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Moscow 2011
10th INTERNATIONAL EMCAPP SYMPOSIUM-REPORT
2-5 May 2011

Eighteen participants from 12 nations across three continents
met in the Institute for Christian Psychology in Moscow, led
For me the meetings in Moscow were a by Fr. Andrei Lorgus. Nine participants were new to EMCAPP,
breath of fresh air. Always in therapy sessi- which added to the sense of depth and diversity among us. Rus-
ons in my work is wonderful, but this sti- sian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Reformed Protestant and Pen-
mulated my thinking very much. It shows tecostal traditions were all represented. Rifts that have scarred
me the high quality of thinking of com- our political and Church history for centuries were recognised,
mitted believers in Jesus Christ, of various and began to be reconciled, during these four days. A sense of
theological heritages. unity through mutual understanding grew among our clear di-
Téo J. van der Weele (Netherlands) versity in Christ.

The Symposium theme, ‚The Future for Christian Anthropolo-
gy, Psychology and Psychotherapy‘, was introduced on our first
afternoon after a round of introductions from all present. In the
following two days, Anthropology, Psychology and Psychothe-
rapy each received half a day‘s attention, with one, two or three
presentations and discussion. Participants gave further feed-
back after the lectures. The presentations were high quality, well
thought through and presented.
The lectures addressed all the main purposes of EMCAPP.

Lectures presented during the Symposium:
rev. Andrey Lorgus (Russia): A Man in Russia of the XXI Centu-
ry – anthropological perspective
rev. Marek Tatar, PhD (Poland): Structure of a Man in the Bibli-
cal Act of the Creation
Krzysztof Wojcieszek, PhD (Poland): Nature of Desperation
Roland Mahler (Switzerland): What is a Christian Identity?
Prof. Nicolene Joubert (South Africa): The Future of Christian
Psychology
Elena Strigo (Russia): Trauma Psychotherapy
Teo J. Van Der Weele (Netherlands): Powerful Peace
Being in Moscow with my brothers Francesco Cutino, PhD (Italy): A Psychotherapist and Five Di-
and sisters from the EMCAPP was mensions of Therapeutic Relationship
a brilliant experience of personal
healing and professional growth. … I
found exchanging views and opinions For me very important was reaction for my speech
between us very useful and somehow about nature of desperation. It was a fragment
I would like to propose to build up a of contemporary polish philosophical thought
kind of ongoing joint team work. about man ( prof. M. Gogacz), but was also based
Francesco Cutino (Italie) on very old tradition of christian thought – Saint
Thomas Aquinas and others. It was very interes-
ting that such an old topics and results of midd-
le – ages investigations had so warmly reception
by psychologist. In XIX century psychology have
started to be independent from philosophy, but
perhaps that “divorce” was too fast?
Krzysztof A. Wojcieszek (Poland)

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