has been published (see here)! On the first anni­ver­sa­ry of Prof. Dr. Otwin Lin­der­kamp’s death, his last pro­ject beco­mes a rea­li­ty! We thank the Sci­en­ti­fic Advi­so­ry Board and Swen Gals­ter for making this pos­si­ble!

Report of the Exten­ded Board Mee­ting

All atten­de­es, inclu­ding tho­se pre­sent via Zoom, work­ed inten­si­ve­ly on the ISPP­M’s topics and pro­jects.

Fol­lo­wing the reports from the repre­sen­ta­ti­ves and dele­ga­tes of the exten­ded board, which has been reor­ga­ni­zed and struc­tu­red as voted in the gene­ral assem­bly, the board repor­ted on its acti­vi­ties. The­se include the pre­pa­ra­ti­on and fol­low-up of ISPPM con­fe­ren­ces: The inter­na­tio­nal online con­fe­rence took place on Febru­ary 1st, and the annu­al con­fe­rence in Stol­pen will start on Octo­ber 30th, under the the­me “Oxy­to­cin – bet­ween oppor­tu­ni­ty for bon­ding pro­mo­ti­on and misu­se as a birth inter­ven­ti­on.” It is pri­ma­ri­ly orga­ni­zed by Prof. Dr. Sven Hil­de­brandt in coope­ra­ti­on with the board. The the­me for the annu­al con­fe­rence on Octo­ber 23–24, 2027, in Schlan­gen­bad was deter­mi­ned, and on Sep­tem­ber 22–23, 2028, ISPPM Switz­er­land will cele­bra­te its 25th anni­ver­sa­ry with a jubi­lee con­fe­rence, sup­port­ed by ISPPM inter­na­tio­nal. Make a note of the­se dates so you can join us! We’ll let you know about any other pro­jects in the pipe­line as soon as the details are fina­li­sed. Plea­se feel free to get in touch with us.

This year, as in pre­vious years, the ISPPM is orga­ni­zing a sym­po­si­um on May 20th on the topic of “Oxy­to­cin” – Neu­ro­bio­lo­gy of Birth and Rela­ti­onship in the Field of Ten­si­on bet­ween Psy­cho­the­ra­peu­tic Oppor­tu­ni­ty and Misu­se as a Birth Inter­ven­ti­on. See Net­work Mee­tings.

Room reser­va­tions through ISPPM were only pos­si­ble until Sep­tem­ber 15; this can now also be reques­ted direct­ly at the Eure­gio­nal Youth Guest­house (aachen@jugendherberge.de, 0241.71101–0).

ISPPM Con­fe­rence Novem­ber 7–9, 2025 : “Trau­ma­tic Births – Trau­ma­ti­zed Socie­ty – The Signi­fi­can­ce of Pre- and Peri­na­tal Psy­cho­lo­gy – Inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry”.

If you have ques­ti­ons regar­ding regis­tra­ti­on, plea­se cont­act the secre­ta­ri­at: info@isppm.ngo The ear­ly bird dis­count appli­es until Sep­tem­ber 30.

Our attrac­ti­ve pro­gram includes the film “Shel­te­red in the Mother­land” by film­ma­kers Uscha Madei­sky and Dag­mar Mar­gots­dot­ter, both of whom have been rese­ar­ching matri­ar­chal cul­tures for deca­des. We will hear a lec­tu­re on the birth cul­tu­re of the Kogi, an indi­ge­nous peo­p­le who have lived peaceful­ly in the moun­ta­ins of Colom­bia for over 700 years. We look for­ward to the con­sis­t­ent­ly valuable and enri­ching lec­tures by Sven Hil­de­brandt and Lutz Janus. On Satur­day, we will explo­re the con­fe­rence the­me in depth with our respec­ti­ve pro­fes­sio­nal groups and experts, see link to the pro­gram

To open our gala evening, we were able to enga­ge actress Johan­na Marx and direc­tor Lisa Mey­er. They have brought to life the results of inter­views with mothers, mid­wi­ves, dou­las, and phy­si­ci­ans about pregnan­cy and birth in an impres­si­ve thea­ter pie­ce titled “her­aus.” The pre­mie­re took place in Cel­le at the end of August. Here is the fly­er front/back.

