Programme

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


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