we believe in the transformative power of mental and emotional well-being. Here, we understand that seeking therapy is not a sign of weakness but rather a courageous step towards self-awareness and growth.

Depression is grasped as a lived experience characterised by the surrender of the desire to be desired, the collapse of hope, and the impossibility of reaching the other

Living at the boundary of war is a deliberate reference to Gestalt Therapy theory. After a number of conferences and like activities over the past years dedicated to the consideration of psychotherapy and its function in times of conflict yet specifically instigated because of the war inflicted on Ukraine by Russia. The title is designed to evoke the reaction of us, the psychotherapists around the world, which includes Russian and Ukrainian, of the impact on our personal and professional lives.