ISTDP training is based on a psychodynamic framework and covers the following areas:

• Carrying out the evaluation interview, or “trial therapy”, and the selection of patients appropriate for this method
  
• Psychodynamic assessment
  
• Development of a strong therapeutic alliance
  
• Identification of defences and therapeutic skills to assist patients to overcome maladaptive defence patterns and develop more adaptive patterns of relating to themselves and to others
  
• Facilitating the therapeutic experience and expression of emotions
  
• Conducting outcome evaluations after the termination of the therapy

Core Group Training is a fundamental aspect of ISTDP training.  It is an intensive course, meant for certified psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists. It is based on theoretical teaching, supervision, and discussion of videotaped clinical cases presented by therapists and by supervisors.   Group members receive individual supervision within a group setting, and are exposed to a wide variety of cases through watching other members’ cases and supervisory experiences.

Videotape of psychotherapy sessions is the most effective way of learning about emotions and their dynamics. For this reason, most ISTDP teaching and supervision is based on videotaped therapy.

All core group members must be willing to commit to at least one full year of training.  Participants wishing to join a core group must be willing to present videotapes of their work as this is one of the central features of this therapeutic approach.  Meetings take place over three full days, four times a year, over three years.  Core group members are expected to supplement their core group training through attendance of workshops, immersion courses and conferences. 

ISTDP-UK Core Training Group

A new core training group, co-ordinated by ISTDP-UK is scheduled to begin in June 2010. Rob Neborsky, Allan Abbass and Josette ten Have de Labije will be the trainers for this group. Numbers will be limited to 14.

The fees for the training are: £2400 per year payable quarterly in advance.

You can download the full training brochure here.
You can also download the application form here.

If you wish to apply please complete the application form and email it, with your CV and a short letter stating why you wish to train in ISTDP, to training@istdp.org.uk

If you need further information, please contact Alexandra Pokorny at training@istdp.org.uk

2010 UK Core Group Trainers:

	Robert J. Neborsky, M.D., President of The Southern California Society for ISTDP, is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine and UCLA School of Medicine (Honorary). He has been in private practice in Del Mar, California since 1981. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Neborsky has numerous publications in the field of Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy additionally is co-author of Short Term Therapy for Long-Term Change (Norton, 2001), a contributor to Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body, and Brain (Norton, 2003), and guest editor of the Ad Hoc Bulletin of Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy.
	Dr Allan Abbass, M.D., is currently a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director of Psychiatric Education and founding Director of the Centre for Emotions and Health at Dalhousie University. He completed medicine at Dalhousie, Family Medicine at McGill and Psychiatry residency at University of Toronto. He is a leading teacher and researcher in the area of Davanloo’s Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy. He has received a number of teaching awards including a national teaching award in Psychiatry. His recent research includes a randomized trial of ISTDP for personality disorders and several systematic reviews including the Cochrane Review of Short-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for common mental disorders. He provides ISTDP training programs to local and International audiences in the area of anxiety, depression, somatic disorders and personality disorders. This year he will provide ISTDP immersion course in Norway, UK, Poland, Italy and the USA. Among other awards and positions, he is very pleased to be a Visiting Professor at University of Derby, UK.
	Josette ten Have-de Labije, PhyD., is a registered psychologist-psychotherapist and clinical psychologist. She started her professional career in 1972 at the department for Neuro and Psychophysiology of the Free University of Brussels (Belgium). From 1989 - 1992 she was a member of the Dutch ISTDP group, which was trained and supervised by Professor Dr H. Davanloo. As one of the founders of the Dutch Association for Short term Dynamic Psychotherapy (VKDP), she has been on the Board until October 2004. She is the coordinator of the VKDP’s educational program. She has given professional presentations at the International Congress on STDP in Milan (2001), in Amsterdam (2002), in Washington (2003), Los Angeles (2005), and Grand Rounds, UC San Diego (2005) and LLI conferences at UC Los Angeles (2003, 2005) She edited the VKDP Summer school Proceedings 2001 : The working Alliance in ISTDP : Whose Intrapsychic Crisis ? and the Conference Proceedings 2002 : Natura Artis Magistra, (Un)conscious animals as Teachers of STDP. She is one of the editors of the Ad Hoc Bulletin of STDP : Practice and Theory and she wrote several articles.