International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy

The IAFP's 18th International Conference: "Ruptures and Relations -
Group Dynamics and Forensic Psychotherapy" was held on 20th-21st March, 2009 (with a pre-conference workshop on 19th March) in Konstanz, Germany. Information about the conference appears on this page.

	ABOUT THE CONFERENCE We invited delegates to present the possibilities and problems of group psychotherapy in the treatment of offenders, and to evaluate the state of the art of group psychotherapies in the forensic field as well as possible perspectives and new developments. Another focus of the conference was the importance of group dynamics and transference processes in institutions treating forensic patients. A conference flier can be downloaded here.
	PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP The conference started on 19th March in Reichenau Centre for Psychiatry with a pre-conference workshop on the adaptation of manualized psychodynamic treatment for personality disorders in forensic psychotherapy.
	PROGRAMME: PRE-CONFERENCE AND CONFERENCE To download the programme for the conference in Adobe PDF format, please click the links below: Pre-conference programme Conference programme (last revised on 24th February, 2009) Details of Parallel Sessions (last revised on 9th March, 2009)
	REGISTRATION Registration for the conference has closed.
	ACCOMMODATION Accommodation for the conference is no longer available.
	FURTHER INFORMATION To sign up for email updates about the IAFP's future events and activities, please click here. For queries about the conference which just took place, please contact the conference organiser: Mr. Tilman Kluttig Senior Clinical Psychologist Zentrum für Psychiatrie Reichenau Dep. for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Feursteinstr. 55 D-78479 Reichenau Germany Tel.: +49 7531 977527 - Fax.: +49 7531 977 428 Email: