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2nd EUROPEAN CONFERENCE on Multi-Family Therapy | FACHTAG Soziale Arbeit

04. - 06.09.2025, Visselhövede (Niedersachsen)

About the conference:

Under the motto "Talking the same language learning the dialects", three strong partners invite you to Visselhövede, Lower Saxony, from September 4th to 6th, 2025.

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft MFT, Agaplesion Diakonieklinikum Rotenburg, and Heilpädagogische Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Rotenburg e. V. jointly organized the 2nd European Conference on Multi-Family Therapy and the Fachtag Soziale Arbeit in child and youth welfare.

 

WORKSHOP-PROGRAM

 

Target audience:

The event aimed at professionals from all areas of social work and offers an interactive professional exchange through keynote speeches and workshops by renowned speakers.

Venue:

Seminarhotel Luisenhof/Pescheks Tagungshotel
Worthstraße 10
27374 Visselhövede (Lower Saxony)

Conference timetable:

 Thursday, 04.09.2025

From 4:00 PM Check-In

Opening Lecture:

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

  • Dr. Alan Cooklin (psychiatrist, founder and CEO of kidstime-network/-foundation, GB): Therapists and Theories: Is MFG an endgame?

7:30 PM Come Together

2nd EUROPEAN CONFERENCE Multi-Family Therapy 

(Thursday - Saturday)

 
Friday, 05.09.2025

From 8:00 AM Check-In

9:00 AM Welcoming speeches

9:30 AM - 1:00 PM Keynote Speeches:

  • Eva Schilling, Elisa Ruoff (Switzerland), Noël Pommepuy (France): About prejudice and social labels – What does MFT change about self-narratives and social labels?
  • Emma Morris (GB): Mentalization as a shared language for families and practitioners in multi-family groups
  • Emma Morris (GB), Markus Föhl (DE): Epistemic Trust (ET)

2:30 PM - 5:15 PM Barcamp & Workshops in 2 blocks, 75 minutes each

— see detailed Workshop-Program

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Feedback

From 7:00 PM Conference Party

FACHTAG Soziale Arbeit

(Friday)

Saturday, 06.09.2025

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM Keynote Lectures:

  • Trudy Mooren (Netherlands): MFT with traumatized populations: veterans, displaced, and refugees
  • Odile Amiot (France), Henner Spierling (Germany): Challenges for MFT in adult mental health care settings: MFT started there, why is it so challenging nowadays
  • Conny Adolf, Svenja Bluhm (Germany): Child protection and multi familiy work: bridging theory and practice – Insights from an ongoing research project 

12:00 PM Closing Remarks