Dr. Norma Hafenstein welcomes visitors to the 2022 Dąbrowski Congress

Dr. Chris Wells discusses the Dabrowski Center’s origins and the importance of building a community

Dr. Frank Falk discusses Kazimierz Dąbrowski’s clinical practice and theoretical underpinnings.

Dr. Shelagh Gallagher discusses how overexcitabilities have been characterized and measured, and proposes some changes

Dr. ES Vorm discusses research that uncovers unique challenges that innovative and creative people have in some organizations

Melissa Bernstein discusses her journey of transforming darkness and suffering from existential depression and anxiety into toys and creative works.

Dr. Norma Hafenstein welcomes attendees to the second day of the Congress.

Dr. Patricia Gatto-Walden and Dr. Linda Silverman discuss issues teenagers have dealt with during the pandemic.

Dr. Dominik Chojnowski shares his research concerning a dispute over the legacy of Dąbrowski’s theory.

Patricia Williams discusses trauma and its impact on gifted individuals with overexcitabilities.

Dr. Karen Arnstein presents her spiral model of development, a visual representation of the GT/2e developmental trajectory.

Nicole Mattingly discusses the impact of overexcitability on family dynamics through the lens of her family’s experiences.

Dr. Michele Kane presents the case study of a woman who meets the criteria for Level V in Dąbrowski’s theory.

Pam Ryan presents the case of her father as an exemplar of Level V.

Dr. Chris Wells and Dr. Norma Hafenstein offer closing reflections to end the in-person portion of the 2022 Congress.

Katie Coggin and Dr. Kim Freed discuss the development of identity in gifted readers through the lens of overexcitabilities.

Jessica Williams presents a workshop session on using overexcitabilities to analyze manifestations of behaviors in characters in literature with students.

Jacquie Aitken discusses the relevance and importance of Dabrowski’s levels of emotional development in working with victims of physical and sexual violence.

Dr. Alena Treat discusses her wife, who was gifted with all five overexcitabilities and recently died from Alzheimer’s. Alena discussed how the various OEs manifested themselves and were dealt with during a state of mental decline.

Dr. Robert Schultz discusses the need to apply the theory in practice and live it rather than talking about it without action. He shares what he’s done to help students become aware of their addiction to technology in light of TPD and positive maladjustment.

Emma Nicholson draws upon her experience as a business analyst to address criticisms of Dąbrowski’s theory and provides insight into how improving the “tool” of positive disintegration can make it accessible and visible to those who need it.

Dr. Todd Hodgkinson discusses facilitating positive disintegration and personality development in gifted children and adolescents with concept-based literature instruction.

Jackie Owen presents a poster session exploring the issue of loss and grief in teachers who taught prior to and during No Child Left Behind. She found that only imaginational overexcitability was correlated with feelings of loss and grief.

Carrie Pokrefke discusses how overexcitabilities can influence individuals at work and shared ways to lean into them as a strength.

Laura Stavinoha discusses how she uses overexcitabilities and dynamisms in voice coaching, and how the voice can guide the developmental process.

Lotte van Lith shares her personal creative projects and developmental process through the lens of positive disintegration.

William Tillier provides a synopsis of Dabrowski’s introduction to his theory from an unpublished manuscript.

This presentation introduces the Child-Centered Gifted Consortium, a group of educators who met throughout COVID to create a set of principles for guiding authentic gifted education.

Samuel Young discusses the ways that COVID has increased acceptance of online learning as a useful way to serve twice-exceptional learners.

Dr. Melanie Wong explores the journey of reframing neurodivergent identity using positive disintegration as a framework.

Dr. Sarabeth Berk outlines a new framework of professional identity that accounts for integration of multiple professional identities.

Lin Lim shares her experiences on positive disintegration and parenting 2e/PG children through a cultural perspective.