Arts-Focused Events
Tour: “The Roads Continued On” (music and film)
(2024, October). Third International Conference on Beauty and Change—Aesthetics and Human Flourishing: Theories, Experiments and Applications, University of Turin and Giorgio Amendola Foundation, Turin, Italy/online.
(2024, October). International Conference on Art Studies, Milan, Italy. Proceedings published in Art Studies (p. 4), Diamond Scientific Publishing. ISBN: 978-609-485-619-8
(2024, September). Mari Törőcsik Toronto Hungarian Film Festival, Toronto, ON.
(2024, September). Eurotas 24: Creative Bridges—Embodied Consciousness, Psyche & Soul in Research and Practice, University of Oxford, UK.
Book Chapters
Lang, J., O’Hara, C., Redden, J., & Riedel, M. (2026). The “critical moment window”: Qualitative inquiry into the psychotherapy process and personal therapy experiences of clinicians. In M. Lichtman (Ed.)., Understanding Qualitative Inquiry (pp. 169–186). Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 979-8-90134-088-2
Lang, J., & Cupchik, G. C. (2023). Questions of space in lived experiences of vocational discernment. In K. Wysznacka (Ed.), Research results 2023—Catharsis: Architectural theory, art and research in social or interdisciplinary sciences (pp. 5–24). National Library of Poland, Catharsis Conferences Publishing. ISBN: 978-83-968243-0-1
Stamatopoulou, D., Lang, J., & Cupchik G. C. (2019). Empathy, awe and the sublime: Where aesthetics and ethics meet in experience. In A. K. Bach (Ed.), Empathy: Past, present and future perspectives (pp. 197–266). Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-53616-372-8
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Lang, J., Pabale, F., Rebello, C. B., Ignacio, A., & Cupchik, G. C. (2024). Story writing and the “play of imagination.” Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000664
Lang, J., Stamatopoulou, D., & Cupchik, G. C. (2024). The role of personality in moving encounters with sacred art. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 43(1), 24–36. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2024.43.1-2.24
Boulis, M., Lang, J., Stamatopoulou, D., & Cupchik, G. C. (2023). Attachment and imagination in Coptic Christians’ religious and aesthetic experiences. Saeculum, 56(2), 109–132. https://doi.org/10.2478/saec-2023-0023
Lang, J., Körner, C., & Körner, A. (2023). Deeper than belief: Intuitive judgment as a context-driven process. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 23(3-4), 420–436. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12340170
Stamatopoulou, D., Lang, J., & Cupchik, G. C. (2022). Dialectical relations between culture and religion in self-transcending experiences of sublime and awe: The exemplar case of religious paintings. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 11(1), 82–110. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000340
Lang, J., & Cupchik, G. C. (2021). “The story is my life”: Bridging symbol to self in a novel creative and reflective writing task. Creativity: Theories, Research, Applications, 8(2), 4–19. https://doi.org/10.2478/ctra-2021-0014
Lang, J., Stamatopoulou, D., & Cupchik, G. C. (2020). A qualitative inquiry into the experience of sacred art among Eastern and Western Christians in Canada. Archiv für Religionspsychologie / Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 42(3), 317–334. https://doi.org/10.1177/0084672420933357
Robinson, S., Lang, J., Hernandez, A. M., Cameron, M., Holz, T., & Brannon, B. (2018). Outcomes of dialectical behavior therapy administered by an interdisciplinary team. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 32(4), 512–516.
https://doi.org/10.1016/J.APNU.2018.02.009
Lang, J. (2018). Sociohistorical transformations in beliefs about anorexia nervosa. Almagest Journal of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Toronto, 2, 11–31.
Protocols
Lang, J., Maniragaba, T., Andersen, N., Dade, N., Kelly, B., Ntizimira, C., Körner, A., & Henry, M. (2022). Palliative care for survivors of humanitarian crises: A scoping review protocol. Open Science Framework. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DSJ94
Educational Materials
MacKinnon, C. J., & Lang, J. (2019). Course handbook – Bereavement psychotherapy: A meaning-enhancing approach to loss / La psychotherapie du deuil : Une approche qui ameliore la signification de la perte. Un cours agréé par l’Ordre des psychologues du Québec (OPQ).
Lang, J. (2016, August). Dialectical behaviour therapy: Treatment options and outcomes for borderline personality disorder (BPD). The Current at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, 2.
Conference Talks
Deamond, H., Devault-Tousignant, C., Lang, J., Lo, C., Silver, J., Rosberger, Z., Frenkiel, S., Zeitouni, A., Kost, K., Mlynarek, A., Richardson, K., Chartier, G., Mascarella, M., Sadeghi, N., Sultanem, K., Shenouda, G., Cury, F., & Henry, M. (2024, June). Psychological factors outperform disease characteristics in predicting quality of life in head and neck cancer. Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (CSOHNS) 78th Annual Meeting, Montréal, QC.
Lang, J., & Cupchik, G. C. (2023, November). Questions of space in lived experiences of vocational discernment. Catharsis Conference on Architectural Theory, Art and Research in Social or Interdisciplinary Sciences, Lodz, Poland/online.