24. März 2026, 7.00 pm CET, net­wor­king ses­si­on: Exch­an­ge bet­ween the Exe­cu­ti­ve Board and mem­bers on ISPPM acti­vi­ties; a the­med evening during which mem­bers of the Exe­cu­ti­ve Board will report on cur­rent acti­vi­ties and pro­jects and invi­te all mem­bers and inte­res­ted par­ties to an open dis­cus­sion. Ques­ti­ons are very wel­co­me, and we are keen to hear from par­ti­ci­pan­ts about their work and are­as of focus. We look for­ward to taking sug­ges­ti­ons from this evening back to the exten­ded Exe­cu­ti­ve Board mee­ting on 25 and 26 April 2026. Trans­la­ti­on with sub­tit­les is available. Regis­ter here

April 2, 2026, 7:00 PM CET, net­work lec­tu­re with Olga Gouni: “Pre­na­tal Sci­en­ces in the 21st Cen­tu­ry: Chal­lenges and Oppor­tu­ni­ties” (“Pre­na­tal sci­en­ces in the 21st cen­tu­ry: chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties”); in Eng­lish, trans­la­ti­on with sub­tit­les is pos­si­ble. Plea­se regis­ter here

April 23, 2026, 7:30 PM CET, net­work lec­tu­re with Matthew App­le­ton “Every Baby has a Sto­ry to tell. An Intro­duc­tion to Inte­gra­ti­ve Baby The­ra­py work”; Eng­lish, trans­la­ti­on with sub­tit­les is pos­si­ble; the set­ting will be shown at the begin­ning. Plea­se regis­ter here

May 17, 2026, Katha­ri­na Desery, Nihan Sager, Kola B. Brön­ner “Acti­vi­ties of the hel­pli­ne” The importance of the hel­pli­ne within post­na­tal sup­port ser­vices; Ger­man – trans­la­ti­on with sub­tit­les is pos­si­ble

May 20, 2026, 6:30 PM CET, sym­po­si­um during the Inter­na­tio­nal Week of Respectful Birth: Prof. Dr. Sven Hil­de­brandt, Esther Göbel, D. Lud­wig Janus and other spea­k­ers on “The importance of the hor­mo­ne “oxy­to­cin” bet­ween the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pro­mo­te bon­ding and misu­se as a birth inter­ven­ti­on; Ger­man, trans­la­ti­on with sub­tit­les is pos­si­ble

04 June 2026, 7:00–9:00 p.m. CET, net­wor­king lec­tu­re with Franz Renggli “Our Ear­liest Wounds”: How ear­ly child­hood emo­tio­nal inju­ries influence and can impair our inti­ma­te rela­ti­onships and our way of rela­ting to our own child­ren – and how it is pos­si­ble to break out of nega­ti­ve cycles and achie­ve ful­fil­ling rela­ti­onships with part­ners and/or child­ren. In Ger­man; trans­la­ti­on with sub­tit­les pos­si­ble.

July 2, 2026, 6:30 PM, net­work mee­ting with Prof. Dr. Sven Hil­de­brandt: “Care during the birth peri­od”: a chall­enge of pati­ence and com­pe­tence. Ger­man, trans­la­ti­on with sub­tit­les is pos­si­ble

July 16, 2026, 7:00 PM CET, net­work mee­ting with Regi­na Bücher “The first days of an embryo and the Soma­tic Blue­print” This is about the con­nec­tion bet­ween imprin­ting and health, begin­ning in the first days of an embryo. At the same time, this offers a brief insight into the foun­da­ti­on of the “inte­gra­ti­on of pre- and peri­na­tal expe­ri­en­ces” in the tra­di­ti­on of Ray Cas­tel­li­no. Ger­man, trans­la­ti­on with sub­tit­les is pos­si­ble

Sep­tem­ber 3, 2026, 7:00 PM CET, Ursu­la Geh­re ISPPM Switz­er­land, “Cra­ni­o­sa­cral the­ra­py and inte­gra­ti­ve baby the­ra­py in work with fami­lies on the birth expe­ri­ence”, case examp­les. Ger­man, trans­la­ti­on with sub­tit­les is pos­si­ble

And very cur­rent:

March 20–22, 2026 The Pre­na­tal Well­ness Glo­bal Sum­mit of the Pre­na­tal Alli­ance is coming up very soon.
This 3‑day online con­fe­rence is free of char­ge and open to ever­yo­ne!

until the end of March: Month of Birth Psy­cho­lo­gy APPPAH, fur­ther online lec­tures

We are plea­sed to pre­sent an attrac­ti­ve pro­gram, see here

On Febru­ary 1st 2026 we will pre­sent the inter­na­tio­nal ISPPM con­fe­rence online.