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63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR

STRONG FAMILIES, STRONG COMMUNITIES The Enrichment of Family Relationships for the Common Good

Trento, 17 18 19 june 2016

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PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI Agenzia per la famiglia, la natalità e le politiche giovanili

The current society is characterized by a great emphasis on individuality, while the common well-being is less regarded. Thus, the idea of family as a fundamental social unit to be preserved is often overshadowed. The result is a society made by individuals engaged in a lonely struggle, isolated subjectivities trying to fulfil their tasks without adequate equipment. Even the institutional policies are often addressed mainly to individuals, thus failing to give the right consideration to the family relationships that could support them. The Conference wants to explore the concept of family as a social subject, able to produce human, relational and social capital. A family seen as the main place of solidarity and ‘humanization’ of the person as well as the society, a real resource in order to generate common good. The Speakers will examine the topic from the multidisciplinary perspective of the three main axes of concern of ICCFR: Policy, Therapy and Family Law. The Conference will be organized on three distinct methodological events: • plenary sessions, where a key speaker will propose a general framework. A dialogue with participants will follow; • discussion groups, where participants will discuss the contents of the previous speeches. This free discussion will give special value to the strong variety of disciplines, professional skills, nations and cultures of the participants; • workshops, where many innovative experiences and good practices from various countries will be presented and discussed.

ICCFR ICCFR ,the International Commission on Couple and Family relations, is an institution headquartered in Cardiff. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest Commission of the international union of familial organisations. It represents the consulting organ of the economic and social council of the UN, working together with UNESCO and UNICEF(United Nations Children´s Fund), and it is in permanent relation with various international organisations such as the World Health Organisation, the European Council, the League of Arab States, the Organisation of African Unity and the Organisation of American States. The object of the Commission is to facilitate contacts between people and organizations who work worldwide in the sector of couple and family relations, comparing experiences and exchanging information. The Commission organizes every year an international conference wherein the organizations and institutions can engage in multidisciplinary dialogues. The scope of these dialogues is to discuss the problems and challenges couples and families are confronted with, and to promote collaborative activity with professionals working in this field. The first international conference was organized in 1953 in Lisbon. Since then there have been two more conferences in Milan, Italy in 1963 and in 1985, both promoted by the CISF. iccfr.net

63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations 1 Agency for the family, the birth rate end young policy of the autonomus province of Trento This institution coordinates the familial policies of the province in order to overcome the dependence that families in difficulty can develop on social sustaining programs and to foster the family in its dynamic and proactive role in society. APF has the following objectives: • Organising interventions that help family welfare as intended by the laws concerning the families in the province, if not intended by other agencies. • Promotes actions to support of birth rate. • Managing the familial standards on the level of the province and above. • Promotes the development of familial districts. • Organises interventions dealing with youth policies. • Supports interventions in favour of the promotion of equal opportunity between men and women. Guarentees its support for the province Commission for equal opportunities between men and women and the councillor of parity. • Promotes the civil service and manages the interconnected activities. • Organises all other kinds of interventions entrusted by the province junta in accordance with the policies of the law in reference. • Promotes and organizes socially educational camps • Organises other kinds of activities that are not the competence of other services. • Organises interventions having to do with youth policies, making sure of the collaboration of the provincial institutions who support youth policy. www.trentinofamiglia.it

AICCeF: Italian Association for couple and family consultants Founded on February 5th of 1977, it represents the professional body created to protect couple and family consultants. It preserves and updates the list of who is declared qualified for the profession of couple and family consultants in respect of the law nr.4, 14.January 2013. The Association aims to: a) protect the professionalism of the couple and family consultant b) promote the study of issues related to couple and family consultancy. c) prepare directly, or through other qualified institutions, to the couples and family consultancy practice and, according to the criteria of lifelong learning, promote upgrading of couple and family consultant with conferences and seminars. d) work to obtain official recognition of the status of the couple and family consultant to awakenpublic opinion and public bodies managers to the problems and demands of couple and family consultancy. e) establish and maintain contacts with national and international organizations working in the areas of training, advice and intervention in the family. f) carry out research, studies, publications, documents relating to the consultancy activity for the family. AICCeF is a member of the Professional Associations of the Ministry of Economic Development and represents the couple and family consultants as a non regulated profession on a national level in the Ministry of Justice. www.aiccef.it

CISF: The International Centre of Family Studies is the cultural centre of “Famiglia Cristiana” and was founded in the late 1970’s to promote a familial culture based on Christian principles. Its activities follow: • Cultural: conferences, national and international study meetings, exhibitions, collecting and diffusing scientific documentation on a national and international level. • Research on familial and social themes using an interdisciplinary approach with special attention to fragile family situations.

