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Organizing Committee
Get to know the members of the RELATES 2026 Organizing Committee, responsible for managing and ensuring the smooth running of the congress.

Dra. Yasna Badilla
President. Department of Psychology, Universidad de La Frontera

Dr. Ricardo Henríquez
Vice President. Director of CIFOPSI - Academic at Bernardo O'Higgins University

Dr. Benjamín Téllez
Vice President. Institute of Neurosciences, Austral University of Chile - Let's Talk Valdivia

Ts. Angie Carrasco
Vice President. Institute of Neurosciences, Austral University of Chile - Let's Talk Valdivia

Dr. Pablo Concha
Vice President. University of Talca - Trawun Center

Dr. Rubén Sánchez
Treasurer. Universidad de La Frontera

Mg. Patricia Santibáñez
President of the Academic Committee. Universidad de La Frontera
Our
coordinators

Dra. Cecilia Mayorga

Dra. Christianne Zulic

Mg. Clementina Hueche

Mg. Jorge Velásquez

Ps. Javiera Salgado

Margarita Arriagada

Azucena Vallejos

Ps. Tamara Aránguiz

Mg. Mariana Castillo

Ps. Javiera Fernández

Mg. Eduardo Troncoso

Mg. Mónica Rodríguez

Mg. Tatiana Quiroz
meet our
Scientific Committee
We present our RELATES 2026 Scientific Committee, a group of key academics from our network.

Annette Kreuz
Director of the Phase 2 Family Therapy Center in Valencia, where she has led accredited systemic training programs since 1989.

Carlos Sluzki
He has been a professor of Psychiatry at the universities of California San Francisco, Massachusetts and California Los Angeles, and directed the historic Mental Research Institute of Palo Alto.

Juan Luis Linares
Founder and director of the Sant Pau School of Family Therapy in Barcelona, co-founder and honorary president of the European and Latin American Network of Systemic Schools (RELATES) and former president of various family therapy associations in Spain and Europe.

Reynaldo Perrone
Founder of the Institut de Formation et d'Application des Thérapies de la Communication (IFATC) and reference for strategic systemic therapy in France.

Roberto Pereira
President of the Basque-Navarre School of Family Therapy, co-founder of RELATES and a key figure in the development of systemic training in the Basque Country and Navarre.

Marcelo Ceberio
Director of the Argentine Systemic School and of the Doctorate in Psychology at the University of Flores in Buenos Aires, prolific author in family therapy and communication.

Raúl Medina
Professor at the University of Guadalajara and founder-director of the Tzapopan Institute Guadalajara, dedicated to training and supervision in systemic therapy.

Regina Giraldo
Founder and Director of the Systemic School of Bogotá. Former president and founding board member of RELATES. Expert in violence against women. Recognized for her career in the training and development of systemic therapy in Latin America.
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Academic Committee
Meet the people who make up the Academic Committee of the Relates 2026 Congress, responsible for evaluating presentation proposals and ensuring the academic quality of the event.

Mg. Patricia Santibáñez
President. Universidad de La Frontera

Facundo Cocola
RELATES

Claudia Cáceres
Chilean Institute of Family Therapy (IChTF)

Denise Tuma
Chilean Institute of Family Therapy (IChTF)

Carolina Bozzo
Adolfo Ibáñez University / CAPSIS

Claudio Zamorano
University of Chile (FACSO)

Viviana Tartakowsky
Carrera de Psicología Universidad Bernardo O´higgins

Rodrigo Moya
Catholic University of the North

Pablo Labarca
Santo Tomás University Puerto Montt

Rodrigo Mardones
Santo Tomás University Concepción - Los Angeles

Felipe García
University of Concepción

Jaime Fontbona
Austral University of Puerto Montt

Ailin Sandoval
Universidad de La Frontera

Christianne Zulic
Universidad de La Frontera

Rocío Jeréz
Santo Tomás University Valdivia

Pablo Concha
University of Talca

Diana Rivera
Pontifical Catholic University

Ana María Zlachevzki
Idialogos

Tita Szmulewicz
PUC, Department of Psychiatry

Anna Vilaregut
Ramon Llull University

Ana Relvas
University of Coimbra

Edmundo Campusano
University of Christian Humanism Academy (UAHC)

Héctor Esquivel
Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI)/CAPSIS

Fredy Orellana
Humaniza Chile

Francisca Román
Universidad de La Frontera

Cristian Vásquez
Systemic School of Chile

Alejandra González
Paraguayan Systemic School

Edgar Lomelí
University of the Valley of Atemajac, Guadalajara, Mexico