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SUMMARY:Newsletter
DESCRIPTION:Newsletter Send-Out\nGet Our Monthly Newsletter Delivered Every 15th\nDon’t miss out on the latest news\, upcoming events\, and insightful articles.\nSubscribe to our monthly newsletter and stay up-to-date with everything happening in our community.\nRemember to save our email address (hello@maladaptivedaydreamingsociety.com) among your contacts\, so it won’t end up in your spam folder. \n  \nOn the following page\, you can subscribe to the newsletter and browse past issues:\nNewsletter \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://maladaptivedaydreamingsociety.com/event/newsletter-3/
CATEGORIES:Updates
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SUMMARY:Managing Maladaptive Daydreaming for Academic Success
DESCRIPTION:A Discussion on Managing Maladaptive Daydreaming for Academic Success\n\n\n\nThis event will focus on sharing strategies for managing maladaptive daydreaming (MD) for students as well as holding a discussion to provide space to tailor strategies\, hear feedback from the community\, and collaborate on MD management for academic success.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDo you struggle to focus and study due to maladaptive daydreaming? \nThis workshop and discussion addresses challenges faced by folks with maladaptive daydreaming\, lead by a therapist and fellow maladaptive daydreamer. \nThis session will provide effective strategies to manage MD to support academic success. \nZOOM LINK \n \n\n\n\n \nMeet the speakers:\nJayne Bigelsen is an advocate who has spent over twenty-five years working in social justice and public policy in New York and now works on behalf of young people experiencing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking.  She has significant experience in communications\, fundraising\, grant management\, and legislative advocacy. Additionally\, Jayne struggled with Maladaptive Daydreaming from early childhood until the age of 25. Jayne has co-published three peer-reviewed journal articles on MD with Dr. Eli Somer and Dr. Cynthia Schupak.  She spoke of her experience regarding MD in this article in the Atlantic.com\nJane Kemp is a psychotherapist who specializes in working with clients with OCD\, Neurodivergence and Complex Trauma\, many of whom experience maladaptive daydreaming. Her professional background spans clinical psychology research\, hospitals\, outpatient clinics\, and community health centers. Additionally\, Jane is a maladaptive daydreamer and is passionate about supporting folks in their process of healing both psychotherapeutically and communally at the ISMD.
URL:https://maladaptivedaydreamingsociety.com/event/managing-maladaptive-daydreaming-for-academic-success/
LOCATION:Online Meeting Link: Managing maladaptive daydreaming symptoms
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Newsletter
DESCRIPTION:Newsletter Send-Out\nGet Our Monthly Newsletter Delivered Every 15th\nDon’t miss out on the latest news\, upcoming events\, and insightful articles.\nSubscribe to our monthly newsletter and stay up-to-date with everything happening in our community.\nRemember to save our email address (hello@maladaptivedaydreamingsociety.com) among your contacts\, so it won’t end up in your spam folder. \n  \nOn the following page\, you can subscribe to the newsletter and browse past issues:\nNewsletter \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://maladaptivedaydreamingsociety.com/event/newsletter-4/
CATEGORIES:Updates
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SUMMARY:MD Newsroom: Share & Yield
DESCRIPTION:Dear ISMD Members\, \nWe’d like to invite you to the first session of a new recurring cross-team initiative: the MD Newsroom: Share & Yield. \nWhile we usually work within our specialized circles\, the “Newsroom” is designed as a broad meeting for all of us to converge. The goal is to create a shared space to exchange the latest insights\, findings\, and developments regarding Maladaptive Daydreaming within the global “infosphere.” \nWe know that many of you independently encounter relevant news\, academic papers\, or public discussions. Whether you have found a significant scientific update or a minor but interesting observation\, this meeting is the space to share those discoveries and brainstorm new ideas. \nThe philosophy of Share & Yield is that by sharing individual “finds\,” the entire Society yields a richer\, more cohesive understanding of the current MD landscape. This collective intelligence is vital not only for our growth\, but also for better defining the direction and impact we want to impress upon the ISMD as we move forward. \nOur inaugural meeting will take place on:Thursday\, March 26th\, at 2:00 PM UTC (3:00 pm London Time) via Google Meet. Link we’ll be sent only to ISMD Members.