2 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations • Instruction geared towards families and social workers: schools, parents, support to all familial associations, welcome training, informatory educational itineraries for care takers and educators. www.cisf.it

The Forum of Family Associations was founded in 1992 and groups together the national familiar associations on a local and regional level. Its statute supports families in an active and responsible participation that encourages participation in cultural, social and political life. It also supports initiatives that promote human and social services and services for the single person with the help of associations that promote the appropriate familial policies which protect and support the functions and rights of the family. To implement these objectives: • The presence of a representative in dialogues with national and international institutions on family policy • Cooperates with agencies that have similar objectives, • Promotes interventions with cultural, social action and political proposal themes to promote and protect familial subjectivity. • Has the possibility to print magazines, conduct research and studies on the transformation of society and conduct other educational activities on different familial subjects, to obtain a more appropriate instructive role and promote an active participation of families in society. www.forumfamiglie.org

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63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations 3 PROGRAMM

FRIDAY, JUNE 17 2016

Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” - via Segantini 10, Trento

4.00 pm - 5.00 pm REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

5.00 pm - 7.00 pm OPENING SESSION Ugo Rossi, President of the Autonomous Province of Trento Mons. Lauro Tisi, Bishop of Trento Anne Berger, ICCFR Chairperson Rita Roberto, Aiccef President Francesco Belletti, Cisf Director Gianluigi De Palo, President of the Italian Forum of Family Associations

7.00 pm - 8.00 pm OPENING DINNER | Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” - via Segantini 10, Trento

8.00 pm - 10.00 pm GUIDED TOUR OF by courtesy of the Buonconsiglio Castle Foundation - via 5, Trento

SATURDAY, JUNE 18 2016

Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” - via Segantini 10, Trento

8.30 am - 9.00 am REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

9.00 am - 10.30 am FIRST SESSION – social and cultural area THE FAMILY AS A SOURCE OF RELATIONAL GOODS (AND EVILS) FOR ITSELF AND THE COMMUNITY Key speaker: Pierpaolo Donati, Professor of Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes, State University of Bologna Introduction and coordination by: Rita Roberto

DIALOGUE WITH THE PARTICIPANTS

10.30 am - 11.00 am Coffee break | Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” - via Segantini 10, Trento

4 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations 11.00 am - 0.30 pm SECOND SESSION – institutional and legal area SUPPORTING FAMILY RELATIONS FOR AN ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP Key speaker: Carlo Rimini, Professor of Private Law, State University of Pavia Introduction and coordination by: Anne Berger

DIALOGUE WITH THE PARTICIPANTS

0.30 pm - 1.30 pm Lunch | Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” , via Segantini 10 - Trento

1.30 pm - 2.00 pm Transfer to the groups’/workshops’ locations

2.00 pm - 3.30 pm DISCUSSION GROUPS

3.30 pm - 4.00 pm Coffee break | workshop’s locations

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm WORKSHOPS: 1. Family wellbeing, social capital and local development. What is the relationship between them? (IT) 2. The role of the counselling centres in the “family empowerment” development (IT) 3. Happy Hour: A counselling project concerning the couple relationship for antenatal clinics’ personnel in Finland (EN) 4. Facing Trauma and Shame together (EN) 5. What family policy does Europe need? (EN) 6. Family associations and family enrichment: how families create social capital (IT)

6.00 pm - 7.00 pm Transfer to MUSE (Science Museum of Trento) Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, Trento

7.00 pm - 10.00 pm Guided Tour of MUSE and dinner (social event, under payment, mandatory booking)

63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations 5 SUNDAY, JUNE 19 2016

Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” - via Segantini 10, Trento

8.30 am - 9.00 am ACCEPTANSE OF PARTECIPANTS

9.00 am - 10.30 am THIRD SESSION – Psycho and relational area HELPING RELATIONSHIPS AND EMPOWERMENT OF FAMILIES Key speaker: Sabine Walper, Professor of Pedagogy, German Youth Institute (DJI), Munich Introduction and coordination by: Francesco Belletti

