He also graduated from EM Lyon and has a master's degree in Applied Mathematics.
Co-author “When work hurts”, “Strategies for change, 16 therapeutic prescriptions”.

Olivier BROSSEAU

Therapist, coach, supervisor and trainer in strategic systems approach, associated with LACT. He teaches at the IAE in Paris within the Master of Administrations and Businesses the “Organizations and Behaviors” module.

Claude de SCORRAILLE

Psychologist, psychotherapist and co-founder of LACT of which she is president. She directs the OCD and Anxiety Disorders Clinic in partnership with the European center the OCD Clinic. She teaches and trains via the web at the relationship clinic at the LACT international school. Within the CSAPA of Montreuil, she has a consultation specializing in addiction disorders. She is co-author of several books and regularly gives conferences.

Robert NEUBURGER

Psychiatrist, systemic therapist specializing in couple issues. He teaches at the Free University of Brussels, trains and supervises therapists in France and abroad. In addition to being scientific director of CEFA (Center for the Study of the Family Association) and vice-president of the French Society of Family Therapy, each month, he receives an Internet user from Psychologies.com for his first session of therapy.

Serge HEFEZ

Biography to come

Marie-Christine CABIÉ

Psychiatrist, psychotherapist, head of the Paris 11 psychiatry center at the Saint Maurice Hospitals. Author of: For brief therapy. The patient's free choice as ethics in psychotherapy.

Rytis PAKROSNIS

Doctor of Psychology, EuroPsy certified psychologist, works as an associate professor at the Psychology Department of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) and as a psychologist at the VMU Psychology Clinic and in private practice. Member of the European Brief Therapy Association (EBTA), EBTA Working Group on Definition of Solution Focused Practice and EBTA Working Group on Research Grants. Member of the editorial staff of the journal Solution-Focused Literature. Areas of interest: Research on the results of solution-focused practice; applying and researching solution-focused practice in different domains and contexts (e.g. prevention, self-help); solution-focused hands-on training; positive psychology.

Laurent BIBARD

Laurent Bibard is a professor at ESSEC where he directed the MBA platform from 2005 to 2010. He teaches political philosophy, sociology and economics. Now responsible for the Management and Philosophy sector, he works in particular on the dynamics of vigilance in a crisis situation. He is also Academic Director for ESSEC of the Master Water for All (OpT) deployed in collaboration with ArgoParisTech.

After his work published in collaboration with Edgar Morin, is entitled Complexity and organizations, Facing the challenges of tomorrow (2018), his latest book presents a Phenomenology of sexualities, Modernity and the question of meaning (2021).

Xavier BRIFFAULT

Xavier Briffault is a researcher in social sciences and health epistemology at the CNRS (CERMES3). Member of the HCFEA, former member of the HCSP. His research focuses in particular on the categories of understanding in psychiatry/mental health and their consequences on the making of therapeutic and preventive interventions in this field.

Aurélien BAELDE

Biography to come

Jean-Paul GAILLARD

Psychologist, systemic family and couple therapist, full member of the French Society of Family Therapy (SFTF) and the European Family Therapy Association (EFTA) He is also an honorary university professor, and co-founded the third systemic institute generation (IS3G).

Alessandro BARTOLETTI

Psychologist, psychotherapist, doctor of philosophy, essayist and lecturer in brief strategic psychotherapy, director of IPPS - Institute of Psychology and Strategic Psychotherapy of Rome. Author of numerous works, including:

• Fear of illness. Brief strategic psychotherapy of hypochondria", (with Giorgio Nardone ), 2023."
• The strategic learner. How to quickly solve study problems, (French translation 'The student strategist'), 2013.
• Bad and ugly thoughts. Taboo obsessions: how to get rid of them. FrancoAngeli, 2019. 
• Panic, anxiety and fear. A strategy guide for courageous aspirants. FrancoAngeli, 2021.

