EMCAPP-Newsletter 2 – 2026
Dear EMCAPP-Friends,
Welcome to our second EMCAPP-Newsletter 2026 with information, ideas, challenges, ...
Blessings, Werner May, https://www.emcapp.eu/
Issue 25 of the eJournal is published!
The main topic is: Personality development from a Christian psychological perspective.
For example, you will read these contributions:
· “Fathers’ effects on their children’s behavior and personality: Research and a summary of findings.”
· "The Value of Having and Developing Hope.”
· “Spiritual disability as a universal dimension of human experience.”
Read it and recommend it to your friends and colleagues: https://emcapp.ignis.de/25/
And here you can read all former issues: https://emcapp.ignis.de/
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The conference in Barcelona, May 15-17th 2026
This conference “Integrating religion and spirituality into psychotherapy” was a special moment this spring.
These were our contributions by EMCAPP:
· Ulla Dahlen (Finland): Short Information about Emcapp
- Agnieszka Wojsz (Poland): 30 years: Association of Christian Psychologists in Poland
- Werner May (Germany): "Humans as Relational Beings are also Part of Systems: A Short Insight in a Practical Approach."
- Ewa Kiliszek (Poland): "The Role of Identity Throughout Human Life."
Here you can see the program: https://blogs.uao.es/congreso-antropologia-y-salud-mental/en/#
And here are two specific, noteworthy experiences from this conference:
Ulla: “Barcelona conference helped my professional development as the lectures provided were excellent. I particularly valued the deep integration of psychology, spirituality and strong professional, clinical practice. At the same time, the deepest impact was left by the warm, kind, loving contacts - both by the EMCAPP connections and by professors from the Barcelona University and Divine Mercy University. Those encounters were deeply meaningful and encouraging, reminding me of how important each moment, word and person is.”
Agnieszka: „The conference in Barcelona updated my knowledge of psychology, psychotherapy and the presence of spirituality within them. The experiences shared by the speakers from Spain and the highly practical, research-based presentations by the speakers from the USA were rooted in the speakers’ own experiences. I was moved by the depth of some of the lectures and the personal stories recounted during the talks. An important aspect for me was learning about the current situation in Spanish universities regarding the teaching of psychology. The Spanish speakers demonstrated just how necessary the teaching of Christian anthropology is today. Contemporary philosophy offers no answers to questions about the meaning of life or objective truth. If philosophy is weak, then psychology, which has its roots in it, cannot meet human needs either. The dictatorship of relativism, of which Cardinal Ratzinger wrote, is omnipresent; therefore, every lecturer, psychologist or psychotherapist should reflect on how to integrate Christian anthropology, which conveys the truth about the human person, into their work with people. The conference was well organised. The modesty and efficiency of the main organiser – Joan d’À. Juanola – still fill my heart with gratitude to this day.”
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The next EMCAPP-Meeting 2027
We are planning the next major EMCAPP meeting for late October 2027 in Poland, integrated into a conference of the Polish Association of Christian Psychologists www.spch.pl. More details will follow in the next EMCAPP newsletter.
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And finally: A challenge?
Is this a challenge? Love all People equally!
No!
Love each people uniquely.
Let's stop comparing.
Love = I am open to fellowship with you. I make time for you.
Love = I'm there for you. I will support you.
And have a look at: EMCAPP-Books and books of EMCAPP-Friends
The European Movement for Christian Anthropology, Psychology and Psychotherapy