DIALOGUE WITH THE PARTICIPANTS

10.30 am - 11.00 am Coffee break | Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” , via Segantini 10 - Trento and transfer to the groups’/workshop’s locations

11.00 am - 12.00 am DISCUSSION GROUPS

12.00 am - 1.30 pm WORKSHOPS: 7. “Servicestelle Netzwerk Familie stärken”: a central service point for institutions supporting families (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) (EN) 8. Work-life reconciliation policies (IT) 9. Developing Family Studies as a discipline internationally: the creation of a graduate program in international family studies (EN) 10. Reflections on the contemporary de- and re-construction of family (EN) 11. From family to family: the meeting of different cultures. Families hosting refugees and their families (IT) 12. Marital and family consultancy as accompaniment, support and guidance throughout the whole life cycle of the couple and the family (IT)

1.30 pm - 2.30 pm Transfer and lunch | Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina”, via Segantini 10 - Trento

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm "MANDALA LABYRINTH" Closing session of the Conference through a dynamic and interactive session. By courtesy of Aiccef | Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” - via Segantini 10, Trento

For details about the workshops

http://iccfr.net/conference-2016-trento-italy/programma-it/

6 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations WORKSHOPS

1. Family wellbeing, social capital and local development. What is the relationship between them? (IT) The family is a relationship of complete trust and reciprocity between sexes and generations. The “mainstreaming” idea, at European level, is that this network of relationships produces particularistic goods at the expense of the development of civic value. However, many scientific studies show that the family can become a space where resources produced for the individuals’ welfare are able to escape from the “house’s walls” and permeate the social fabric, with a positive impact for the whole community and its territory. In order to generate the social capital, it is necessary for its members to invest in the family, and in the same time the family should be able of significant exchanges with the outside. The relations between the inside and the outside of the family must be properly supported, so that those relational goods – trust, reciprocity, reliability, hospitality, etc. – useful to family life and social cohesion can be produced (generated). With the help of experts and the presentation of real experiences, the workshop will fathom the complex relationship that exists between the family and the community, as well as the cultural, social, political and economic mechanisms that allow families to develop good relations with the different social actors (government, for-profit companies, no profit organizations, etc.), and to become resources capable of enhance the quality of life of its environment. Speakers: Luciano Malfer, general manager of the Agency for family, birth and youth policies of the Autonomous Province of Trento Elena Macchioni, School of Political Sciences (Department of Sociology and Economic Law) of the University of Bologna

2. The role of the counselling centres in the “family empowerment” development (IT) Nowadays changes in society involve families and create new needs which must be effectively satisfied by counselling centres. Particularly, it is necessary to work on the development of family empowerment. Family is asked to take care of the network of relationships which supports a person’s process of growth, and enhances the life quality in a community. In other words, we could say that family has the task of promoting the so called “social capital”. Empowerment aims at improving freedom and family responsibility, by increasing possibilities of choice and of achieving its goals. So, aiding does not mean giving answers, but listening and helping people to listen to themselves. In this supporting process, the counselling équipe helps the family itself to find the way to rebuild its own experience, enhance its resources and nurture new forms of expressions. In order to make the family go from its crisis to a new phase, it is needed a helping relationship aimed at finding those abilities already present in the family unit but still waiting to be set free. The point is to look at the family not only through the description of its difficulties, but also and mostly through its resources and potentialities. The task of the counselling équipe is to encourage the family to look for its own solutions, through the development of the empowerment of its members, instead of replacing them. In so doing, we can promote in the family a sense of self-determination and the rejection of passive and dependent attitudes. This perspective rises from the belief that the family, even in a moment of trouble, is “the expert” of its life and therefore can – with the assistance of the counselling équipe – be the most important actor in the process of overcoming everyday troubles. Speakers: Francesco Lanatà, Gynaecologist, specialist in medical sexology, La Spezia (Italy); Chairman of UCIPEM, the Union of Italian private marriage guidance centres Domenico Simeone, Full professor of Pedagogy of the family, Catholic University of Milan; Chairman of the Italian Confederation of the Catholic marriage guidance centres

