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6th Further Education Day on January 23 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., JAZZCAMPUS:

Program

10:00 a.m. Joint start in plenary session for all, location: Jazzcampus Performance Stage H9

  • 10:00–10:15 a.m., warm-up with Horst Hildebrandt: Strengthening strengths – mental oasis: resource-activating exercise from mental training

  • 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Keynote speech by Alain Di Gallo: Young people between the worlds of childhood and adulthood – challenges and potential crises

  • 10:45 a.m. – 10:50 a.m., The workshop leaders introduce themselves: Stephanie Czernin, Horst Hildebrandt & Alain Di Gallo

  • 11:00 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. Three parallel workshops, part 1
    • Stephanie Czernin: Communication techniques for sensitive conversations – empathetic and effective communication, location: Jazzcampus Hall A16
    • Horst Hildebrandt: Regeneration in everyday working life – physiologically sensible approaches to tension, posture, breathing, and movement, location: Movement H8
    • Alain Di Gallo: Young people between the worlds of childhood and adulthood – challenges and potential crises, location: Jazzcampus Performance Stage H9

  • 12:50 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. Lunch together, location: Jazzcampus Club

  • 1:40 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. Three parallel workshops, part 2

  • 4:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Joint aperitif, location: Jazzcampus Club


5:00 p.m. End

Registration for one of the workshops will be possible via ASIMUT from December 1, 2025.

The workshops

Communication techniques for delicate conversations – empathic and effective communication

Stephanie Czernin

11:00 a.m. – 4:10 p.m., location: Jazzcampus Hall A16

We will work on basic techniques of effective and empathic communication and how to create a calm and safe atmosphere through emotion regulation and language techniques. I will introduce a few tried and tested basic techniques of empathic language that will immediately give you better control of the conversational atmosphere and more clarity. This allows you to build better (working) relationships and psychological safety. 

The workshop content: 

  • Insight into the neurobiological processes behind our reactions as well as the possibilities of emotion regulation and self-management. 
  • Basic human biology and the importance of the other person’s receptivity for effective communication. 
  • Introduction to basic techniques (7 steps + active listening). 
  • Basic principles of successful communication (general, Watzlawick). 
  • Strategies for creating a calm and safe atmosphere through emotion regulation and linguistic techniques. 
  • Framework conditions, clarifying the assignment, setting boundaries, feedback rules, etc. 

Dr. med Stephanie Czernin MSc: With a background as a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, Dr. Czernin now works as a self- and career management coach in Basel. Her areas of specialization include emotion regulation, self-management, strategic and conscious action as well as effective and empathic communication. She works with systemic and hypnotherapeutic methods, among others. www.czerninstrategies.ch

Workshop

Regeneration in everyday working life: Physiologically sensible approaches to tension, posture, breathing, and movement

Horst Hildebrandt

11:00 a.m. – 4:10 p.m., location: Movement H8

Current research findings on the influence of muscles, fasciae, and tendons are changing the way we deal with tension and discomfort. There is a growing repertoire of self-help options for dealing with the complex causes of imbalances and pain. These include, among other things, so-called bottleneck stretches and self-massage techniques. Furthermore, the naturally innate control and reflex systems of our posture, breathing, and muscle tension can be consciously reactivated and made accessible in a way that is beneficial for everyday working life. The redistribution of tension from the upper body, head, and arms to the lower body and legs plays a central role in this process. Using the examples of sitting and standing, exercises for independent application in everyday working life are taught and supplemented by tension-regulating approaches from mental training. 

A blanket or mat and socks should be brought to the course.   

Horst Hildebrandt (Prof. Dr. med., MA Violin) is a violinist and physician who has completed further training in dyskinesis, mental training, and pain therapy. He has many years of teaching experience and has headed the Department of Music Physiology/Music and Preventive Medicine at the Basel University of Music and the Zurich University of the Arts. Focus: Teaching and research in psycho-physiology, prevention, and health promotion.

Workshop

Young people between the worlds of childhood and adulthood – Challenges and potential crises

Alain Di Gallo

11:00 a.m. – 4:10 p.m., location: Jazzcampus Performance Stage H9

School stress, studying, media, gender, climate, war—as they grow up, teenagers and young adults are confronted with many questions that shape their identity development. 

Are the challenges becoming ever greater and young people becoming increasingly ill? To what extent do we feel these pressures in our pupils and students in the classroom? 

Have we become more sensitive to the mental suffering of children and young people? 

Or are we allowing ourselves to be misled by our own fears of change and underestimating the capabilities of the younger generation?

The keynote speech will present facts and developments relating to the mental health of the youngest generation. 

The aim of the workshop is to explore the content of the keynote speech in greater depth, share personal experiences, and discuss recommendations for dealing with young people suffering from mental health issues.

Prof. Dr. med. Alain Di Gallo is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He is the director of the Clinic for Children and Adolescents at UPK Basel and a titular professor at the University of Basel.

Workshop

Registration for the workshops is possible from June 2025 via ASIMUT.

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