Lang, J., Pabale, F., Rebello, C. B., Ignacio, A., & Cupchik, G. C. (2023, November). The “play of imagination” in creative and reflective writing. Second International Conference on Beauty and Change—Aesthetic Experience: Philosophical, Psychological and Neuroscientific Perspectives, University of Turin and Giorgio Amendola Foundation, Turin, Italy.
Deamond, H., Lang, J., Silver, J., & Henry, M. (2023, September). Quality of life trajectories in head and neck cancer. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nashville, TN. Proceedings published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 169(S1), 67–68. https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.435
Lang, J., Stamatopoulou, D., & Cupchik, G. C. (2022, October). Moved to action: Callings, discernment, and engagement with religious material culture. International Conference on Beauty and Change—Interdisciplinary Perspectives, University of Turin and Giorgio Amendola Foundation, Turin, Italy.
Lang, J., Maniragaba, T., Andersen, N., Dade, N., Kelly, B., Ntizimira, C., Körner, A., & Henry, M. (2022, August). Palliative care for survivors of humanitarian crises: A scoping review. International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) and Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology (CAPO) World Congress, Toronto, ON. Proceedings published in Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 4(S1), 118. http://doi.org/10.1097/OR9.0000000000000084
Körner, C., Lang, J., Ta, V., MacDonald, C., & Körner, A. (2021, July). Personality characteristics, superstition and rational decision making in minors. 32nd International Congress of Psychology (ICP): Open Minds, Societies & World, Prague, Czech Republic/online. Proceedings published in International Journal of Psychology, 58(S1), 823. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13054
Boulis, M., Lang, J., & Cupchik, G. C. (2021, July). Attachment patterns, spirituality and aesthetic experiences in the Coptic Egyptian population. 25th Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Olomouc, Czech Republic/online.
Lang, J., Pabale, F., Ignacio, A., Rebello, C., & Cupchik, G. C. (2021, May). Imagination, insight, and narrative identity: Piloting a new creative and self-reflective writing task. Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) Conference, online.
Pabale, F., Lang, J., Ignacio, A., Rebello, C., & Cupchik, G. C. (2020, September). Building bridges for collaboration through virtual methods during the pandemic. NVivo Virtual Conference, QSR International, online.
Stamatopoulou, D., Lang, J., Cupchik, G. C. (2018, August). Where aesthetics and ethics could meet: The experience of awe and the sublime in the case of religious icons. 25th Congress of the International Association for Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA), Toronto, ON.
Lang, J., Stamatopoulou, D., & Cupchik, G. C. (2017, March). Cross-cultural investigation of the role of sacred art in emotions experienced in religious contexts. Interdisciplinary Research and Discovery Symposium, Graduate Student Association and Scarborough Campus Student Union, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON.
Posters
Körner, A., Lang, J., Körner, C., & Yendell, A. (2022, August). Overt versus covert magical thinking in the 21st century. Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Minneapolis, MN.
Lang, J., Andersen, N., Benchimol-Elkaim, B., Frederickson, A., M. Lannes, E. E., Slattery, J., & Körner, A. (2021, June). Reconsidering predictors of religious belief: Cross-sectional study of theism and individual differences in the German context. 82nd Annual National Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), online.
Mendoza, K., Hernandez, A. M., Robinson, S., Lang, J., Holz, T., Cameron, M., & Brannon, B. (2017, August). Re-evaluation of the Borderline Personality Self-Regulation Clinic at Ontario Shores using intention-to-treat. UOIT Research Conference, Oshawa, ON.
Lang, J., Wagner, F., & Mathien, T. (2017, June). Self-concept in anorexia nervosa and implications for ethical treatment practices. Joint Centre for Bioethics Sixth Annual Research and Awards Day, Dalla Lana School for Public Health, Toronto, ON.
Kriegel, G., Hernandez, A. M., Selvarasah, A., Lang, J., & Fadel, M. (2017, February). Antinuclear antibody prevalence in the adolescent inpatient population with psychotic symptoms. Annual International Mental Health Conference at Ontario Shores, Whitby, ON.
Robinson, S., Lang, J., Hernandez, A. M., Cameron, M., Holz, T., & Brannon, B. (2017, February). Interdisciplinary administration of dialectical behavior therapy at a tertiary care facility: Comparing 12-month intensive and 6-month skills group program outcomes. Annual International Mental Health Conference at Ontario Shores, Whitby, ON.
Invited Talks
Lang, J., Maniragaba, T., Andersen, N., Dade, N., Kelly, B., Ntizimira, C., Körner, A., & Henry, M. (2022, November). The state of research in palliative care for patients and families who have endured humanitarian crises. Global Noncommunicable Diseases Alliance (GNCDA), Department of Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montréal, QC.
Lang, J. (2020, March). The contemplative tradition of discernment and contemporary psychotherapy. Villa St-Martin : centre de ressourcement spirituel [Villa St. Martin: Spiritual healing and retreat centre], Pierrefonds, QC.
Lang, J., & Hernandez, A. M. (2016, July). Outcomes of DBT at the Borderline Personality Self-Regulation Clinic (BPSR). Program Steering Committee, Ontario Shores, Whitby, ON.
Lang, J., & Hernandez, A. M. (2016, July). Dialectical behaviour therapy for outpatients with borderline personality disorder: 12-month intensive versus 6-month outcomes. Integrated Community Access Program (ICAP) Outpatient Treatment Quality Council, Ontario Shores, Whitby, ON.
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