63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations 7 3. Happy Hour: A counselling project concerning the couple relationship for antenatal clinics’ personnel in Finland (EN) In 2014 the Family Federation of Finland started a “Happy Hour” project, in order to create a new model of help for the young parents who visit antenatal clinics, with the aim of increasing their partnership satisfaction. This model encourages public health nurses to bring up partnership issues with the parents, and their intervention helps parents to think about how well their partner relationship is doing. During the project, we conducted surveys among antenatal clinics’ personnel, both before and after the one-day training that provided them with tools useful to bring up more actively partner relationship issues with parents. The content of these surveys was focused on the capacities and the attitudes that personnel had before this training and on their feedback after the training. Their feedback is currently used to develop the national training model for antenatal clinics in partner relationship issues. The project provides printed and electronic materials for parents, which include a literature-based information on a number of topics, videos, online lectures and articles. The service is free of charge. Speakers: Juulia Ukkonen, Expert in Couple Relationship, Family Federation of Finland Osmo Kontula, Ph.D., Research Professor at the Population Research Institute of the Family Federation of Finland.

4. Facing Trauma and Shame together (EN) Increased trauma, terrorism, and violence threaten families and communities in proportions not seen for decades. This workshop aims to offer an overview of how trauma and shame create a dialectical force that undermines cross-cultural values essential for emotional healing. One of these values is vulnerability, which means, “can be easily hurt; open to attack, harm, or damage.” Paradoxically, strong families and communities embrace vulnerability. The objective of the workshop is to facilitate thought-provoking exploration of trauma and shame from the viewpoint of a marriage and family counsellor’s experience. Comparisons of Italian and American cultures endeavor to underline the importance of understanding the personal significance of trauma and shame. Vicarious trauma for health care workers is also considered. Primary material includes, but is not limited to, B. Brown Daring Greatly (Penguin Random House, 2012) and J. L. Herman Trauma and Recovery (Basic Books, 1992) and is organized as follows: 1. Give voice to the unspeakable: cross-cultural challenges of vulnerability; 2. The impact of trauma: cross-cultural challenges of safety/presence; 3. The impact of shame: cross-cultural challenges of empathy/dignity; 4. Support groups: cross-cultural challenges of connection / caring. A group experience will allow participants to share in practical application of several proposed values. Speaker: Mary Caranita Wolsieffer, Graduate in Sacred Theology, family consellor, member of the Board of Christian Professional and Pastoral Counsellors (AACC, USA), since 1992 member of AICCEF and supervisor of AICCEF

5. What family policy does Europe need? (EN) On December 2015, the Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture (Poland) has published a broad and comprehensive study on the issue of family policy. Many European countries have nowadays serious problems with demography. Despite the fact that family is the basic social unit which should be protected by law (that also implies the respect of its autonomy), there are countries and organizations in Europe which do not provide any policies based on that principle. Therefore, the purpose of this workshop is to raise awareness of the importance of a successful family policy, following the example of the European countries with high fertility rates. During the first part of the workshop, participants will be asked if they have ever experienced any discrimination based on their family status. During the second part of the workshop, participants will be divided in groups and they will be asked to prepare a list of features that are essential to a successful family policy.

8 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations Participants will be provided with fact sheets with a short descriptions of family policy in selected European countries. Speakers: Karolina Dobrowolska M.A., graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw. Tymoteusz Zych Ph. d., Coordinator of the Centre for legislative analysis, Ordo Iuris Institute Olaf Szczypinski, lawyer and theologian, Ordo Iuris Institute

6. Family associations and family enrichment: how families create social capital (IT) Family associations are an innovative social phenomenon, which affords family a double movement: on one hand, family associations enhance the possibility to represent family interests in the social, economic, political and cultural field; on the other hand, they support the quality of life of the families, through the strengthening of family bonds. These informal network can even turn into more formal and structured experiences of self- and mutual-help. Thus, family enforces its capacity of generating a precious social capital, helping families to cope with their challenges and needs, as well as to become active actors of welfare and family policies and counterparts of political and economic decision makers. Speakers: Gianluigi De Palo, President of the Italian Forum of Family Associations Other members of family association

