We look forward to seeing those of you who will be able to attend the August conference in Sapporo. The three-day symposium on social and collective trauma that we are organizing as part of the congress is filled with enriching presentations for all of us. SY-9 Social Collective Trauma Symposium PROGRAMM Moderators: Nicola Policicchio Deniz Altinay Day 2 – 15.30-17.00 Mourning as Symbols, Group Dynamics, and Collective Narratives in Past and Contemporary Societies Davide Romandini, Marcello Paltrinieri, Martina Bruni EN (ITALY) Challenges and recommendations for trauma training: A trauma counseling course with students affected by the February 6th, 2023 Earthquake in Turkey Ayten Bölükbaşı Uygur, Bilge Tıraş EN (TURKEY) Affective frauds: A group of women in tears Silvana Graziella Ceresa EN (ITALY) ONLINE The development of group psychotherapeutic internal object and what’s disturbing it Mamoru Asada EN (JAPAN) Day 3 – 15.30-17.00 Psychosocial support to humanitarian workers in coping with crisis and disaster : the case of the Philippine Red Cross in the Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City, PHILIPPINES Zenaida Beltejar EN (PHILIPPINES) Supporting Practitioners: Addressing Transcultural Trauma through Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Eman Onsy & Dalia Sileem-Naguib EN (USA) Groups, mental health psycho social support in traumatic situations and cultural sensitivity Nicola Policicchio EN (ITALY) An approach to enhance the psychological support capacity of local communities for self-help in natural disasters. Akada Taro JP (JAPAN) Day 4 – 14.00-15.30 Using sociometry to manage and organize for extreme climate events Thomas Northrup EN (USA) «災害時における日本赤十字社の心理社会的支援 Psychosocial support provided by the Japanese Red Cross Society during disasters» Kazuki Saito JP (JAPAN) Community meeting in a day care conflicted with the cruelty of having lost wards due to a natural disaster. Yuji Tao EN (JAPAN) Sociodramatic and Sociatric Interventions in Earthquake Trauma. Deniz Altinay EN (TURKEY)