Refereed Conference Presentations (Select)
Minami, M. (2025, October). Morita Therapy in (Civil) War Affected Areas Part 1: Rwanda, Chapter 6 Development of Psychosocial Reconciliation Impact Scales Module – Kinyarwanda Version. – via Hermeneutic Phenomenological Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Former Participants. Paper presentation at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Hokkaido, Japan.
Minami, M. (2025, October). Dissemination of Morita Therapy to Rwanda and Bosnia & Herzegovina – Improving Access to Morita Therapy from Former Conflict and Ceasefire Zones. Symposium presentation (in English) at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Hokkaido, Japan.
Minami, M. (2025, October). Morita therapy: Its Transcultural Universality. Roundtable presentation (in English) at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Hokkaido, Japan.
Minami, M. (2025, September). Morita Therapy and Mindfulness. Symposium presentation at the PRCP & WACP 2025 Join Congress in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Minami, M., & Ćudić, E.K. (2024, December). Morita Therapy in (Civil) War Affected Areas Part 2: Bosnia & Herzegovina. Chapter 3: Collaborative contemplation for the development of an interethnic coexistence programme in the present-day Sarajevo - Session 2. Paper presentation at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Kochi, Japan.
Minami, M., & Bigabo, F. (2024, December). Morita Therapy in (Civil) War Affected Areas Part 1: Rwanda, Chapter 5 Field Feasibility and Acceptability Testing of the ABPRA. Paper presentation at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Kochi, Japan.
Minami, M. (2024, December). Psychoecological Features of Morita Therapy: Its Syntonicity with Disaster Responses. Symposium presentation at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Kochi, Japan.
Minami, M. (2024, December). Tasks and Suggestions for the Future Advancement of Morita Therapy. Roundtable presentation (in English) at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Kochi, Japan.
Minami, M., & Ćudić, E.K. (2023, December). Morita Therapy in (Civil) War Affected Areas Part 2: Bosnia & Herzegovina. Chapter 2: Collaborative contemplation for the development of an interethnic coexistence programme in the present-day Sarajevo. Paper presentationat the 40th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
Minami, M. (2023, December). Suggestions and General Remarks for Further Development of Morita Therapy. Keynote Lecture at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
Li, S. & Minami, M. (2023, September). Application of Morita Therapeutic Concepts and Intervention Methods to Single Session Therapy. Paper presentation at the 11th International Congress of Morita Therapy, Vancouver, BC, Canada/Virtual Hybrid.
Minami, M. (2022, December). Morita Therapy in (Civil) War Affected Areas Part 2: Bosnia & Herzegovina. Chapter 1: Possibility of Morita Therapy for interethnic reconciliation in post-war Sarajevo and post-genocide Srebrenica – A Travelogue. Paper presentation (in Japanese) at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Virtual, Okinawa, Japan.
Minami, M. (2022, December). Morita Therapy in (Civil) War Affected Areas Part 2: Bosnia & Herzegovina. Chapter 1: Possibility of Morita Therapy for interethnic reconciliation in post-war Sarajevo and post-genocide Srebrenica – A Travelogue. Paper presentation at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Virtual, Okinawa, Japan.
Ohta, A. & M. Minami (2022). Program Evaluation: Reviving Hope and Home for High-risk Government-Assisted Refugee Mothers. Paper presentation at the Citizenship and Education Research Network (CERN), Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) annual conference (virtual): May 14-20, 2022
Ohta, A., M. Minami, J. York, & Y. Qadir (2022). Reviving Hope and Hope – External Program Evaluation. Paper presentation at theDecoda Literacy Conference, Richmond, BC, Canada: May 4-6, 2022
Minami, M. (2021, November). Mechanisms of Change in Outpatient Morita Therapy Part 4: On Treatment Authenticity. Paper presentation at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Virtual, Fukuoka, Japan.
Minami, M., & Mercer, J. (2021, November). The Authentic Morita Therapy; Clinical Applications and Research Implications. Paper presentation at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Virtual, Fukuoka, Japan.
Minami, M., Bakas, T., & Hung, J. (2021, August). Understanding mechanisms of reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda: The temporal logic model. Poster presentation at the Annual American Psychological Association Convention, Virtual.
Minami, M., Bakas, T., & Hung, J. (2021, June). Understanding mechanisms of interpersonal reconciliation in post-genocide rural Rwanda: the temporal logic model. Poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 82nd Annual National Convention, Virtual.