7. “Servicestelle Netzwerk Familie stärken”: a central service point for institutions supporting families (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) (EN) Aim of the workshop is to present structures and institutions supporting families in Rheinland- Pfalz, a federal state of Germany. In Rheinland-Pfalz there are several kinds of institutions, which all focus on supporting families. They are called: house of the family/multigeneration houses (Häuser der Familie/ Mehrgenerationenhäuser); family education centre (Familienbildungsstätten); family centre (Familienzentren); local coalition for family (Lokale Bündnisse für Familie). All together, there are round about 90 of this kind of institutions in Rheinland-Pfalz. To promote more communication and exchange between these institutions, especially when some of them are located in the same town, in 2012 the Government of Rheinland-Pfalz created the central service point, called Strengthening Families Network (Servicestelle “Netzwerk Familie stärken”) and gave to the Institute for Social Research (Institut für Sozialpädagogische Forschung, Mainz) the order to establish this project. The central service point offers conferences, workshops and courses on different themes to all the institutions supporting families in Rheinland-Pfalz, to give them specialized impulses and the possibility to exchange experiences. It presents important and up to date information on its homepage and with regular newsletters. For the institutions there is also the possibility to ask the service for counselling, for example to develop new projects and follow their practical realization. Speaker: Elisabeth Schmutz, Institute for Socio-Pedagogical Research, Mainz; Responsible for the “Servicestelle Netzwerk Familie stärken“

8. Work-life reconciliation policies (IT) In work-life reconciliation policies the family should be seen as a social unit (just like the sharing of caring responsibilities between spouses should also take place on a financial level), while generally work-life balance services are perceived to the benefit of female workers. The current crisis has highlighted how adequate welfare levels are a key element of the social contract, including the one between enterprises, workers and families. Within the framework of the new wage policies, corporate welfare is an opportunity which could also improve the quality of workers’ life. Corporate welfare programs, which may offer a variety of “social oriented” services, could be used by companies to contain and control costs, and to retain workers. Indeed, the value of these services is not included in taxable income of the employees, and accordingly no social security

63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations 9 contribution is due. The participants to the workshop will be asked to reflect on these themes, with the aim to develop a legislative proposal, on the basis of some objective data: – gender differences are apparent in the low female employment rate and in their more difficult work-life balance; – vertical segregation, the pay gap and a fragmented working life weigh on social security and pension benefits, thereby paving the way to prospective new poverty in the future. Speaker: Rita Matano, President of the female entrepreneur association Terziario Donna Confcommercio of Trento

9. Developing Family Studies as a discipline internationally: the creation of a graduate program in international family studies (EN) The Global Consortium for International Family Studies (GCIFS) is an innovative initiative directed towards developing the field of Family Studies across the globe. In this workshop, a panel of GCIFS representatives will facilitate exploration of the contribution of GCIFS to the growth of this field of studies through international collaboration. The purposes of the workshop are: 1) to highlight the significance of the GCIFS initiative to the field of Family Studies in internationalizing the discipline in terms of teaching, research and outreach; 2) to share the details of the process of delivering the initiative, in relation with the evolution, the product and the programmatic aspects, as well as the cultural and the academic challenges faced during the development and the first implementation of the program. Panel members will contextualize the GCIFS initiative in terms of status of the family studies in different national contexts. They will also present each of partners’ stories as a case study of the opportunities and challenges encountered in contributing to the discipline in their contexts. The workshop will also focus on the opportunities and the challenges of defining and developing the field in the world. The panel will raise and discuss issues relating to professional roles, agreed curricula, and pedagogy in international collaboration, while acknowledging differences in social, economic and education systems. Speakers: Representatives from the Global Consortium for International Family Studies Members: – Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India – University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, U.S.A.

10. Reflections on the contemporary de- and re-construction of family (EN) The contemporary discourse about the coexistence of people in family and social connections is dominated by some inherent contradictions. There is first of all the independent individual who is aware of his rights to a good life quality, and his (especially economic) duties, but who has a more and more critical attitude towards family. This situation creates a great variability and a lot of differences in family structures. Man can marry man, and woman woman, as to found a family and have children. The individual keeps to himself the privilege not only to choose the members of his family (in the Western society a choice often based on love), but also to end the family relationship if love ends. The divorce rate is between 30 and 50%, with a lot of reconstituted families, with more and more stepfathers and stepmothers as a result. The genetic affinity between generations is no longer the cornerstone of relationship based on care and ethics. Thus, the social coherence, which during the postwar period allowed Europe to evolve from prosperity to welfare, is under pressure. In addition, we see quite a few of these tensions and contradictions popping up in the domain of youth care. In the workshop, “ What do we know?” and “What can we do?” will be the guiding questions. We will also examine if there are initiatives which go against these trends, what are their characteristics and if they work. Speaker: Jean Pierre Vanhee, Faculty of Psychology and educational sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels

10 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations Caroline Vrijens, postgraduate in European and International Law and in management in the Social Profit and Public Sector. Policy officer for the Flemish Government, Agency of Youth Welfare

