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It is soon April and we have again prepared an interesting and intriguing topic for DiaMind 2026 for you. The symposium will be organized for the 14th time on April 8th and 9th, 2026 - for the 6th time on-line.
And now for DiaMind 2026! Here is the topic:
Diabetes Distress: Identify. Understand. Manage.
Psychological and Ethical Considerations
We have precious colleagues that will be with us and will be fully engaged in a debate with you, dear DiaMind friends and we kindly ask YOU to be engaged as co-creators of this meeting:
Richard I.G. Holt is a professor of Medicine and Diabetes at Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, 30 University of Southampton, Southampton UK & University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
Jane Speight is a professor of Health Psychology at School of Psychology
Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University,
Geelong, Victoria, and The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Diabetes Victoria,
Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Andreia Mocan, PhD is a clinical psychologist and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist. She works at the Center for Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolic Disease at the Emergency Clinical County Hospital in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her primary focus is on diabetes self-management and the mental health needs of adolescents and adults with diabetes.
Julie Wagner is the professor of Health psychology on University of Connecticut Schools of Dental Medicine and Medicine.
Sally Openshaw is a Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapist working in private practice in The Forest of Dean, UK. Sally is an Accredited Fellow of College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists. She is a certified Integrative Psychotherapist and Supervisor. Sally is the President of the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association (IIPA).
Karin Kanc, MD, PhD is the co-organizer of DiaMind, diabetologist in her own diabetes practice jazindiabetes (Diabetes & Me) and an integrative psychotherapist (IIPA).
Who is this meeting for?
Educators, medical doctors (GPs, diabetologists, pediatricians and others), psychologists, psychotherapists, dietitians, pharmacists and other health care professionals that work with people with diabetes.
Where and when?
Online - April 8th and April 9th, from 16:00 CEST to 17:30 CEST
Registration fee?
None - FREE of CHARGE!
How to apply?
Registration is currently closed.
For information please contact us at info@diamind.si.
Andreia Mocan, PhD is a clinical psychologist and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist. She works at the Center for Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolic Disease at the Emergency Clinical County Hospital in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her primary focus is on diabetes self-management and the mental health needs of adolescents and adults with diabetes. She also supervises and trains young clinical psychologists and coordinates their activities. She is invited to speak about diabetes mental health to psychology/medical students, as well as to members of the healthcare team. She is a member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Diabetes Distress Guideline Project and of the Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes (PSAD) Study Group where she coordinates the Clinical Practice Interest Group.
Sally Openshaw is a Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapist working in private practice in The Forest of Dean, UK. Sally is an Accredited Fellow of College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists. She is a certified Integrative Psychotherapist and Supervisor. Sally is the President of the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association (IIPA). She balances her busy working life with a weekly dose of grandchildren and growing vegetables on the land around her home. 
Kristina Groti Antonić, MD, PhD, is a specialist of internal medicine at the University Clinical Centre of Ljubljana, where she works as researcher and clinician at the Endocrinological Clinical Department. She has numerous publications from the field of Endocrinology.
Nika Kovač, MS is the founding director of the 8th of March Research Institute, a movement-building organization that uses storytelling and advocacy to confront gender and economic inequalities across Slovenia. Nika has a master’s degree in social and cultural anthropology from the University of Ljubljana and was a member of the 2020 class of the Obama Foundation Leaders program in Europe.
Živa Gornik, BSc is anthropology student finishing her master's research on Student Sex Work in Slovenia. She is fascinated by the world of human sexuality, by psychotherapy and science communication.
Karin Kanc, MD, PhD is the co-organizer of DiaMind, diabetologist in her own diabetes practice jazindiabetes (Diabetes & Me) and an integrative psychotherapist (IIPA), serving as a member of the Board of Trustees at IIPA. She was proclaimed by the PWD's: The Diabetologist of the Year 2024.