Our speakers

Doctor of Psychology, grief and loss specialist, practicing psychologist. Head of the International Association of Grief and Bereavement Psychologists, author of bereavement support programs. Lecturer of original courses on grief therapy and support for various types of loss.

Director of Research at the Belgian Foundation for Scientific Research (FNRS), lecturer at UCLouvain (Belgium). She is a specialist in international negotiations, memory politics and transitional justice. Doctor of Political Science, Member of the Royal Belgian Academy, Max Planck Institute Fellow since 2021.

Endowed Professor of Diagnostics in Radiology, Professor of Sociology in Medicine and Radiology, Director, Cornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care

Professor of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine at Hawler Medical University, Iraq. He holds MBBS, MSc and PhD degrees, as well as a diploma in forensic anthropology (UK). Director of the Medical Research Center. His research interests include anatomy, male infertility, forensic medicine, and he has worked with international organizations to document crimes against humanity.

D (PhD), Associate Professor of Clinical Intervention and Global Mental Health at the University of British Columbia. She is a registered clinical psychologist, founder and lead clinician of International Counseling GmbH (Zurich). She has received a grant from the Swiss National Foundation for research on grief and mental health of refugees.

Professor of the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Psychology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Doctor of Psychology, Professor. Specializes in research in the field of social work and psychology, combining scientific activity with teaching practice.

Psychologist in the field of grief and loss. Leading trainings. Osteopath

Practical psychologist in the field of grief and loss, leader of the Grief Therapy course. Cognitive behavioral therapist, psychosomatologist, family psychologist.

Aude Merlin is a political scientist specializing in Russia and the Caucasus at the Université libre de Bruxelles, where she teaches various courses (Russian Politics, The EU’s Eastern Neighborhood, States and Conflicts in the Caucasus). At the same time, she carried out several field missions for human rights organizations (FIDH), NGOs (Doctors of the World, Doctors Without Borders) and also worked as an interpreter-reporter in Russia – including in Chechnya (notably Daniel Mermet, program “Là-bas si j’y suis”, on France Inter)

Psychologist, child psychologist, trainer in the field of “Psychology of grief and loss”

Professor Emerita. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Researcher and sociologist for 30 years on traumatic deaths, bereavement, and support.

I am an integrative music psychotherapist with intercultural clinical and research experience, particularly in hospital settings and humanitarian contexts, with additional specializations as a Certified Neonatal Intensive Care Music Therapist (NICU-MT), Clinical Trauma Specialist, and in trauma-informed Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (CB MHPSS). I work in the humanitarian sector with NGOs to design and implement CB MHPSS and support front-line staff. I am a member of the Music and Medicine Editorial Board and the International Association for Music and Medicine (IAMM) Special Interest Group. I have published and presented my work internationally.

Psychologist, mediator, specialist in grief counseling. Works with important life challenges, helping people build bridges over crises and find inner resilience in difficult situations.

Psychotherapist specializing in grief and loss, member of the International Association of Psychotherapists specializing in grief and loss, art therapist. She is a qualified psychologist with two higher education degrees – in psychology and biology. Her practical experience covers a wide range of topics, such as psychological support after the loss of a loved one, post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, fears, phobias, panic attacks, PTSD, self-doubt, low self-esteem, unfulfillment, and poor quality of life. Olena also works with communication difficulties, personal crises, existential problems, psychosomatic disorders, and interpersonal relationships.

PhD in Psychology, Executive Director of the volunteer NGO Maple Hope Foundation, Professor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Founder of the Canadian consulting company Soloway Global Education, mentor of the Canadian mental health project “Healing the Wounds of the War Together” and the international campaign “Heal the Mother’s Heart,” certified grief specialist under the David Kessler program, author of programs on grief and loss.

Anna-Maria Rummel is a psychotherapist in training and a PhD student at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Her research focuses on prolonged grief disorder (PGD). She developed and evaluated a grief-focused group therapy for young refugees. She is also working in a large multicenter clinical trial that compared two grief-focused treatments (PROGRID study).

Psychologist, body and dance movement therapist, co-author of therapeutic programs, presenter and trainer, trauma therapist, specialist in grief and severe loss.

Psychologist with higher education in the field and six years of experience in counseling on crisis management, emergency psychological assistance, psychological adaptation, trauma processing, grief counseling, pathopsychological diagnosis, and working with military personnel and their families. Member of the International Association of Psychologists for Grief and Bereavement.

“I believe that support in grief and compassionate care are not privileges, but signs of a healthy society.” Natalia Senytsia is a certified trainer at the American Institute for Reproductive Bereavement Support, founder of the NGO Opika Anhela (Angel Care) and the reproductive psychology studio Love Element. She is the author of the course “First Aid for Loss” for medical professionals and the initiator of support programs for families facing reproductive grief. Natalia is involved in innovations in the field of support and helps medical professionals and mental health specialists establish compassionate support for families experiencing reproductive grief.