Grégoire VITRY

Doctor-researcher in psychology, graduated from the Palo Alto school, he has worked for several years with Giorgio Nardone , Nathalie Duriez, Michael Hoyt, Teresa Garcia, Jean-Jacques Wittezaele, Wendel Ray and the MRI in order to promote research and training in systemic approach. Since 2016, he has been developing SYPRENE, a PRN network (Thurin et al., 2012) using a systemic approach, allowing in particular to improve his practice in close collaboration with the academic world. He is also in charge of the LACT international school and the International Webinar Brief Therapy congress.

He also graduated from EM Lyon and has a master's degree in Applied Mathematics.
Co-author “When work hurts”, “Strategies for change, 16 therapeutic prescriptions”.

Olivier BROSSEAU

Therapist, coach, supervisor and trainer in strategic systems approach, associated with LACT. He teaches at the IAE in Paris within the Master of Administrations and Businesses the “Organizations and Behaviors” module.

Gérard OSTERMANN

Professor of therapeutics in internal medicine since 1983 and specialist in cardiology and angiology since 1979. An eminent figure in the medical field, he also holds degrees in internal medicine, pharmacology, and trained in analytical psychotherapy as well as EMDR, HTSMA, narrative therapy and TCC. Founder and President of the Regional College of Aquitaine Alcoologists (CRAA) and administrator of the French Society of Alcoology, he also chairs the Bordeaux Institute of Eating Behaviors. As a member of the Scientific Council of several specialized journals, he plays a key role in the advancement of knowledge in hypnosis and brief therapies. Active in teaching, he is involved in several university degrees in France and abroad, particularly in the fields of alcoholology, clinical hypnosis, and eating disorders. A recognized trainer at LACT, he also contributes to the transmission of knowledge in systemic therapy. A prolific author, he participates in the writing of several medical journals and is a member of the Société des Gens de Lettres.

Boris CYRULNIK

Grégoire VITRY

Doctor-researcher in psychology, graduated from the Palo Alto school, he has worked for several years with Giorgio Nardone , Nathalie Duriez, Michael Hoyt, Teresa Garcia, Jean-Jacques Wittezaele, Wendel Ray and the MRI in order to promote research and training in systemic approach. Since 2016, he has been developing SYPRENE, a PRN network (Thurin et al., 2012) using a systemic approach, allowing in particular to improve his practice in close collaboration with the academic world. He is also in charge of the LACT international school and the International Webinar Brief Therapy congress.

He also graduated from EM Lyon and has a master's degree in Applied Mathematics.
Co-author “When work hurts”, “Strategies for change, 16 therapeutic prescriptions”.

Claudette PORTELLI

Lecturer and practitioner of systems thinking - PhD in Psychology, CTS psychologist, trainer and coach (Italy - Malta). Author of "Knowledge through change", "Obsessions, compulsions, manias: understand them and overcome them quickly" and "Le nuove dipendenze".

Matteo PAPANTUONO

Psychologist, psychotherapist and trainer

Matteo Papantuono has over fifteen years of teaching experience in numerous Italian schools. He is the director of the OCD Clinic in Ancona, Italy.

Gérard OSTERMANN

Professor of therapeutics in internal medicine since 1983 and specialist in cardiology and angiology since 1979. An eminent figure in the medical field, he also holds degrees in internal medicine, pharmacology, and trained in analytical psychotherapy as well as EMDR, HTSMA, narrative therapy and TCC. Founder and President of the Regional College of Aquitaine Alcoologists (CRAA) and administrator of the French Society of Alcoology, he also chairs the Bordeaux Institute of Eating Behaviors. As a member of the Scientific Council of several specialized journals, he plays a key role in the advancement of knowledge in hypnosis and brief therapies. Active in teaching, he is involved in several university degrees in France and abroad, particularly in the fields of alcoholology, clinical hypnosis, and eating disorders. A recognized trainer at LACT, he also contributes to the transmission of knowledge in systemic therapy. A prolific author, he participates in the writing of several medical journals and is a member of the Société des Gens de Lettres.