11. From family to family: the meeting of different cultures. Families hosting refugees and their families (IT) Migrations are strongly challenging many developed and “rich” countries (Italy, the whole Europe, USA and others), with a very strong impact from political, economic and social point of view. In the various contexts, many different and complex answers have been adopted. In Italy, one of the most innovative projects is the possibility that families host in their houses, and in their daily family life, one or more asylum seekers. These projects are usually organized through no profit organizations, with economic and juridical support from local authorities. The workshop will discuss the idea that family environment is a strategic resource in order to promote a more effective integration between people from different cultures, and whether this is true not only for migrant people, but also for the hosting population. Speakers: Francesco Belletti, sociologist, Director of the International Centre for Family Studies (CISF) Roberto Maurizio, Social worker, Paideia Foundation, coordinator of the project “Giving a Family to a Family

12. Marital and family consultancy as accompaniment, support and guidance throughout the whole life cycle of the couple and the family (IT) Marital and family consultancy is a social and educational intervention based on active listening and non-judgment. It focuses upon respect for individuals, on their acceptance, on the creation of a warm and empathetic relational climate. This type of counselling is more centered on the couple and family well-being than on their discomfort and suffering; more on prevention rather than on treatment; more on mental health rather than on pathology. Through a methodology that favours dialogue, good communication and relationship, people are helped to be active participants in their lives, to make up their minds by themselves, to make choices, to mobilize their resources in order to find and go their own way. Marital and family consultancy develops through several areas: – a general area of training, aiming at the creation and the maintenance of a dynamic state of well- being for the individual, the couple, the family and the society; – an area of prevention of future discomfort, based on the capitalization of the experience brought into the counselling setting, and here received, analysed and re-processed; – an area of reworking of non-pathological discomfort (pathology belongs, of course, to psychotherapy), operating, as previously stated, from the here-and-now of the client, assisting him in activating his own conscious resources. The workshop will provide theoretical sections, with slides projection, as well as practical activities. Speakers: Rita Roberto educator, marital and family consultant, President of AICCeF (Italian Association of family cousellors) Raffaello Rossi: teacher, marital and family consultant, vice president AICCeF, director of the School of Education in marital and family conselling, Bologna

63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations 11 SOCIAL EVENTS

BUONCONSIGLIO CASTLE – 17 June The Castello del Buonconsiglio, immortalized in 1494 in a famous watercolor by Albert Durer, was founded as an imperial garrison in the first half of the 13th century. It runs parallel to the city wall, dominating the city. From 1255 onwards it became the seat of the Prince Bishops of Trento, who transformed it over the centuries into a magnificent palace. The castle consists of a complex of buildings from different epochs. It is surrounded by an imposing curtain wall, fortified with ramparts, concealing a magnificent Italian-style garden. The high circular tower known as the Torre d’Augusto dominates the castle. To reach it one crosses the courtyard of the Medieval Castelvecchio with its elegant loggia in Venetian Gothic style. The adjoining, finely proportioned, Magno Palazzo was built by the humanist Cardinal Bernardo Cles and decorated by great artists of the Renaissance including Gerolamo , , Marcello Fogolino and Zaccaria Zacchi. The next section, dating from 1686, and known as the Giunta Albertiana, contains fine Baroque stucco decoration and frescos. At the southern end of the castle one finds the Torre Aquila or “Eagle Tower”, the interior of which is decorated with some of the most important surviving frescos in International Gothic style: the Cycle of the Months. After the suppression of the Prince Bishopric in 1803, the castle was used an Austrian garrison, and the executions of the Italian Irredentists’, Cesare Battisti, Damiano Chiesa and Fabio Filzi took place here. via Bernardo Clesio 5, Trento

MUSE – Science Museum – 18 June The is a dream come true due to substantial investment in culture by the Autonomous Province of Trento. It is an open site, where scientific and technological knowledge is the key to examining the relationships between man and the environment while choosing sustainable development for the future. The new museum, inaugurated in summer 2013, offers a new approach for visitors: multimedia exhibits, interactive games, first-hand experimentation and culture mixed with practical activities are the distinguishing features of visits and a valid tool for informal learning. The architectural design by Renzo Piano is an outstanding added feature: the profile of the building recalls the surrounding mountains, with a balance of open and closed spaces that add charm and prestige to the entire exhibition location. Inside, displays feature the principle of “zero gravity”, namely, lightness and transparency. Once through the entrance, visitors are the protagonists of a multi- sensory tour, which follows the shape of the building, from top to bottom, as if on a mountain peak. Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, Trento