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CATEGORIES:Updates
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SUMMARY:Active or Over-Active Imagination? A Jungian perspective
DESCRIPTION:Active or Over-Active Imagination? A Jungian perspective\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar offers a historical overview of Carl Jung’s thinking about fantasy life\, his first explorations of unusual mental states and his growing understanding that the “unconscious mind” was capable of producing extremely elaborate imaginative narratives. \nIn the Victorian era\, these imaginal states were not well-understood and were sometimes interpreted by naive observers and or by the daydreamers themselves as “esoteric” experiences\, like “past lives” or contact with “beings from other dimensions.” \nJung had a profound capacity for immersive daydreaming himself which he documented in his famous “Red Book.” Over time\, Jung’s understanding and treatment 0f patients with strong fantasy ability evolved and led to the development of a therapeutic technique which he called “active imagination\,” which permitted patients to reflect on the psychological meaning of their fantasies. \nThis technique for the exploration of imaginal life as a means of self-understanding and personal development is still practiced by Jungian analysts and individuals today. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Date: 10/04/2026 \n Time: 3 PM GMT \n Online: Link to the Zoom call \nYou can add this event to your calendar using the button below.\nThe event will automatically appear in your local time zone. \n\n\n\nMeet the speaker: \nSusan Meindl is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Montreal. She is a graduate of the McGill Counseling Psychology program and the Argyle Institute Psychoanalytically Oriented Psychotherapy program. She is a member of the Ordre des Psychologues du Quebec\, the Ordre des Conseillers et Conseillères d’Orientation du Québec\, an OPQ certified supervisor of psychotherapy\, and a qualified member of the Quebec\, Canadian and International Psychoanalytic Associations.
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SUMMARY:Managing maladaptive daydreaming symptoms
DESCRIPTION:Managing maladaptive daydreaming symptoms\nSelf-compassion and self-control practical workshop\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an interactive workshop on self-compassion and self-control techniques designed to help you manage maladaptive daydreaming (MD) symptoms.\n\nIn this one-hour immersion\, Dr. Ramiro Catelan\, an MD expert and an evidence-based trained psychologist\, will provide you with several practical simple exercises to help you gain control over MD symptoms and foster your personal strategies to deal with this challenge.\n\nDiscover experiential techniques\, engage in thoughtful discussions\, and learn useful tools to enhance your well-being and harness your imagination more effectively.\n\nLet’s embark on this journey to better mental health together!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \nMeet the Speakers:\nRamiro Figueiredo Catelan is a Brazilian autistic and gifted clinical psychologist with extensive experience in evidence-based psychological interventions. He is a board-certified cognitive therapist by the Brazilian Federation of Cognitive Therapies (FBTC). He specializes in working with individuals with autism spectrum disorder\, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder\, giftedness\, maladaptive daydreaming\, obsessive-compulsive disorder\, and borderline personality disorder at his private office. Ramiro holds a PhD in Psychology with a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biochemistry. He is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)\, where he leads the Center for Maladaptive Daydreaming and Emotion Dysregulation Research. He collaborates as a researcher with the Phoenix International Research Group and the International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research (ICDMR). He leads Sínteses\, an online educational company aimed at training psychologists and psychiatrists in evidence-based practice. Trained in multiple empirically supported treatments\, including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)\, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)\, behavioral activation (BA)\, and exposure therapy (ET)\, Ramiro integrates these approaches into his clinical practice. His work often addresses minority stress and neurodiversity issues\, underscoring his commitment to inclusive and affirmative care. His research interests encompass maladaptive daydreaming\, emotion dysregulation\, and the psychological dimensions of giftedness. He oversees international community affairs as the Head of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion for the International Society for Maladaptive Daydreaming (ISMD). He is also a Founding Member and previously served as the First Treasurer for the Brazilian Association for Evidence-Based Psychology (ABPBE). In addition to his clinical and research roles\, Ramiro is an active lecturer and trainer\, teaching neuro-affirmative healthcare and evidence-based psychological treatment. \nJayne Bigelsen is an advocate who has spent over twenty-five years working in social justice and public policy in New York and now works on behalf of young people experiencing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking.  She has significant experience in communications\, fundraising\, grant management\, and legislative advocacy. Additionally\, Jayne struggled with Maladaptive Daydreaming from early childhood until the age of 25. Jayne has co-published three peer-reviewed journal articles on MD with Dr. Eli Somer and Dr. Cynthia Schupak.  She spoke of her experience regarding MD in this article in the Atlantic.com \n  \n\n\nShare this event!\nScreenshot this QR code and share it everywhere. \n  \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVIDEO CALL LINK \nYou can add this event to your calendar using the button below.\nThe event will automatically appear in your local time zone.
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