How did you first become aware of or interested in ISTDP? It was whilst on a placement as part of my Clinical Psychology Training. My desire to know what to do in therapy to bring about maximum change had drawn me towards Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which has done some great research into how to make [...]

I wanted to share my enthusiasm about Susan Hajkowski’s presentation last night at the ISTDP-UK evening seminar series. As always it is a privilege to witness another practitioner’s work, and it is exciting to see the application of ISTDP within a UK context, especially in the NHS which is a complex system of care delivery that [...]

Susan Hajkowski is presenting a seminar on behalf of ISTDP-UK on Friday 13 March where she will be discussing her research and the application of ISTDP within the NHS. We are so looking forward to your seminar and thank you for taking the time for this interview.   How did you first become aware of [...]

Dr. Risha Henry has spent the past five years training to become an ISTDP psychotherapist under the supervision of Dr. Josette ten Have-de Labije and Dr. Robert Neborsky. At a recent seminar in London arranged by ISTDP-UK, Dr. Henry recounted the obstacles she had faced and her ongoing efforts toward overcoming them. Dr. Henry’s talk [...]

ISTDP-UK hosted a weekend conference and workshop in Oxford during June. This event was a landmark conference in being entirely presented by practitioners and members based in the UK.  The conference, masterminded and organized by Mimi Kester and Mo Percival was held at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford. Among the delegates were David Malan [...]

ISTDP-UK is delighted to be anticipating the graduation of its fourth CORE training group.  Most of the trainees have actually completed their training, but are waiting loyally for one of their cohort who has yet to attend a couple of weekends during the Spring of 2015. The group have opted to wait and receive their [...]