22nd World Congress on
Psychology and Behavioral Science

Owen Connolly- Owner & Senior Counselling Psychologist at the Owen Connolly Counselling Therapy & Education Centre. I have practised in the USA, Lebanon and the UK, now full-time in Ireland. I have over 50,000 client hours as a Counsellor. Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Psych, Cert Hsc, Cert Social Sc., Miit Grad. Professional membership: I.S.T.S.S., U.S.T.S.S., Committee member of the child & adolescent special interest group PSI, Marriage & Family therapist ILM. Publications: Author of the best selling book, the Father’s role as a parent : ‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’. Co-author of ‘Parenting in the Millenium. Social Media: Broadcaster and regular contributor to ‘TV Now’ magazine, ‘Ask the expert’ section, with regular contributions in the Irish Independent/Herald/Sunday World & Irish Times on a huge range of family related topics. Other memberships: Chairman of the Education Research Trust Ltd. Member of IAIMH ( Irish Association of Infant Mental Health). Director and Board Member of PPS (Psychologists Protection Society), Protecting counsellors, psychologists & psychotherapists for over 35 years Member of ACAMH (Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health) Chairman of AMEN supporting men experiencing domestic abuse

Child Trauma, Adoption, Assisted Birth Trauma, and PTSD in Children & Adults. Lecturer in Child Crae and Attachment Theory. Creator of Parenting Courses for Men.

Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited as well as many other books and ebooks about topics in psychology, relationships, philosophy, economics, international affairs, and award-winning short fiction. He is Visiting Professor of Psychology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia and Professor of Finance and Psychology in CIAPS (Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies). He was the Editor-in-Chief of Global Politician and served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, PopMatters, eBookWeb , and Bellaonline, and as a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent. He was the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite 101. His YouTube channels garnered 20,000,000 views and 85,000 subscribers.

Personality Disorders

Willem Fonteijn is a clinical psychologist. He published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as a trainer for CBT. He is an enthusiastic mindfulness practitioner and works and lives in Amsterdam.

Training for CBT, Practitioner, Practical methods of treatment in Psychology