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Core Training in ISTDP with the Netherlands Foundation for ISTDP

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The International Core Group Training Program organized by the Netherlands Foundation for ISTDP will be open to Dutch and non-Dutch colleagues, who fulfill the following criteria:

  • registered psychotherapist, psychiatrist, MD, MFT, or clinical psychologist
  • working in the mental healthcare sector

Exceptions can be requested for colleagues who are currently following a training program for registration as psychotherapist or psychiatrist.

Language: English, Dutch, or German

IEDTA Certified: Yes, ISTDP

Trainers/Supervisors

  • Josette ten Have-de Labije
  • Kees Cornelissen

The first three blocks of the first year  will be given by Josette ten Have-de Labije and the fourth block by Kees Cornelissen or by  another  trainer/supervisor. During the second and third years, two blocks of training/supervision will be given by either Josette ten Have-de Labije, two blocks by Kees Cornelissen, or two blocks will be given  by another trainer/supervisor.

Number of Core Group Members

Each core group will consist of at least 4 and at most 10 members.

Schedule

The international core group training program will take three years.

Four times a year (e.g., in February/March, May, July, and November), the core group members and  the trainer/supervisor will meet for 2 or 3 consecutive days of 6 – 8 hours (e.g., Friday, Saturday, Sunday). The number of days depends on the size of the group.

In between the four blocks, the core-(sub)group members meet together every two weeks for peer intervision.

The core group members are expected to participate in the VKDP Summer School (which takes place every two years, mostly in September).

Location

Location of the meetings with the trainers/supervisors is dependent on the composition of the core group (nationality, home address).

For example, if all core group members live in Great Britain, then the meetings will be there. If a core group consists of members living in Great Britain, Holland, and Denmark, then the meetings will take place in these countries or in Berlin.

Regarding the peer intervisions: in the latter case, the English subgroup will have peer intervision in England, the Dutch subgroup in Holland, the Danish subgroup in Denmark.

Core Group Syllabus

Year 1: 4 blocks of 2 or 3 consecutive days

The first year of the core group training program must be considered as a condensed combination of theoretical course, workshop, and supervision.

For all blocks of training/supervision the participants must bring video material of sessions with their patients.

The supervisors want to see the first five minutes of the session to be supervised plus 15 minutes of  the part of the therapy process where the supervisee wants help. These 15 minutes must be subtitled in English or transcribed in English on paper, in which case photocopies of these 15 minutes are given to the other core Group members

Block 1

The first block of 2 or 3 days will consist of:

  • an introduction to theory and method of ISTDP
  • an introduction to managing the triangles of conflict and person
  • the theory and practice of restructuring the ego-adaptive capacity
  • supervision of the core group members’ videotaped sessions
  • evaluation of Block 1

NB: contents of evaluation of a block may have bearing on the contents of the next block.

In between Blocks 1 and 2

Core group members are expected to implement what they have learned in their therapies with their patients and to meet each other once every two weeks for peer intervision.

Block 2

The second block will consist of:

  • theory of superego pathology
  • workshop (role playing) on managing the Head-on Collision
  • supervision of the core group members’ videotaped sessions with their patients
  • evaluation of Block 2

In between Blocks 2 and 3

See above, under “In between Blocks 1 and 2.”

Block 3

The third block will consist of:

  • workshop (role playing) on managing the triangles of conflict/persons and the Head-on Collision
  • supervision of the core group members’ videotaped sessions with their patients
  • evaluation of Block 3

In between Blocks 3 and 4

See above, under “In between Blocks 1 and 2.” If there is a VKDP Summer School: participation.

Block 4

The fourth block will consist of:

  • supervision of the core group members’ videotaped sessions with their patients
  • role playing on the basis of supervision
  • evaluation of Block 4
  • evaluation of Year 1 (including evaluation of each core group members’ achievement) and rubrication of needs re the program of the second year

Years 2 and 3

In the second and third year the emphasis is on the supervision of the core group members’ videotaped therapy with their patients and the flow of these therapy processes.

Depending on the evaluation of the first year, the supervisions will be supplemented by theoretical courses, workshops and audiovisual presentations.

Cost

600-700 Euro per block per group member.

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