Reaching through resistance: Treating the highly resistant patient with ISTDP The majority of all psychotherapy patients do not benefit sufficiently from medications or psychotherapies, including manualized CBT or traditional psychoanalytic therapy. Such patients typically present with entrenched symptoms, relational difficulties and self-defeating behaviour patterns, which destroy their efforts to benefit from psychotherapy. This type of […]

Treatment of the fragile client: Building capacity and bringing structural change Fragile Character structure is a common cause of treatment resistance in psychiatric and psychotherapy patients of all diagnostic groups. Frequently misdiagnosed as a range of conditions, these patients are often heavily medicated, hospitalized and become involved in complex, destructive interactions with healthcare systems and […]

FOCUS ON COMPLEX AND TREATMENT RESISTANT CASES Will detail the psychodiagnostic and treatment process with 2 or 3 cases with complex pathology requiring modified methods. Presentations by Drs Joel Town and Kostas Monas. This is followed by optional 2 days of case supervision and presentations by colleagues You can register here.

The Canadian Experiential Dynamic Therapy Society & Institute (CEDTSI) is excited to announce the inaugural Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Symposium, a 2-day seminar aimed at helping therapists develop greater skills in identifying and addressing both high anxiety and barriers to intimacy in the therapeutic relationship that commonly interfere with successful treatment outcomes. The presenters will be […]