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6th Global Summit on Spirituality, Religion, and Mental Health

May 14-15, 2026

Boston (MA), USA

Our Vision

The 6th Global Summit on Spirituality, Religion & Mental Health will be a centralized opportunity for interdisciplinary and international engagement, discourse, collaboration, and strategy-building to chart the future of the psychology of religion and spirituality. The Summit- to be held in Boston, MA, USA - represents a landmark moment. It is the first collaborative initiative of its kind between the World Psychiatric Association’s Section on Religion Spirituality & Psychiatry, and the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Psychology of Religion & Spirituality.

Register Now to Get Early Bird Pricing

General Attendee: $250 USD

Student: $125 USD

Chaplain/Faith Leader: $200 USD

Early bird pricing available until 3/14/26. The deadline to submit a proposal has now passed. Those who submitted will be hearing from us by February 4.

Apply to Attend as a Student Fellow

With the generous support of Divine Mercy University we are grateful to be able to extend a stipend toward the travel, accommodations, and registration of a select group of students who are engaged in charting the future of spirituality, religion, and mental health. To be considered for this fellowship, please fill out the following form. Fellows selection will be announced in mid February.

Applications open until January 30.

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Travel and Accommodation

The 6th Global Summit on Spirituality, Religion, and Mental Health will take place at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center in Boston, MA, USA. Attendees can reach Boston via the Boston Logan International Airport, Amtrak, or bus.

Hotels near the Summit venue include:

The Inn at Longwood Medical
Arcadian Hotel
Hilton Garden Inn Boston Brookline
The Verb Hotel Boston
Additional options can be found on Airbnb

International Organizing Committee

Co-Chairs:

Dr. David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP (USA; President, APA Division 36)
Dr. Alan Fung, MD, ScD, FRCPC, DFAPA (Canada; Chair, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)

Members:

Dr. Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, PhD (Brazil; Past Chair, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
Dr. Bruno Paz Mosqueiro, MD, PhD (Brazil; Co-Chair, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
Dr. Peter Verhagen, MD, PhD (The Netherlands; Past Chair, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
Dr. Rajashree Ray, MD, FRCPsych (UK) (India; Secretary, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
Esther Kim (USA; Program Chair, APA Division 36)
Dr. Leihua Edstrom (USA; Program Chair, APA Division 36)
Dr. Glen Milstein (USA; President Elect, APA Division 36)
Dr. Hasan Kaplan (Turkey; Dean, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Yalova University)
Dr. Hanneke Schaap-Jonker (Netherlands; Full Professor in Clinical Psychology of Religion, Vrije Universiteit)
Dr. King-Yee Agatha Chong, MBChB, FHKCPsych, FHKAM(Psychiatry) (Hong Kong SAR, China; Executive Committee Member, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
Dr. Sarah Eagger, MBBS, FRCPsych (United Kingdom; Executive Committee Member, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
Dr. Marta Helena de Freitas (Brazil; President of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion- IAPR)
Dr. Constantine Psimopoulos (USA; Instructor on Bioethics and Human Flourishing/Senior Program Admin, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Dr. Farha Abbasi, MD (USA; Executive Committee Member, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
Dr. Anahy Fonseca, MD (Brazil; Executive Committee Member, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)

Scientific Organizing Committee

Co-Chairs:

Dr. Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, PhD (Brazil; Past Chair, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
Esther Kim (USA; Program Chair, APA Division 36)

Members (Psychiatry):

Dr. John R. Peteet (USA; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School)
Dr. Mary Lynn Dell (USA; Chair, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Associate Medical Director, Institute of Living/Hartford Healthcare; Professor of Psychiatry, UConn School of Medicine & Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University)
Dr. Bruno Paz Mosqueiro, MD, PhD (Brazil; Co-Chair, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
Dr. Peter Verhagen, MD, PhD (The Netherlands; Past Chair, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
Dr. Alan Fung, MD, ScD, FRCPC, DFAPA (Canada; Chair, WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)

Members (Psychology):

Dr. Joseph Currier (USA; Member-at-large, APA Division 36)
Dr. Glen Milstein (USA; President Elect, APA Division 36)
Dr. Jennifer Ripley (USA; Hughes Endowed Chair, Regent University)
Dr. Scott Richards (USA; President, Bridges Institute for Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies)
Dr. Craig Warlick (USA; Assistant Professor of Counseling, Texas Tech University)
Dr. Sarah Salcone (USA; Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, NewYork Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medicine)
Dr. Theresa Clement Tisdale (USA; Professor of Clinical Psychology, Azusa Pacific University)
Dr. Leihua Edstrom (USA; Program Chair, APA Division 36)
Dr. Hasan Kaplan (Turkey; Dean, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Yalova University)
Dr. Marta Helena de Freitas (Brazil; President of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion- IAPR)

Members (Chaplaincy):

Angelika A. Zollfrank, MDiv, BCC (USA; Chaplain, McLean Hospital)
Kerry Maloney, MDiv (USA; Chaplain and Director of Religious and Spiritual Life, Harvard Divinity School)
Csaba Szilagyi, MDiv, MLA, MS, ACPE, FACHE (USA; Director, Transforming Chaplaincy)
Allison Kestenbaum, MA, MPA, BCC-PCHAC, ACPE Certified Educator (USA; Associate Clinical Professor, UC San Diego Health Sciences)
Alex Beth Schapiro, MAPCC, BCC (USA; Manager of Spiritual Services, ACO Spiritual Health, Atlantic Health System)
Natasha Dachos, MSSW, MAPCC, BCC (USA; Chaplain, New York Presbyterian Hospital)

You're invited

6th Global Summit on Spirituality, Religion, and Mental Health

Our Vision

Register Now to Get Early Bird Pricing

Apply to Attend as a Student Fellow

Travel and Accommodation

International Organizing Committee

Scientific Organizing Committee

Global Summit Hosts

Global Summit Partners & Sponsors

You're invited

6th Global Summit on Spirituality, Religion, and Mental Health

Our Vision

Register Now to Get Early Bird Pricing

Apply to Attend as a Student Fellow

Travel and Accommodation

International Organizing Committee

Scientific Organizing Committee

Global Summit Hosts

Global Summit Partners & Sponsors

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