2nd PhenoLab Summer School in Umbria - Full Programme

Phenomenology in mental health. Transdisciplinary approaches and qualitative research

June 9-13, 2025

Palazzo Trinci in Foligno (PG), Umbria

Full programme

Monday June 9

8.30- 9.00 Welcome and Enrolments

9.00- 9.15 Room Faloci Pulignani, Greetings by Dr. Francesca Brencio

Parallel Sessions:
9.15- 10.00 

Conference Room
Fabiana Caserta (Umeå University, Sweden)
Decentred Selves: Depersonalization and the Phenomenology of Detachment Room Faloci Pulignani

Room Faloci Pulignani 
Prof. Dr. Kayoko Ueda (Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare – Japan)
Phenomenological Approach in Healthcare: A consideration on the contradiction and integration between objective and existential 

10.00-10.45

Conference Room

Yannick Marszalek (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Fearing Death as Self-Annihilation: A Phenomenological Approach to the Inconceivability of Death 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Irmak Çankaya (KU Leuven, Belgium) 

The embodiment of being here, now: Mindfulness as a therapeutic tool in phenomenological psychopathology  

11.00-11.30 Coffee break 

11.30-12.30

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture

Prof. Dr. James Morley (Ramapo College (USA)

Faith and healing: Applying Merleau-Ponty's ontology to psychiatric recovery

Chair: Francesca Brencio

Parallel Sessions:

12.30-13.15

Conference Room 

Carlos Anaya (University of Toronto – Canada) 

The Normal and the Abnormal in Husserl’s Ideas II

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Giacomo Piselli Fioroni (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany) and Cristiano Bacchi (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany) 

Fragile: handle with Care. A philosophical analysis of the role of persons with lived experience in mental health care

13.30-14.30 Lunch break 

14.30-15.15 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Kelsey Watson (Duquesne University, USA) 

Different Not Deficient: A Situated Phenomenological Approach to ADHD 

15.15-16.00 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Gilbert Smelt, Independent Researcher with “lived experience” (The Netherland)

A hermeneutical phenomenological approach to autism based on Gerhard Bosch work

16.00-17.00 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture 

Dr. Valeria Bizzari (Husserl Archive, KU Leuven) 

From the Neurodiverse Mind to the Neurodiverse Body 

Chair: Francesca Brencio

17.00-17.30 Break 

17.30-18.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture 

Dr. Francesca Brencio (Institute for Mental Health and School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK) 

Taking co-production seriously in the phenomenological landscape 

Chair: tbc

Tuesday June 10 

Parallel Sessions:

9.00-9.45 

Room Faloci Pulignani

Lasse Borg Kjerkegaard (Aarhus University, Denmark) 

The Ipseity-Disturbance Model and its Revision: Why The Disturbed Self Was Never Minimal

Conference Room 

Dr. Enise I. Incesoy (Vivantes Klinikum Am Urban, Berlin – Germany DZNE Magdeburg, Germany) and Dr. Erik N. Dzwiza-Ohlsen (Husserl Archives Cologne, University of Cologne – Germany) Movement in Dementia: Bridging Phenomenology and Medicine 

9.45-10.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Prof. Dr. Ana Gómez-Carrillo (McGill University – Canada) 

The bio-loops of certainty: An eco-social account of “natural taken-forgrantedness” and its pathologies 

Conference Room 

Jonathan Rowe (Duquesne University, USA) 

Worlding, de-Worlding, and re-Worlding: A Situated-Phenomenological Understanding of Trauma

10.30-11.00 Coffee break 

11.00-12.00 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture 

Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs (Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany) 

Schizophrenia: A disorder of embodiment and intersubjectivity 

Chair Francesca Brencio 

Parallel Sessions:

12.00-12.45 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Sabine Braasch (Heidelberg University, Germany) 

From hyper-focus to “just right” feelings: A micro-phenomenology of compulsions

Conference Room 

Miglė Usonytė (Vilnius University, Lithuania) 

Embodied Rhythms: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Menstrual Cycle and Mood Disorders

12.45-13.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Helene Cæcilie Mørck, Independent Scholar (Denmark)

The Embodied Phenomenologist a talk about Choreography, the body and the lived experience of schizophrenia

Conference Room 

Dr. Zümrüt Duygu Sen (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Jena University Hospital, Germany)

The interplay between lived body and living body during ketamine-induced dissociation in patients with major depressive disorder

13.30-14.30 Lunch break 

Parallel sessions:

14.30-15.15 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Andrew Maile (University of Birmingham, UK) 

Curiosity, questioning, and lived experience: Phenomenological psychopathology and the practice of formulation

Conference Room 

Lorenzo Cavallo (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) 

The Relationship Between Drive Fantasy and Hallucinations in Max Scheler's Phenomenology

15.15-16.00

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Beatrice Pagliarone (University of Exeter, UK) 

A phenomenology of infant’s experience: What-is like-to-be-a-new-born 

Conference Room

Ha-Young Lee (KU Leuven, Belgium) 

Melancholy of Ethical Existence? The Law of Absorption and Existential Scrupulosity

16.00-16.30 Break 

16.30-17.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture 

Prof. Dr. Matthew Broome (Institute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham, UK) 

Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology: overview and next steps 

