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GXC 2025 Online Virtual Conference - Mental Health Without Borders

6:30 AM - 6:00 PM

GXC 2025 Online Virtual Conference - Mental Health Without Borders

Introductory

Schedule

Wed, Dec 3, 2025

Building Community-Based Mental Health Services After War: Lessons from the Kosovo Reform (1999–2004)

7:30 AM EST - 8:30 AM EST
Presented by Ferid Agani, MD, PhD 🇽🇰
Bridging Public Health & Policing: Diversion & Case Management Models

7:30 AM EST - 8:30 AM EST
Presented by Tony Duffin 🇮🇪 , Jason Kew 🇬🇧
Mental Health Without Borders: The Rise & Reach of the SEEKGSP Mental Health Program in Africa

7:30 AM EST - 8:30 AM EST
Presented by Dr. Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu 🇺🇬
Break

8:30 AM EST - 9:00 AM EST
Releasing Our Burdens: A Guide to Healing Individual, Ancestral, and Collective Trauma

9:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST
Presented by Thomas Hübl, PhD 🇮🇱 , Richard Schwartz, PhD 🇺🇸 , Fatimah Finney, MA, LMHC 🇺🇸
Break

10:30 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST
The Courage to Care

11:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST
Presented by Dufflyn Lammers 🇺🇸
Latest Developments Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Youth in Clinical and School Settings

11:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST
Presented by Alec L. Miller, Psy.D. 🇺🇸
Break

12:00 PM EST - 12:30 PM EST
Internal Family Systems - A Collaborative Approach to Healing & Transformation

12:30 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST
Presented by Jackie Ré, MACC, LCADC, CCTP 🇺🇸
Complex & Traumatic Loss: Facilitating Healing & Resilience With Families & Communities

12:30 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST
Presented by Froma Walsh, Ph.D. 🇺🇸
New Era of Experiential Medicine: Cognitive Enhancement Technologies

12:30 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST
Presented by Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D. 🇺🇸
Break

2:00 PM EST - 2:30 PM EST
Workaholism: The “Respectable” Addiction

2:30 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST
Presented by Dawn Nickel, PhD 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
The 90% We Don’t See: Chronic Pain’s Cognitive, Emotional, & Spiritual Impact

2:30 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST
Presented by Greg Hobelmann, MD, MPH 🇺🇸
Break

3:30 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
Psychedelic Medicine in Action: Rationale and Results of Recent Trials

4:00 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST
Presented by Robin Carhart-Harris, Ph.D. 🇬🇧
From Trauma to Transformation: Reclaiming Your Authenticity

4:00 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST
Presented by Fritzi Horstman 🇺🇸
Break

5:30 PM EST - 6:00 PM EST
The Wounded Healer in Recovery Coaching

6:00 PM EST - 7:00 PM EST
Presented by Cini Shaw, MS, CMHC, LADC 🇺🇸
Unmasking Autism in Women: Recognition, Diagnosis, & Support Across the Lifespan

6:00 PM EST - 7:00 PM EST
Presented by Michelle Garnett, Ph.D. 🇦🇺 , Tony Attwood, Ph.D. 🇦🇺

Thu, Dec 4, 2025

Mental Health in Ghana: Community Resilience & Local Innovation for Global Collaboration

6:00 AM EST - 7:00 AM EST
Presented by Peter Mintir Amadu, M.Phil. 🇬🇭
Break

7:00 AM EST - 7:30 AM EST
From Harm to Healing: The Villa Maraini Model and the Humanitarian Imperative in Global Addiction Care

7:30 AM EST - 8:30 AM EST
Presented by Massimo Barra, MD 🇮🇹 , Philippe José Garcia 🇮🇹 , Mauro Patti 🇮🇹
Technology Challenges in Addiction Treatment: Bridging Innovation & Access

7:30 AM EST - 8:30 AM EST
Presented by Dr. Olubunmi Aboaba 🇬🇧
Advances in ADHD and Co-Occurring Disorders: Genetics & Beyond

