Porto – Portugal – IV Congresso regional mediterranico IAGP/SPP
The International Association of Group Psychotherapy & Group Processes is planning their
4th Regional Mediterranean Conference for September 7 – 10, 2011!
Location: Tiara Hotel in Porto, Portugal.
Theme: Other seas, new discoveries.
see: www.iagp2011spp.org
This conference will also celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicodrama!
Pour découvrir de nouvelles terres, il faut d’abord avoir le courage de s’éloigner du rivage.”
“One cannot discover new oceans unless one has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
André Gide
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We are very happy to welcome you to the 4th Regional Mediterranean Congress of the IAGP, September 7-10, 2011. Several Portuguese associations and colleagues both local and abroad are working together to organise this Congress. In addition, the Portuguese Society of Psychodrama will proudly celebrate its 25th anniversary.
The words giving new worlds to the world by the Portuguese poet Luis Vaz de Camões provide inspiration for the Congress theme. He wrote these words in his epic poem The Lusiadas (1572). Portugal’s unique position in the Mediterranean allowed its navigators to make journeys of discovery, which led to exploration, trade and encounters with other cultures. Those ocean crossings left a historical legacy. With this Congress, Portugal again makes use of its unique position to promote encounters, this time between cultures representing all those who work with groups or with the individual in the group.
Porto, classified as a World Heritage city, is the ideal place to celebrate, not only for the charm that characterizes this city, but also for the Port wine, its eponym. We hope you come to share discoveries, both practical and scientific, and leave with new perspectives.
Welcome to Porto’s Tiara Hotel, Portugal in September 2011!