HEALING ATTACHMENT TRAUMA WITH SHORT-TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY: THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESSING UNCONSCIOUS FEELINGS EARLY IN TREATMENT

Insecure attachment and problems in the client’s life and therapy – How can the therapist help to resolve the problems?

At this conference, Dr. Neborsky will demonstrate the technique of Attachment Based Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (AB-ISTDP), a form of therapy that relies heavily on the research and method of Dr Habib Davanloo, whose research on psychiatric outpatients demonstrated how accessing unconscious affects (“unlocking the unconscious”) early in the course of dynamic psychotherapy accelerates and deepens the therapeutic process, ensuring a favorable outcome. Dr Davanloo also recognized the importance of maintaining a secure attachment bond between the client and therapist, similar to the bond between the child and the caregiver, and its importance for the adult’s mental health.

Dr Robert Neborsky will present video-filmed vignettes from psychotherapy sessions (subtitled in English) of his adaptation of Davanloo’s method, and demonstrate how the therapist can help clients improve their adult attachment, from insecure states toward secure forms of adult attachment.