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Preliminary educational day
The preliminary educational day will take place on November 23, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EET
During the day, four seminar presentations will be delivered with the aim of standardizing the key concepts and notions that will be addressed by Prof. McWilliams and Prof. Garrett on the main event day, December 5.
Presentations will be given by:
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Prof. Vanya Matanova, D.Psy.Sc. – Head of the Institute for Mental Health and Development, training therapist and supervisor at BACP, clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist, senior lecturer at Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"
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Dr. Nikolay Bonev, Psy.D. – Clinical psychologist, working in the field of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, lecturer at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", New Bulgarian University, and Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"
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Antonia Borisova, M.Cl.Psy. – Clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, lecturer at New Bulgarian University and Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski", Secretary of the Bulgarian Neuropsychoanalytic Association and lecturer at the Bulgarian Psychoanalytic Society
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Asst. Prof. Martin V. Kolev, Psy.D. – Clinical psychologist, neuroscientist, psychoanalytic psychotherapist, MBT supervisor, cognitive-behavioral therapist, lecturer at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski", President of the Bulgarian Neuropsychoanalytic Association
Educational day program:
11:00–11:15 – Welcome
11:15–12:30 – “Psychological and Biological Aspects of Attachment” – Prof. V. Matanova
12:30–12:40 – Break
12:40–13:55 – “Attachment Organization and Personality Styles” – Dr. N. Bonev
13:55–14:30 – Lunch break
14:30–15:45 – “Personality Styles, Defense Mechanisms, and Levels of Mental Functioning” – A. Borisova
15:45–15:55 – Break
15:55–17:10 – “The Contribution of Neuropsychoanalysis to the Contemporary Reconceptualization of Mental Functioning” – Dr. M. Kolev
17:10–17:30 – Summaries, comments, questions
17:30 – Closing