Minami, M. (2020, January). Transtherapeutic Approach to Case Formulation: Applications to Counsellor Education, Training and Supervision. Poster presentation at the 18th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Minami, M. (2019, October). Principles of Morita therapy embedded in the Action-Based Psychosocial Reconciliation Approach – via analysis of temporal logic model based on lived experiences of participants – Case series report. Paper presentation at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Miyoshi, M., & Minami, M. (2019, October). Analysis of the lived experiences of recovery through Morita therapy and the Importance of Living Group – Extraction of client perspectives via text mining. Paper presentation at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Minami, M. (2018, November). Ubwiyunge Mubikorwa (Reconciliation ‘in Action’) Supporting Transitional Justice through Action-Based Psychosocial Reconciliation Approach in Post-Gacaca Rwanda. Paper presentation at the 5th International Conference of Genocide, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Minami, M. (2018, October). Field Expansion of an Action-Based Psychosocial Reconciliation Approach in Rural Villages of Rwanda - A Researcher’s Journey through Global Collaborations. Paper presentation at symposium “Conducting research across boarders: Researchers’ reflections on international research” at the 2018 Canadian Counselling Psychology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Minami, M. (2018, September). Morita therapy in Rwanda. Paper presentation at the International Symposium “Overseas Promotion of Morita Therapy and Future Issues,” at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
Minami, M. (2018, September). Mechanisms of Change in Outpatient Morita Therapy Part 3: Via Salutogenic-Pathogenic Paradigms. Paper presentation at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
Minami, M. (2018, August). Arugamama via Construct Explication Approach. Paper presentation at the 4th International Roundtable for the Advancement of Morita Therapy, the 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
Minami, M. (2018, June). Ubwiyunge Mubikorwa/Reconciliation ‘in Action’ – Decolonizing and Empowering the Process of Post-Genocide Community Development Through Action-Based Psychosocial Reconciliation Approach in Rural Villages of Rwanda. Paper presentation at symposium “Practice beyond Principle: Reflections of Social Justice in Community Engaged Applied Psychological Practice with Indigenous, War-Affected, Queer Refugee, Stigmatized, and Cancer Populations –Canada-Australia Collaboration-” at the International Congress of Applied Psychology 2018.
Minami, M. (2018, May). Psychoecology of Healing: Expanding Our ‘Scope’ by Embracing Japanese Morita Therapeutic Wisdom in Counsellor Education. Paper presentation at symposium “Multicultural counsellor education: Embracing Asian and Indigenous wisdom and perspectives” at Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association 2018 Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Minami, M. (2018, May). A transtherapeutic approach to case formulation: Implications to counsellor education, clinical training and supervision. Paper presentation at the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association 2018 Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Minami, M. (2017, November). Mechanisms of Change in Outpatient Morita Therapy Part 1: Via Transdiagnostic and Transtherapeutic Approaches. Paper presentation at the International Symposium “Morita Therapy: Theory, Practice, and Training, at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Kumamoto, Japan.
Minami, M. (2017, November). Mechanisms of Change in Outpatient Morita Therapy Part 2: Theoretical/Conceptual Analysis of the Views of Suffering and Wellness via Integrative Attitude Model. Paper presentation at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Kumamoto, Japan.
Minami, M. (2017, November). Arugamama & Acceptance: via Cognitive Dissonance Theory. Paper presentation at the 3rd International Roundtable for the Advancement of Morita Therapy, the 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Kumamoto, Japan.
Minami, M. et al. (2016, November). Development of Morita/action-based family mediation approach, Part 1: Field pilot study. Paper presentation at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
Minami, M. (2016, November). Verbatim of change: Part 5 – Further analysis of the first Morita therapy case in the UK applying the “Diamond Model.” International Symposium “Case studies and clinical education of Morita therapy: From an international perspective.” Paper presentation at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
Minami, M. (2016, November). Evidence-Based Morita Therapy. Paper presentation at the 2nd International Roundtable for the Advancement of Morita Therapy, at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
Minami, M. (2016, September). Morita therapy and psychosocial reconciliation. Paper presentation at the 9th International Congress of Morita Therapy, Exeter, UK.
Minami, M. (2016, September). Development of the ‘brilliant cut’ diamond model of outpatient Morita therapy treatment protocol. Paper presentation at the 9th International Congress of Morita Therapy, Exeter, UK.
Minami, M., Richards, D.A., Mullan, E.G., & Ishiyama, F.I. (2015, October). In Order to “Shine Bright Like a Diamond”: Prospect of Morita Therapy in the U.K. Paper presentation at the International Symposium. The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Okayama, Japan.
Minami, M. (2015, October). Morita therapy in civil war affected areas Part 1: Rwanda, Chapter 4: Final Results. Paper presentation at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Okayama, Japan.
Minami, M. (2015, June). Nurturing reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda: Experiences of survivors and perpetrators in action-based psychosocial reconciliation program. Paper presentation at the Counselling Psychology Symposium “Global Collaborations: Canadian Counselling Psychologists in India, Nepal, and Rwanda.” The 76th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, O.N., Canada.