7:30 AM EST - 8:30 AM EST
Presented by Barbara Franke, Ph.D. 🇳🇱
Break

8:30 AM EST - 9:00 AM EST
Harm Reduction and Civil Society in the MENA Region: Policy, Practice, and Future Directions

9:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST
Presented by Elias Aaraj 🇱🇧
Realistic Expectations in an Unrealistic World: Helping Young People Reclaim Their Self-Worth in the Age of Filters, Fame and AI

9:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST
Presented by Heather R. Hayes, M. Ed, LPC, CAI 🇺🇸 , Fiona Yassin, MSc, MICP, EMDRIA, UNCG 🇲🇾 🇬🇧
Evolving Trauma-Informed Recovery: Leadership Lessons from The Nelson Trust

9:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST
Presented by Christina Line, MBA, CMgr 🇬🇧 , John Trolan, MSc 🇬🇧
Applying Psychodynamic Approaches to Non-Psychotherapy Clinical Encounters

9:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST
Presented by Harry Reid, MBBS BSc(Hons) MRCPSYCH DTMPH 🇬🇧
Break

10:30 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST
The New Frontier of GLP-1Ra Medications in Addiction Treatment: What we know, what we don’t and what we’re doing.

11:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST
Presented by Steven Klein, MD, PhD, FAAP 🇺🇸
Breaking the Cycle: Practical Tools for Stress, Anxiety, & Addictive Patterns

11:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST
Presented by Christopher Paul Jones 🇬🇧
Mental Health and Harm Reduction in an Emergency Shelter: Lessons from a Low-Threshold, High-Humanistic Approach

11:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST
Presented by Goncalo Henriques, Ph.D. 🇵🇹
Break

12:00 PM EST - 12:30 PM EST
Community Violence Intervention through Rewire CBT: Bridging Behavioral Health and Public Safety

12:30 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST
Presented by Carl Miranda, MA 🇺🇸 , Branville G. Bard, Jr., DPA 🇺🇸 , Molly Baldwin, MEd 🇺🇸
Family and Community Resilience - Why Integrative and Collaborative Family Therapy Is More Relevant Today Than Ever

12:30 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST
Presented by Judith L. Landau, MD, DPM, LMFT, CFLE, CIP, CAI, CRS 🇺🇸
Lessons from the Front Lines: Reflections from the UK’s Former Drug Czar on Rebuilding Recovery Systems

12:30 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST
Presented by Mike Trace 🇬🇧
Break

2:00 PM EST - 2:30 PM EST
AI and Behavior Science: Elevating Communication in SUD Recovery

2:30 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST
Presented by Kenneth Rotondo DVM, MBA 🇺🇸
The Death of Death: Tibetan Views on the Ultimate Journey

2:30 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST
Presented by Andrew Holecek, DDS 🇺🇸
Crossing Generations, Building Resilience: Global Lessons from NACoA’s Family-Centered Approach

2:30 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST
Presented by Denise Bertin-Epp, MSA, BScN, RN 🇺🇸 , Christina Rubarth , Stephan Kosch , Dr Sheila Gilheany , Sonja Gerič Bevec , Sarah Vilpert , Liam Tullberg , Mary Beth Collins
Break

3:30 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
The Rise in Cannabis Use and the Associated Increase in Psychosis Cases: Understanding Risks, Realities, and Responses

4:00 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST
Presented by Jennifer Sanchez LPN, CIP, CCHP 🇺🇸 , Roberto Sanchez-Flaquer Psy.D, LMHC, M.A., M.S., B.A., A.A.S. 🇺🇸
FEBRACT and the Ethical and Technical Development of Therapeutic Communities: Monitoring as a Pathway to Ethical Promotion (Presented in Spanish)

4:00 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST
Presented by Evaldo Dutra 🇧🇷 , Lucas Roncati 🇧🇷
Breaking Down the Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment Divide

4:00 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST
Presented by Liz Evans, BsCN, M.Ed. 🇺🇸 , John Hamilton, LMFT, LADC 🇺🇸
Break

