International Annual Conference 2026

International Annual Conference

Standing on the Abyss – Trauma, Development and Resilience

Dear colleagues, dear friends,

We are in a turbulent time with a feeling of many quickly-approaching thresholds. Change comes rapidly and in unexpected ways. Some shifts are a clear call for more wakefulness, part of the time of the consciousness soul. Other changes bring painful chaos, separation, trauma and loss – with the border between these two types of experiences not always clear.

At our annual medical section conference, we will strive to create a protected space to explore both the wounds and scars that come with trauma, as well as gaining a deeper understanding of mostly unexpected developments in spiritual growth and new resilience.

How can we interact with the world and our fellow human beings in a helpful and healing way during this time? What are we being called to do?

A selection of planned lectures:

Trauma and Evil from an Anthroposophic Perspective | Nurit Rosengarten, Hanan Goldman

The ethical view of the traumatized sheathes of the I | Oswald Hasselmann

Post-traumatic Growth and Resilience | Zheni Nasi

Best greetings, on behalf of the preparation group

Marion Debus, Karin Michael, Adam Blanning

For those who are unable to attend the conference in person, there is the option to listen to lectures (via live stream) on Goetheanum TV.

A selection of lectures:

• Ethical individualism and trauma: ‘The ethical view of the injured envelopes of the I’ | Oswald Hasselmann
• Trauma and evil from an anthroposophic perspective | Nurit Rosengarten, Meron Barak
• Breaking the cycle of violence | Martha and Alfonso González
• Against the tide of time | Georg Soldner
• Understanding trauma – Foundations in terms of the understanding of the human being and therapeutic implications | Boris Krause 
• Post-traumatic growth and resilience | Zheni Nasi, Adam Blanning

Please click on the lecture you are interested and per lecture is EUR 15: https://goetheanum.tv/categories/stehen-ueber-abgruenden-trauma-entwicklung-und-resilienz?

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