Scientific Programme
Facilitators: Anna Catania and Ryan Portelli
08:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
08:30 Conference Opening:
Mr Josef Mizzi - MACP President
Dr Sandra Scicluna - Dean, Faculty for Social Well-Being
Scientific Chair for the Conference – Ms Anna Catania
09:00 Keynote 1
Chair for this Session – Ms Anna Catania
Is Everything We Know About Love a Lie? Exploring Relationship and Sexual Myths by Dr Charmaine Borg
10:00 Keynote 2
Chair for this Session – Mr Ryan Portelli
The Unspoken Struggle: A New Dialogue on Compulsive Sexual Behaviours by Mr Silva Neves
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Keynote 3
Chair for this Session – Prof. Ruth Falzon
Beyond Tolerance: Cultivating Affirmative Counselling for the intersection of LGBTIQ+ and Religious Minorities by Dr Remziye Kunelaki
12:30 Keynote 4
Chair for this Session – Dr Roberta Attard
From 2 to 3: Opening up a relationship. Counselling perspectives on working with relationships, exploring diversity by Mr David Piner
13:30 Networking Lunch
14:30 Keynote 5
Chair for this Session – Prof. JosAnn Cutajar
Beyond the Blueprint: Cultivating a Gender-Affirming Culture with children and young persons by Prof. Antonio Prunas
15:30 Comments and closure by Head of Counselling Department