5:30 PM EST - 6:00 PM EST
Guardian of Rongomamau and Advocate for Indigenous Wellbeing

6:00 PM EST - 7:00 PM EST
Presented by Umutakarangi Timoti Pahi 🇳🇿
Perinatal Mental Health: The Most Urgent Public Health Priority You’re Not Talking About

6:00 PM EST - 7:00 PM EST
Presented by Avril Ferguson, MA, RP 🇨🇦
Healing in Community: Cultivating Compassion and Connection

6:00 PM EST - 7:00 PM EST
Presented by María Paula Farfán 🇦🇷

Fri, Dec 5, 2025

The Prevalence of Bullying Victimisation and its Impact on Mental Health Outcomes

6:00 AM EST - 7:00 AM EST
Presented by Rene Veenstra, Ph.D. 🇳🇱
Break

7:00 AM EST - 7:30 AM EST
Recovery Rooted in Community: Mental Wellbeing and Youth Support in Times of Crisis

7:30 AM EST - 8:30 AM EST
Presented by Souraya Frem 🇱🇧 , Soha Frem , Dr. Elie Atallah 🇱🇧
Nervous System Healing Without Borders: Innovations in Trauma Recovery with Benjamin Fry

7:30 AM EST - 8:30 AM EST
Presented by Benjamin Fry, Psychotherapist, Author and Entrepreneur 🇬🇧
Transforming Early Intervention in Eating Disorders: MANTRA, FREED & EDIFY as Models of Global Innovation

7:30 AM EST - 8:30 AM EST
Presented by UIrike Schmidt, OBE MD PhD FRCPsych FMedSci FAED 🇬🇧
Break

8:30 AM EST - 9:00 AM EST
Accessible, Integrated, and Sustainable Models of Virtual Mental Health Support

9:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST
Presented by Hatice Mehmet-Quirk 🇬🇧
The Friendship Bench: Lessons from a Thousand Grandmothers

9:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST
Presented by Dixon Chibanda, PhD, MPH, M.Med Psych 🇿🇼
Grief Without Borders: Ambiguous Loss & the Power of Collective Community Healing

9:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST
Presented by Pauline Boss, Ph.D. 🇺🇸
Trauma: The Gruesome Conflict Between Radically Opposite Longings & Strivings

9:00 AM EST - 10:30 AM EST
Presented by Ellert R.S. Nijenhuis, Ph.D. 🇵🇹
Break

10:30 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST
Digital Restorative Justice: Technology-Based Support as an Alternative to School Suspensions

11:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST
Presented by Tammy L. Hughes, Ph.D., ABPP 🇺🇸
Yes We Can – Youth & Adolescent Mental Health

11:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST
Presented by Piet Jansen 🇳🇱
From Arrest to Access: Deflection as the Pathway for Public Health & Treatment to Work with Law Enforcement

12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST
Presented by Jac Charlier 🇺🇸
Clinical Applications of Relational Trauma Repair (RTR): Family Trauma, C-PTSD, and Recovery

1:00 PM EST - 2:30 PM EST
Presented by Tian Dayton, Ph.D. 🇺🇸
Break

2:00 PM EST - 2:30 PM EST
Harm Reduction vs. Abstinence-Based Remission: Evidence, Outcomes, & Implications

2:30 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST
Presented by John F. Kelly, Ph.D., ABPP 🇺🇸
Mental Health Continuity of Care as a Solution to Violence Interruption

2:30 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST
Presented by Tammy L. Hughes, Ph.D., ABPP 🇺🇸
Break

3:30 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
The Hope of Collective Understanding: A Global Conversation on Connection, Healing, and Care

4:00 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST
Presented by Johann Hari 🇬🇧

Tue, Jan 6, 2026

The Association of Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers of Macau (ARTM): A Biopsychosocial Model of Prevention, Intervention, and Continuing Care

11:00 AM CST - 12:00 PM CST
Presented by Lik Hang (Erick) Cheung

Disclaimer: Time designated for waiting room, breaks, or lunch cannot be counted towards CE credit.