Future conference #1: 21.03.2026
"NLPt in uncertain contexts and times"

We invite you to participate!

Presentation applications will be checked by the EANLPt executive.
 

REGISTRATION 

CALL FOR PAPERS 

VENUE: online (Zoom)

SERVICE FEE: : conference service charge for Saturday: EUR 50,- for western european and north american countries; € 25,- for all other countries with online registration 

CONFERENCE LANGUAGE: the conference will be held in English

registration and payment till latest 20.3.2026, 11:00

 

Saturday, 21.03.2026 - Conference day (timezone CET)

09:00-09:15 - Welcome

09:15-10:00 - NLPt and Systemic Constellation Work – An Integrative Approach (Anca Petrescu)
This presentation explores the integration of Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy (NLPt) with Systemic Constellation work as a powerful therapeutic framework for addressing individual issues within their relational and transgenerational context. Participants will be introduced to key principles of both approaches and how they complement each other in clinical practice. A real case study will illustrate the clinical process, interventions used, and therapeutic outcomes, highlighting how systemic dynamics and internal processes can be worked with simultaneously to support deep and sustainable change. 

Anca Petrescu is a psychotherapist and systemic constellation facilitator with over 12 years of group experience and 8 years in individual psychotherapy. Her work integrates Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy with Systemic Constellation methodology, focusing on transgenerational dynamics, attachment patterns, and embodied emotional processing. She is actively involved in professional development and ethical standards within the NLPt community in Romania. 
Background: Anca Petrescu has studied NLP since 2008 in Romania. Since 2017 she is a certified Psychotherapist with NLPt. 

10:00-10:45 - NLPt as a tool for psychological adaptation in the shift from VUCA to BANI (Dan Florin Stanescu)
The shift from the VUCA world—characterised by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—to the BANI framework—brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible—requires new forms of psychological adaptation. This presentation explores how Neuro-Linguistic Psychotherapy (NLPt) provides practical tools to help individuals navigate this demanding transition. Techniques such as reframing, anchoring, perceptual positions, and state regulation support emotional stability, cognitive flexibility, and clearer meaning-making in rapidly changing environments. When applied to the specific challenges described by the BANI model, NLPt can effectively reduce anxiety, strengthen resilience, and promote more adaptive coping strategies. 

Associate professor at the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations and coordinator of the Social Cognition & Communication of Emotions Laboratory of the National School of Political and Administrative Studies. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Hamburg University. Experienced counsellor/therapist with 23 years of practice. 
Background: MindMaster & Austrian Training Center for NLP/NLPt: Coaching and NLP/NLPt – Advanced Master Practitioner 

10:45-11:00 - break

11:00-11:45 New opportunities in executive performance optimisation - a data driven development approach (Roland Kasek)

In contemporary leadership development and executive coaching, self-assessment proves to be a metacognitive, intuition-laden act that systematically misrepresents ability — individuals frequently overestimate skills and remain unaware of competence gaps. (Dunning & Kruger, 1999). Metamemory research shows that these introspective judgments depend on monitoring processes that can be noisy and task-dependent. (Nelson & Narens, 2006) Empirical meta-analyses also find only modest leader–observer agreement, which means self-reports often diverge from externally observed behavior (Lee, 2018) Consequently, contrary to subjective methods — eg. validated psychometrics, behaviorally anchored assessments, multi-rater (360°) feedback and behavioral analytics — objective diagnostics – eg. lab results, empirical assessment – are essential today: they correct biased self-views, provide reliable benchmarks for development, and create the actionable feedback loops that enable sustained change. Recent findings demonstrating significant associations between self-assessment bias, performance, decisional awareness, and metamemory underscore a critical point: self-assessment is fundamentally a metacognitive act, shaped by intuitive processes and intertwined with an individual’s empathetic capacities (Kasek et al, 2025). New opportunities arising from the discoveries are discussed.

Roland Kasek PhD is a health scientist developing research based diagnostic methods, psychophysiotherapeutic interventions and performance optimisation programs for individuals (and organizations!); effectiveness measured in objective/medical results.

11:45-12:30 - Case study G. P. Behavioral disorders and risk assessment (Radosveta Giuleva)

The object of analysis are the behavioral disorders and risk assessment. This rapport examines the wants and needs of a small girl, a first-grader whose parents are separated; the main risk factors and regularities for the manifestation of aggression in the classroom and at home; the total results of the relevant factors and the degree of risk, as well as the possible approach for reducing the risks and correcting the behavior. As a risk factor, we perceive those characteristics, variables or cases that are strictly specific to the situation of the given individual and make the probability of the manifestation of a given problem behavior greater than in other individuals from a representative sample. The study of these manifestations helps to build and propose and apply a set of measures to deal with and prevent aggressive behavior: . NLP therapy sessions, Work to restore trust and a sense of security, Calligraphy and handwriting exercises Parents undergo NLP therapy sessions and conversations are held with the child to explain what the parents' separation means to the child and what lies ahead. 

Bio: Psychologist (BFU – Bulgarian Free University), philologist, trainer in neuro-linguistic programming - NLP. Timeline NLP therapist. Aromatherapist. Author of a book on communication and NLP - "Exquisite communication - NLP and cybernetics". Fine communication with others and yourself - NLP and Cybernetics - Neuro Sales Institute 

12:30-13:15 - NLPt Theory: From Natural System Modeling to Scientific Rigor — A Category Theory Approach (Catalin Zaharia)

NLP was born from a radical idea: that we can model excellence by carefully observing how natural systems — human beings — communicate, experience, and change. At its core, NLP has always been about natural system to natural system modeling, capturing the living patterns of human experience and transferring them meaningfully between people. Yet NLP did not stop there. Through its presuppositions, NLP quietly relies on systems theory to make a crucial leap — from natural systems to formal ones. This bridge, from the observed to the structured, is what allows NLP to become more than an art. It becomes a discipline. Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy (NLPt), with its explicitly goal-oriented model, now stands at a historic threshold. Category Theory — a powerful branch of mathematics concerned with relationships, transformations, and structure — gives us the tools to formulate testable hypotheses, opening the door to genuine scientific research grounded in NLPt practice. Perhaps most strikingly, Category Theory allows us to do something that mirrors what great therapists do intuitively: bring the future into the present, alongside the past. This is not a metaphor — it is a formal property of anticipatory systems, and it maps directly onto how NLPt works with clients. The result is a rigorous way to bridge subjectivity and objectivity — finally giving NLPt the scientific language.
Bio: Cătălin Zaharia, PhD, is the President of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP), Secretary General of EANLPt, work as consultant psychiatrist and practicing psychotherapist, coach and trainer. He completed his MD and a degree in Medical Bioengineering (specialized in health care management and medical bioinformatics). Completed his PhD focusing on complex systems, flow systems, and anticipatory systems.

13:15-14:15 - lunch break

14:15-14:30 - Executive meeting for members of executive

14:30-15:30 - Country board for country representatives 

15:30-tbd - Executive meeting for members of executive