Chair: Francesca Brencio 

17.30 19.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Training: Dr. Valeria Bizzari, EAIE: Examination of Autistic Intersubjective Experiences

Wednesday June 11 

9.00-9.45 

Room Faloci Pulignani

Karlijn van Vlerken (Erasmus School of Philosophy in Rotterdam, the Netherlands) 

Overcoming epistemic injustice in phenomenological research in psychiatry 

9.45-10.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Dr. Jodie Russell (University of Birmingham, UK) 

A phenomenological account of Intersectional invisibility in mental illness 

10.30-11.00 Coffee break 

11.00-12.00 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture 

Dr. Roxana Baiasu (School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK) 

Mental Health Vulnerability and Existential Resilience: Phenomenological and Ethical Considerations

Chair Francesca Brencio 

12.00-12.45 

Room Faloci Pulignani

Jessica Corneille (University of Cambridge, UK) 

The Neurophenomenology of Peak Spiritual Experiences 

12.45-13.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Sofia Cruz Mendes de Abreu (APHETO - Laboratory of Psychopathology and Humanistic-Phenomenological Clinic; – Fortaleza - CE, Brazil) 

“Who is this woman”. Reports from a former user 

13.30-14.30 Lunch break 

14.30-15.15 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Dr. John Stigmar (Malmo University, Sweden) 

Phenomenology of empathy and the professional role in recover-oriented practice 

15.15-16.00 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Kjersti Hognes Berg (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) 

Phenomenologically informed Body Mapping in physiotherapy research and treatment 

16.00-16.30 Break 

16.30-17.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture 

Prof. Dr. Magnus Englander (Malmo University, Sweden) 

Mental Health and Community: Phenomenology and Qualitative Psychological Research 

Chair Francesca Brencio 

Thursday June 12 

9.00-9.45 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Dr. René Baston (TU Dortmund, Germany) 

Reassessing Suicide Risk through Practical Rationality 

9.45-10.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Prof. Dr. Pawel Zagozdzon (Medical University of Gdansk) 

Incubus syndrome as a diagnostic and phenomenological ambiguity – a case report 

10.30-11.00 Coffee break 

11.00 12.00 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture 

Prof. Dr. Scott Churchill (University of Dallas, USA) 

Towards an Empathic “Depth Phenomenological Approach” to interpersonal perception in the Qualitative Research Interview and Psychotherapy 

Chair: Francesca Brencio 

12.00-12.45 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Prof. Dr. Virginia Moreira (APHETO, University of Fortaleza, Brazil ) 

The humanistic-phenomenological clinical method in psychotherapy with Joao 

12.45-13.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Sinthya Schubert C. (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile) 

World and time come into tension: alienness and normativity in pain 

13.30-14.30 Lunch break 

14.30-15.15 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Prof. Dr. Esdras Cabus Moreira (University of Bahia, Brazil) 

Minimal Self Disorder in Youth Cannabis Users 

15.15-16.00 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Sai Nila (Sai University, India) 

Exploring Disgust and Moral Judgment: Insights from Phenomenology and Indian Aesthetic Theories in the Context of Suicide 

16.00-16.30 Break 

16.30-17.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture 

Prof. Dr. Susi Ferrarello (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, California State University East Bay, USA) 

Feeling the Music Without Hearing It: Emotional Blindness, Phenomenology, and Empathy 

Chair: Francesca Brencio 

17.30 19.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Training: Prof. Magnus Englander and Prof. Scott Churchill: Thematizing Intentionality. Beginning a Qualitative Research Project Grounded in an Existential Phenomenological Approach Time 

Friday June 13 

9.00-9.45 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Dr. Chiara Brozzo (University of Birmingham, UK) 

Transformative Beliefs 

9.45-10.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Dr. Eva Rädler-Bohn (The Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice Oxford, St. Catherine College, University of Oxford, UK) 

Can AI Constitute an Authentic Therapist? Preparing a Phenomenological Answer 

10.30-11.00 Coffee break 

11.00-12.00

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture 

Prof. Dr. Giovanni Stanghellini (Universita’ degli Studi di Firenze, Italy) 

The splendors and miseries of narrativity: episodics and diachronics 

Chair: Francesca Brencio 

12.00-12-45 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Fangzhou Ren (KU Leuven, Belgium) 

Between Phantasy and Perception: A Phenomenological Investigation of Mysophobia 

12.45-13.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Alessandro Guardascione (UCD – Ireland) 

Norm and dysfunction: Enactive Approaches to Psychopathology and the Contribution of Phenomenology 

13.30-14.30 Lunch break 

14.30-16.30 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Training: Prof. James Morley, Doing qualitative data analysis phenomenologically: a concrete example 

16.30-17.00 Break 

17.00-18.00 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Plenary Lecture 

Dr. Cecilia Maria Esposito (Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, IRCCS Fondazione Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan , Italy) 

Lived Bodies and Seen Bodies: How the Gaze of the Other Shapes Identity 

Chair: Francesca Brencio 

18.00-18.15 

Room Faloci Pulignani 

Closing remarks by Dr. Francesca Brenci0

Fees for non-presenting participants: 244 euros VAT included

Enrolments until June 1st, 2025

Online attendance option is available.

For any query or information please contact phenolab2019@gmail.com