The Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada, through the Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (CICP), organized an Internal Workshop: Youth Studies, Livelihood, Relational Wellbeing, and Scoping Review on September 10–12, 2025, at ARTOTEL Yogyakarta. This activity is part of the U’Good Grant Program: Vulnerable Youth – Navigating Meaningful Livelihood in Indonesia, an international research initiative that aims to explore social relations, community support, and the role of institutions in helping vulnerable youth achieve meaningful livelihoods. The UGood Grant Program is supported by the National Research Foundation (South Africa), Fondation Botnar (Switzerland), and the Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa).

A proud achievement comes from the Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada. The book Tazkiya Therapy in Islamic Psychoteraphy by Dr. Bagus Riyono, M.A., Psikolog, originally published by the renowned international publisher Routledge, has now been officially released in Russian. This work, born from the thoughts of an Indonesian academic, is a testament that local ideas can be appreciated and recognized on the global stage.

Sheilla Varadhila Peristianto, M.Psi., Psikolog, successfully earned her doctoral degree at the open defense of the Doctoral Program in Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, on Tuesday (19/08). Her dissertation, titled “The Concept of Rasa Rumangsa and Its Relation to the Subjective Burden of Families Caring for Individuals with Schizophrenia”, marked her as the 6,672nd doctoral graduate of UGM.

The Faculty of Psychology UGM and TVRI Yogyakarta are once again presenting OPSI: Obrolan Psikologi (Psychology Talks) with its tenth episode, airing on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM WIB. This episode carries the theme “Game Over: The Psychology Behind Video Games.” One of the goals of this episode is to explore in depth the psychological aspects of video games—when games can be beneficial and when they can turn into a dangerous boomerang.

Dr. Bagus Riyono, M.A., Psikolog, faculty member at the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), has once again received an international invitation. After his book Tazkiya Therapy in Islamic Psychotherapy was published by Routledge, the work has now become a subject of discussion in the Islamic Spirituality class at Respect Graduate School, Pennsylvania, United States. read more

Yogyakarta, 14 August 2025 – A research team from the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) has once again drawn attention from the global academic community through a bibliometric study mapping global trends in EEG-based (electroencephalography) hypnosis research. The study highlights how hypnosis is increasingly understood as a measurable neurophysiological process.

Published in the prestigious American Journal of Psychology, the research was authored by doctoral student in Psychology, Martaria Rizky Rinaldi, with the supervision team consisting of Dr. Nida Ul Hasanat, M.Si., Prof. Kwartarini Wahyu Yuniarti, M.Med.Sc., Ph.D., and in collaboration with Prof. Gilles van Luijtelaar from the Donders Centre for Cognition, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The team conducted a bibliometric analysis of 135 international Scopus-indexed publications as of 24 January 2025. Using VOSviewer, they identified research trends, leading authors and institutions, country contributions, and keyword networks related to EEG-based hypnosis studies.

The Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) hosted a Comprehensive Review Training led by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) from July 29 to 31, 2025. Organized by the Indonesian Association of Psychology Higher Education Providers (AP2TPI), the event welcomed 30 participants from various universities across Indonesia. The training was facilitated directly by Dr. Sonia Hines and Dr. Romy Jia from the University of Adelaide, Australia.

The training equipped participants with essential skills to systematically review different types of evidence, with the goal of providing a strong evidence base to support decision-making in healthcare. The program combined both theory and hands-on practice, where participants learned to formulate focused research questions, search for relevant literature, critically appraise, and synthesize evidence from studies.

Yogyakarta – The Center for Public Mental Health (CPMH) of the Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) once again held an online lecture titled “Childhood Footprints: The Impact of Adverse Experiences and the Power of Positive Experiences” on Friday (07/18). The theme explored how childhood experiences affect mental health and how positive experiences can counteract painful ones.

In her presentation, Diana Setiyawati, S.Psi., MHSc., Ph.D., Psychologist, a lecturer at UGM’s Faculty of Psychology, emphasized that life stress alone is not the sole cause of mental disorders.

Yogyakarta, July 30, 2025 – Martaria Rizky Rinaldi, Prof. Gilles van Luijtelaar, Dr. Nida Ul Hasanat, M.Si., Psikolog, and Prof. Dra. Kwartarini Wahyu Yuniarti, M.Med.Sc., Ph.D., Psikolog have successfully published their research titled “Clinical Hypnosis for Chronic Illnesses: A Scoping Review of Randomized Controlled Trials” in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental, a reputable Scopus-indexed international journal (Q2) with a 2024 SJR of 0.677 and an Impact Factor (IF) of 2.4. read more

The Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) hosted three major events aimed at strengthening evidence-based psychology practices in Indonesia. Organized by the Association of Indonesian Higher Education Providers in Psychology (AP2TPI) and supported by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), these events took place from July 28–31, 2025.

The three agendas included the Regional Workshop, Comprehensive Systematic Review Training, and the AP2TPI Board of Directors’ Working Meeting. Altogether, these activities served as a strategic step toward realizing stronger, standardized professional psychological practices.

The first agenda, the Regional Workshop: Evidence-Based Psychological Practice, was held on Monday (07/28) in room A-203. Serving as the opening event, it involved representatives from the Indonesian Psychological Association (HIMPSI). The workshop focused on aligning perspectives and formulating an action plan for developing evidence-based psychological services in Indonesia.