Olivier FOURNIER

Managing Director in charge of governance and organizational development

Born in 1961, a graduate of EM Lyon Business School and holder of a DESCF (diploma of higher education in accounting and finance), Olivier Fournier joined Hermès in 1991, where his professional career took him from finance and internal audit at Hermès International to the general management of the Textiles division in Lyon, then in 2008, to the general management of the artisanal Hermès Leather Goods-Saddlery division. Since 2015, he has been Chief Executive Officer in charge of governance and organizational development, and member of the Hermès Executive Committee. In this capacity, he supervises the Group human resources, legal, audit, risk and insurance, sustainable development, real estate and Hermès Services Group departments. In 2016, he succeeded Pierre-Alexis Dumas as President of the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès.

Sophie DUVERNE

Biography to come

Sharon MACBEATH

Biography to come

Nathalie BREBAN

Biography to come

Vincent TETTAMANTI

Biography to come

Isabelle LUGNIER

Currently HR Director of the animation studio Illumination Paris, Isabelle Lugnier has acquired experience in international human resources management in the worlds of consumer goods (Colgate Palmolive, Energizer), entertainment (Walt Disney Feature Animation, CANAL + Group) and luxury (Shiseido, Richemont group). Trained in the systemic approach of Palo Alto and positive psychology, Isabelle Lugnier also teaches in the master media of SciencesPo Paris.

Nathalie DURIEZ

Lecturer in clinical psychology, authorized to direct research, she is educational manager of the Master 1 Clinical Psychology at a distance from the University of Paris 8 and of 3 university degrees:

• the DFSSU “Family clinic and systemic practices”,
• the DESU “Take care of addictions”,
• DU “Relationship Clinic and Strategic Intervention”.

Affiliated with the Psychopathology and Processes of Change Laboratory, her research and publications focus on family therapy, processes of change and resilience, emotional regulation, addictions, hyperstimulability and the theory of reversal. In 2009, she published a book with Erès, Changer en famille. Moderators and mediators of change in family therapy.   

She works as a family therapist at the CSAPA Monceau in Paris and develops in her practice a model of family therapy centered on emotional regulation. She is also a trainer in the systemic approach and family therapy.

Padraic GIBSON

Psychologist, family therapist and supervisor. He works in Ireland, Italy and Malta. He is a Senior Research Associate and Lecturer at Dublin City University and founder of the OCD® and Anxiety Disorders Clinic.

Claudette PORTELLI

Lecturer and practitioner of systems thinking - PhD in Psychology, CTS psychologist, trainer and coach (Italy - Malta). Author of "Knowledge through change", "Obsessions, compulsions, manias: understand them and overcome them quickly" and "Le nuove dipendenze".

Thierry NADISIC

Biography to come

Michel PAILLET

Psychiatrist, systemic therapist specializing in couple issues. He teaches at the Free University of Brussels, trains and supervises therapists in France and abroad. In addition to being scientific director of CEFA (Center for the Study of the Family Association) and vice-president of the French Society of Family Therapy, each month, he receives an Internet user from Psychologies.com for his first session of therapy.

Audrey BECUWE

HDR Lecturer in management sciences at IAE Limoges, researcher in human resources management and organizational behavior.

Eric BARDOT

Psychiatrist, child psychiatrist, psychotherapist. Trainer in hypnosis, brief systemic therapies, EMDR/HTSMA. Designer and organizer of HTSMA training (Hypnosis, Strategic Therapies and Alternative Movements). He is the director of the Mimethys Institute in Nantes.

Julien BETBEZE

Hospital psychiatrist, head of the Loire-Atlantique Therapeutic Family Reception department, Blain CHS. Lecturer in Nantes at the Faculty of Psychology (DESS Cognitive and Clinical) and at the UER of Medicine: DU Addictions, DU Therapeutic Hypnosis, DU Pain. Family therapist, Addiction Department at Nantes University Hospital. Educational manager and trainer at the Arepta-Institut Milton Erickson in Nantes. Trainer at CHTIP in Paris. Co-author with Y. Doutrelugne, O. Cottencin, L. Isebaert and D. Megglé of Brief interventions and therapies: 10 concrete strategies, crises and opportunities, Masson editions, 2016.