THE PEACE MANDALA LABYRINTH PROJECT (19 giugno) The mandala-labyrinth of peace I am proposing is an experience which is difficult to render into words; its powerness lies in the action of building the labyrinth together and then walk in it , each one at his/her pace, time and awareness level. Nobody will explain anything, interpret or evaluate your walk, you are all there, having to decide if you want to enter or not, bearing a goal in mind, and, once you are inside it, you have to decide if you want to abandon yourselves to the path, welcoming the natural questions, the new sensations and being confident you'll get to the centre. The pedagogic value consists of building the labyrinth together, without any distinction as regards role, age, sex, culture, with the only aim to create a 'sacred space' where the relationship between people, like in counseling, is guided by empathy, non-judgement, and full acceptance of the other, by feeling within a unique design , even if each one in a different part of it. The mandala-labyrinth of peace is seen as a metaphor of life, that is of the individual, couple , family and social group 's path to self-awareness where everyone is concerned with getting to the goal. The mandalalabyrinth as a non-judgement place, where the maieutics pedagogy and the congruence of gestures more than words can be experimented.

12 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations A reassuring gesture which embraces, welcomes, guides and contains mankind in its all diversity. In the mind, heart and body of the participants a luminous trail to follow remain, the thread of hope, which teaches them that it is possible to walk together without oppression, without prejudice, with humanity The Mandala Labyrinth: the steps of a peace for family. All participants are given a drawing of the mandala labyrinth, then they will build it on the floor, using paper tape. After shaping it, the participants can walk in it individually, in pairs or as a group.

Directions to use the mandala labyrinth of peace 1. Give the participants the drawing before building the mandala labyrinth 2. Make them follow the path using their fingers ( e.g. : entering it by the index finger of the right hand and getting out of the path by the index finger of the left hand) 3. ask them and write inside it words of peace for the family 4. ask participants to think about an objective, a goal they wish to reach to be used as the aim of the family walk inside the mandala-labyrinth 5. write down a thought / proposal for the family and put it in the trash at the center of the labyrinth 6. give time to the participants to rest and have a moment of personal

«I hope that the rediscovery of the unidirectional labyrinths of the Cathedrals can be for every person and family a joyful journey of re-appropriation of his own journey in peace and harmony of everyday life.»

Sala della Cooperazione - via Segantini 10, Trento

FORMATIVE CREDITS

The international conference is accredited by some Orders and Professional Associations Local and national: - Italian Association of Couple and Family Consultants (AICCeF) (National) www.aiccef.it - Professional Association of Social Workers (National) www.ordineastaa.it - Regional Coordination of A / A of Professional Counsellors (National) counsellingtaa.wordpress.com - Teachers Professional Training (Trentino Alto Adige) www.iprase.tn.it/formazione/

For information on the credits go directly to the Orders and Associations Professional.

At the end of event will be issued a certificate of participation.

For more information: organizing secretary [email protected]

