Dabrowski Congress 2024 Sessions

Keynote descriptions available on our main page. 

Are you new to the theory? Watch Dabrowski 101 with Chris Wells and Emma Nicholson on YouTube.

60-minute sessions

          Kate Arms (Episode 6 & Episode 28) and Dr. Tracy Winter (Episode 27) 

  • Sensitive Students: Exploring Another Angle of Twice-Exceptionality

          Dr. Sandra Clifton

  • Overexcitabilities through the Lens of Culturally Diverse Learners

          Dr. Joy Lawson Davis

          Rachel Fell  (Episode 18)

  • From the “I” of the Storm

          Tina Harlow  (Episode 11)

          Kingwa Kamencu

  • Giftedness as Neurodivergence, Not Functioning Label

          Marni Kammersell (Episode 37) & Katy Higgins Lee  (Episode 30)

          Katy Higgins Lee  (Episode 30 )

  • Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light: An Examination of the Journey Towards Death

          Fiona Smith (Episode 7) & Dominic Westbrook

          Laura Stavinoha  (Episode 52)

  • Architects of the Self: Constructing Models of Personal Growth

          Michael Steenvoorden & Tosh Turner

  • Neuroqueering: The Dimensions of Gender

          Reese Stoica

  • My Life of Purpose

          Nele Vanheel

          Chris van Camp

          Dr. Sergej van Middendorp and Abbie VanMeter (Episode 59)

90-minute workshops

  • Dabrowski Factor Dialogues:  A Clinical Application of TPD for Mental Health Professionals

          Catherine Zakoian  (Episode 41 and Episode 42)

  • Differing Our Ways through Theory and Process

          Lotte van Lith  (Episode 9

  • Walking Your Talk: Defining Your Personal Values

          Emma Nicholson and Dr. Chris Wells (Episode 58 features a workshop preview)

  • Identity Odyssey: Crafting Characters, Crafting Self

          Dr. Patty L. Gently and Youssef Sleiman

30-minute recorded sessions

  • Coaching for Positive Disintegration in Schools: Supporting Educators’ Journeys Towards Transformational Change 

          Dr. Sylvia Bagley

  • The Tedx Journey as an Adult with OEs

          Meghan Bonde

  • The Real Deal-OEs in the Classroom

          Summer Cowick (Episode 57)

  • Caregiver Perceptions of Overexcitabilities Among Early Elementary Gifted Children

          Dr. Keri Guilbault, Dr. Gregory Eckert, & Dr. Antonia Szymanski

  • Fame & Fragility: A Creative Exploration of Positive Disintegration and the Lived Experience

          Dr. Lily Jedynak

  • Finding Strength in Adversity Through Positive Disintegration

          Zawadi Kimari

  • Secondary Integration of a Career Ideal: The Pathfinding of Gifted Social Entrepreneurs

          Dr. Joi Lin (Episode 25 & Episode 26)

  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man with Overexcitabilities

          Dr. Elizabeth Switaj