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I attended the EMCAPP
Symposium for the first time
in September in Lviv. The pos-
sibility to meet other Christi-
an psychotherapists and hear
their experiences were the
most important things for me.
I learned a lot about what it is
to take spirituality in psycho-
therapy into account. It was
great to discuss the Christian
Psychology on the academic
level and hear scientific re- The EMCAPP Symposium in Lviv
searches about impressiveness was for me especially a meeting with
deep Ukrainian soul.
of Christian psychotherapy in
comparison to general thera- People there are warm and interested
py. That kind of topics are not very much in integrating spirituality
common in my country. We and psychology.
will continue this discussion I was touched also by the lectures and
our group work where we created as
in ACC Finland.
I was very impressed, when I many questions as possible…(Anna
found out that church services Ostaszewska, Poland)
in Lviv were filled with peop-
le many times a day. We are
worried about empty churches
in Western countries. It was
encouraging to see how peop-
le hunger for God.
(Saara Kinnunen, Finland)

This year`s EMCCAP symposium brought me to a wonderful new
place in God`s colorful world: the remarkable city of Lviv with its long
European history. While talking about “Healing Factors in Christian
Psychotherapy”, we could experience examples of the beauty, which
God as well as humans have created, but also notice lots of traces of
destruction (by wars, ethnic conflicts…), which remind us that we
urgently need help – healing interventions sustained by God`s grace.
(Agnes May, Germany)

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