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2016 Trento, Italy Perceptions and Priorities” “Strong families, strong communities. The 2000 Berlin, Germany Enrichment of Family Relationships for the “What Produces Changes? – The Forces Common Good” Impacting on Relationships” 2015 Berlin, Germany 1999 Durban, South Africa “Changing Times: Impacts of Time on Family “Reconciling Violent Relationships” Life” 1998 Oxford, England 2014 Brussels, Belgium “Vive la Différence ? – Men and Women in “The Family in Focus: 20th Anniversary of the Relationships” International Year of the Family” 1997 San Francisco, USA 2013 London, UK “Second World Congress on Family Law and “Surviving the Crisis: Putting the Couple the Rights of Children and Youth” Relationship at the Heart of an Early 1996 Fribourg, Switzerland Intervention Agenda for Families” “Values and Families: intergenerational, 2012 Boston, USA professional and societal Perspectives” “Collaboration Instead of Collision: Family 1995 Siófok, Hungary Law, Social Policy and Joint Practice” “Who Pays? Employment – Unemployment: 2011 Ghent, Belgium Changes and Consequences for Couples and “Family and social workers: A successful Families” marriage?” 1994 Tuusula, Finland 2010 Malta “Who cares? Implications of Caring “Empowering Families as Sustainable Responsibilities for Couples and Families” Partners in Social Policy” 1993 Baden, Austria 2008 Helsinki, Finland “New Families? Changes in Societies and “Sustaining successful marriages and Family Relationships: Effects upon Couples, relationships: dream or reality?” Parents and their Children” 2007 Edinburgh, Scotland 1992 Newcastle, Northern Ireland “Barriers to Access: Finding Paths to “Marriage across Frontiers: National, Ethnic Inclusiveness” and Religious Differences in Partnerships” 2006 Lyon, France 1991 Pittsburgh, USA “Families and Democracy – Compatibilty, “Impasses of Divorce: Which Ways Forward?” Incompatibility, Opportunity or Challenge?” 1990 Rabat, Malta 2005 Wien, Austria “Violence and Families: Managing Conflict” “Differing Needs: Societies' Responses to 1989 Exeter, England children, parents, families, couples and the “Sexual Abuse of Children within the Family: older generation” Balancing Private and Public Interest” 2004 Tallinn, Estonia 1988 Woudschooten, Netherlands “Never the same again? Families and their “Responding to Childlessness” Relationships – ten years after the Year of the 1987 Sigtuna, Sweden Family” “Equality in the Family: Anticipating the 2003 Leuven, Belgium Consequences” “New Harmonies: Families holding 1986 Lisboa, Portugal relationships, work and the generations in “Help in Decision-Making for Parents, Children balance” and the Courts through Separation and 2002 Sydney, Australia Divorce” “Distance, Diversity, Dislocation: Families 1985 Milano, Italy Facing Globalisation” “Getting Married Today: The Expectations and 2001 Stockholm, Sweden Conflicts of Young Couples” “A Question of Time – Partners, Parents: 1984 Bellinter, Ireland

14 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations “Marriage and Work – Changing Values and “Problems of Young Families and new Structures” Questions in Counselling” 1983 Nürnberg, West Germany 1964 München, Germany “Second Marriages and Blended Families” “Spiritual Aspects of Marriage – Young 1982 Zürich, Switzerland People's Sexual Behaviour Today on their “Beyond Middle Age: Marriage and Family Future Marriage” Relationships in Later Years” 1963 Milano, Italy 1981 Toronto, Canada “Women's Struggle for Equality” – “Selection “The Male Crisis: Implications for the Couple and Training of Marriage Counsellors” – “The and the Family” New Roles of the Husband and the Wife” 1980 Brugge, Belgium 1962 Tours, France “Self-fulfilment – Fulfilment of the Couple: New “The Middle Years of Marriage” Approaches – Preparation, Prevention, 1961 London, England Enrichment” “Marriage – the first five years” 1979 Turku, Finland 1960 Düsseldorf, Germany “Aspects of Sexuality and Marriage “Marriage Preparation” Counselling” 1959 Zürich, Switzerland 1978 Wien, Austria “Population, Religion and Birth Control” “Two Becomes Three: the Birth of the First 1957 Brussels, Belgium Child” “Marriage Guidance and Family Casework” 1977 Sevilla, Spain 1956 London, England “Marriage under Stress” “What is Marriage Guidance?” 1976 Berlin, West Germany 1955 Lausanne, Switzerland “Violence in Marriage” “General Education for Marriage” 1975 Bolkesjø, Norway 1954 Paris, France “The Report on Marriage Guidance and Family “Study Days on Marriage Guidance Services” Counselling – a social research paper for the 1954 Stuttgart, Germany Council of Europe” “Marriage Preparation” 1974 Lage Vuursche, Utrecht, Netherlands 1953 Lisboa, Portugal “State Intervention in Marriage and Personal “The Commission on Marriage Guidance has Relationships” its first meeting as part of the “Journées 1973 Rugby, England Familiales Internationales” on “Families and “The Middle Stages of Marriage” Social Technics” 1972 Montrouge-Paris, France “The Changing Role of Women and its Impact on Marriage and Family Life” 1971 Malta “New Counselling Techniques and Developments in Marriage Guidance” 1969 Edinburgh, Scotland “The Implications for Marriage Guidance of our Growing Understanding of Human Sexuality” 1968 Wien, Austria “Stability or Creativity? Conflicting Values in Modern Marriage” 1967 Helsinki, Finland “The Status of the Marriage Counsellor and the Role of the Media in Marriage Education” 1966 Madrid, Spain “The Importance of Marriage Preparation as Preventive of Marriage Breakdown” 1965 Lausanne, Switzerland

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