Rytis PAKROSNIS

Doctor of Psychology, EuroPsy certified psychologist, works as an associate professor at the Psychology Department of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) and as a psychologist at the VMU Psychology Clinic and in private practice. Member of the European Brief Therapy Association (EBTA), EBTA Working Group on Definition of Solution Focused Practice and EBTA Working Group on Research Grants. Member of the editorial staff of the journal Solution-Focused Literature. Areas of interest: Research on the results of solution-focused practice; applying and researching solution-focused practice in different domains and contexts (e.g. prevention, self-help); solution-focused hands-on training; positive psychology.

Jennifer DENIS

Clinical psychologist. Doctor in Psychological Sciences. Associate professor at the University of Mons (UMONS -Belgium), she teaches clinical psychology and psychotherapy. Initially trained in the psychoanalytical approach and psychotraumatology, she then completed a third cycle in marital and family psychotherapy and systemic intervention (CEFORES - Belgium). Academic manager of the University Certificate in Systemic Psychotherapy at the University of Mons, she is pursuing training as a trainer in family therapy at the Center for Family and Human Systems Studies (CEFS - Brussels). Since September 2022, she has also been in charge of the Atelier Systemique, a new training school in marital and family psychotherapy and systemic intervention in collaboration with CEFS and UMONS. She has a practice in crisis clinics and in various fields (psychiatry, alcoholism, oncology, geriatrics), supervises teams and has worked for 15 years in a psychological consultation center. Author of numerous scientific publications, her latest book 'Brief Interventions and Therapies', co-written in particular with Stephan Hendrick, has just been published by Editions Mardaga (2022).

Anne GOUYON

Agricultural engineer and Dr. in Social Economic Sciences (AgroParisTech-Univ. Paris VII), Master of Clinical Psychology trained in the strategic systemic approach of Palo Alto (Univ. Paris VIII-LACT), Knight in the National Order of Merit. President of AgroParisTech Alumni, administrator of AgroParisTech and its Foundation. Systemician, 30 years of commitment to sustainable development in research and teaching, expertise and entrepreneurship.

Jean-Pierre COUTERON

Agricultural engineer and Dr. in Social Economic Sciences (AgroParisTech-Univ. Paris VII), Master of Clinical Psychology trained in the strategic systemic approach of Palo Alto (Univ. Paris VIII-LACT), Knight in the National Order of Merit. President of AgroParisTech Alumni, administrator of AgroParisTech and its Foundation. Systemician, 30 years of commitment to sustainable development in research and teaching, expertise and entrepreneurship.

Maria ANDREA HERNANDEZ

Psychologist - Psychotherapist, specialist in phobias, fears, obsessive compulsive disorders, depression, sexual dysfunctions and eating disorders, among others. Director of the Didactic Center for Brief Strategic Therapy in Colombia (CTE - Bogotá). Master in Brief Strategic Therapy (Italy). Founder of the service "Terapia al Alcance de Todos". Affiliate and CTS representative of Prof. Giorgio Nardone . Collaborates with the Javeriana University and the Albalá de Cali Institute.

Samuel SHANNON

Doctor of Philosophy, was born in Oceanside, California, and moved several times before spending most of his childhood in a small town in northern Virginia. He is the eldest of five children. He received his bachelor's degree in psychology from Brigham Young University and his master's and doctoral degrees from The Ohio State University. He is currently an assistant professor in the Marriage and Family Therapy programs at the University of Louisiana Monroe, where he teaches, supervises research and therapy, and participates in the therapeutic process whenever he can. He is the proud father of 4 children, whom he raises and schools with his wife from their home in Monroe, Louisiana.

Damien RICHARD

Teacher-researcher in management, INSEEC Grande Ecole (on availability)

Icam, Meaning & Work Chair ( https://www.icam-chaire-sens-et-travail.fr/ )

Associate researcher CERAG Chair in Occupational Health and Management, (University of Grenoble Alpes) ( https://mansat.chaires-iae-grenoble.fr/ )

He teaches in organization theory, management and leadership, business ethics in Grande Ecole and in permanent training with managers. His research focuses on new forms of organization, well-being at work and the overall performance of organizations. He regularly publishes articles in national and international scientific journals. Also a certified professional coach, he supports teams within public and private organizations in the diagnosis and implementation of actions aimed at linking well-being at work and sustainable performance, in particular by using the systemic and strategic model of Palo Alto school.

