
Marco Guicciardi • University of Cagliari, Italy
Loris Tamara Schiaratura • University Lille Nord de France UDL3, France
Mohammad Hakami • Islamic Azad University, Iran
Rosalba Raffagnino • Florence University, Italy
Remo Job • University of Trento, Italy
Luisa Brunori • Bologna University, Italy
Mark Lansdale • Leicester University, U.K.
Patrizia Meringolo • Florence University, Italy
Robert Geffner • Alliant International University, U.S.A.
Wendy-Lou Greenidge • University of South Florida, U.S.A.
Maria Pietronilla Penna • University of Cagliari, Italy
Uğur Öner • Çankaya University, Turkey
Martin Eisemann • University of Tromsø, Norway
Vittore Perrucci • University of Valle d'Aosta, Italy
Ewa Mörtberg • Stockholm University, Sweden
Rita Bandzeviciene • Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Elena Levchenko • Perm State University, Russia
Stephan Muehlig • Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany
Suppiah Nachiappan • Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia
Adriane Roso • Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Brasil
Grauben Assis • Universidade Federal do Pará, Brasil
Antonio Marcos Chaves • Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil
Claus Stobäus • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Juan Mosquera • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Grzegorz Pochwatko • Institute Of Psychology - Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Patricia Howlin • King's College London, U.K.
Fotios Anagnostopoulos • Panteion University, Greece
Stephen Gibson • York St. John University, U.K.
Nelson Molina-Valencia • Universidad del Valle, Colombia
Bente Wold • University of Bergen, Norway
Bob Ferguson • Buena Vista University, U.S.A.
Neala Ambrosi-Randić • Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia
Ronald Hambleton • University of Massachusetts - Amherst, U.S.A.
Carmen Moreno • University of Seville, Spain
Michael Haze • EMDRIA Deutschland, Germany
Binnur Yeşilyaprak • Ankara University, Turkey
Olga Orosova • Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
Herbert Scheithauer • Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Jochim Hansen • University of Salzburg, Austria
Mehmet Eskin • Adnan Menderes University, Turkey
Kostas Fanti • University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Volbert Renate • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Britta Renner • University of Konstanz, Germany
Svetlana Zhdanova • Perm State National Research University, Russia
Henry Grubb • University of Dubuque, U.S.A.
Sylvia Kwok • City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Janina Uszyńska-Jarmoc • University of Bialystok, Poland