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13th Halifax Immersion in ISTDP with Dr Allan Abbass
28 September 2016 - 30 September 2016
1000CADResistance to all varieties of mental health treatment is common, costly and frustrating to providers. Treatments can become prolonged, drop outs occur or the treatment results in adverse effects. To respond to the problem of resistance, Davanloo developed his technique of Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy. ISTDP has a built in assessment and intervention tool evaluate and handle high degrees of treatment resistance, enabling treatment of up to 86% of clients presenting for psychotherapy.
This in depth videotape based Immersion will cover the following areas:
- Overview of Davanloo’s Metapsychology of Resistance
- A systematic assessment tool as described in Reaching Through Resistance
- Nature of interventions including pressure, challenge and head on collision with resistance
- The timing of these interventions to further the alliance and prevent misalliance
- Partial and Major Unlocking of the Unconscious
- Countertransference and therapist issues in working with resistance
Guest Presenters will include Dr Leon Baruh, an ISTDP Trainer in Italy and a Board Member of the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association.