Benedicte Crucis

Systemicist and founder of the MEETWIZ firm (specialized in supporting human relations using the strategic systemic approach). Convinced by this approach, and passionate about inter-individual dynamics, she is convinced that it is not people who are dysfunctional but their relationships. Member of the SYPRES office (Union of Systems Practitioners), she supports executive managers and executives in the discovery of the model and its application.

Stephane BUJOLD

My main activity consists in offering individual and group supervision, providing training to workers on motivational interviewing, family intervention and mental health problems comorbid with addiction. I ensure the clinical coordination of a project for the prevention of addictions in schools and the clinical management of Havre du Fjord de Jonquière, which welcomes young people with addictions. An organization that has chosen to no longer exclude young people, to use a non-punitive approach and to improve care for young people with complex profiles. I also intervene with clients who are difficult to help, both individually and in groups. Among the difficult-to-help clientele are victims of abuse (sexual, violence, intimidation), clients with significant anxiety symptoms (PTSD, social anxiety, agoraphobia, etc.), clients with strong impulsiveness and an aggressiveness that they find it difficult to control, clients at risk of radicalization which can lead to violence, young people in placement in youth centers who present severe behavioral problems. I also give conferences for various organizations that work with young people and adults. I have been called upon to train youth protection workers, addiction centres, lawyers and judges for the youth division and the administrative tribunal of Quebec, the Association des sexologues du Québec and organizations who take care of children in France and Switzerland.

Claudette PORTELLI

Lecturer and practitioner of systems thinking - PhD in Psychology, CTS psychologist, trainer and coach (Italy - Malta). Author of "Knowledge through change", "Obsessions, compulsions, manias: understand them and overcome them quickly" and "Le nuove dipendenze".

Colin CALLEJA

Dean of the Faculty of Education

Matteo PAPANTUONO

Psychologist, psychotherapist and trainer

Matteo Papantuono has over fifteen years of teaching experience in numerous Italian schools. He is the director of the OCD Clinic in Ancona, Italy.

Paola NICOLINI

Biography to come
Conference with Matteo PAPANTUONO

Pedro VARGAS

• He holds a degree in Psychology from FES Zaragoza, UNAM and a Masters in Philosophy of Science from UAM Iztapalapa. PhD student in philosophy of science at UAM Iztapalapa.
• He trained in brief therapy at the MRI's Brief Therapy Center in Palo Alto, CA with continuing stints from 2009 to date.
• He is a professor at the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM. He has been attached to the field of clinical psychology since 1988. Coordinator of the field of clinical psychology of the psychology license from 2007 to 2018.
• Manager on the Zaragoza campus of the family therapy residence of the Master's program of the National Autonomous University of Mexico since 2019.
• He conducts research on the teaching of systemic therapy with an emphasis on brief therapy, on the historiography of systemic therapy with bibliometric methodologies, and on the design of situations for the teaching of psychology. with the use of mobile technologies for the formation of professional skills.
• He participates in international networks for the promotion of family therapy and works jointly with groups in the United States and Europe.
• He participates in the Mexican branch of the Brief Therapy Center.

Francesco MARSICH

▪ He obtained the degree of Doctor of Psychology in Brief Strategic Psychotherapy from the CTS (Centre for Brief Strategic Therapy, Arezzo) and completed the Master and License in Psychology at the University of Florence. He also obtained the post-graduate course in "Masters of Psychotherapy" from the Milton H. Erickson Foundation (Arizona, USA) and took the course "Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking". in public from EdX for Business".  

▪ He works as a brief strategic psychotherapist. He directs the degree, as a university professor and thesis advisor, in Systemic and Strategic Psychotherapy (Universidad Autonoma del Paraguay, Pierré Fouchard in the faculty of "Behavioral Sciences"). In addition, he collaborated as an external consultant for the ASL (local health department) within the framework of the SPES project.  

Jeffrey JACKSON

Dan SHORT

Clinical psychologist. Expert in Ericksonian psychotherapy and clinical hypnosis. Executive Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute in Phoenix. He has years of experience in diverse settings such as Domestic Violence Agency, University Counseling Center and in the school sector with the Department of Special Education.