We are pleased to announce the 3rd Danish Immersion in Davanloo’s ISTDP with Dr. Allan Abbass:
Keeping up the pressure in ISTDP: Assessment and treatment of the highly resistant client
January 26 - 28, 2017 at BryggenKulturhus, Copenhagen
The majority of all psychotherapy clients do not benefitsufficiently frompsycho-pharmacologyor psychotherapies, such as manualizedCBT, or traditional psychoanalytic therapy. Thus treatment resistance is very common. Many patients continue to suffer from their symptoms, relational difficulties, and self-defeating behaviors, which destroy their efforts to benefit from psychotherapy. This resistance is common, costly and frustrating to health care providers, and the patients we try to help.
To respond to the problem of resistance, Davanloo developed his technique of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). The method has a built-in assessment and intervention tool for evaluating and handling resistance of any degree, thus enabling efficient treatment forup to 9 out of 10 clients seekingpsychotherapy.
Ten published studies,including a recentstudy from Norway, shows, that ISTDP can be a highly effective form of treatment for resistant patients.
In this in-depth videotape based Immersion course Dr. Allan Abbass, author of Reaching through Resistance,and Danishcolleagues,will cover the following areas:
Overview of Davanloo’s Metapsychology of resistance
Overview of the spectrum of suitable patients, with videotape illustrations
Review of common causes of treatment resistance
Psychodiagnostic assessment to determine degree and type of resistance
Nature and timing of interventions, including pressure, challenge and head-on- collision with resistance
Partial and Major Unlocking of the Unconscious
About the speaker
Dr. Allan Abbass
Dr. Allan Abbass is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director of Psychiatric Education, and founding Director of the Centre for Emotions and Health at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada.He is a leading award winning teacher and researcher in the area of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, with over 150 publications and 200 invited presentations over the globe. These articles can be viewed at
He is known for simplifying the theory and technical aspects of the ISTDP model, with the use of algorithms and through highlighting moment-to-moment processes that inform interventions. He has received a number of teaching awards, including two national awards in psychiatry. He has been honored with visiting professorships at several international universities and institutions, holds recurrent intensive training programs in Norway, Sweden, Italy, and Canada, and provides internet based training to professionals and groups around the world.
Dr. Abbass’ recent research includes clinical trials and meta-analyses of Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, including the Cochrane Review of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for common mental disorders. He provides training programs for local and international audiences in the area of anxiety, depression, somatic disorders, and personality disorders.
Dr. Abbass’ critically acclaimed textbook on ISTDP “Reaching Through Resistance: Advanced Psychotherapy Techniques”was published in 2015.
Registration Form: 3rd Danish ISTDP Immersion, January 26-28, 2017
Location:Kulturhuset Islands Brygge, Islands Brygge 18, 2300 København S.
Dates:January 26 – 28, 2016(9 – 17 all days)
Fee: 5.000 Danish Kroner
4.000 Danish Kroner for ISTDP core group members, and members of the Danish Society for ISTDP
3.000 Danish Kroner for full-time students
The fee includes a light morning snack, lunch, refreshments, a course handout, and literature.
Fees are due upon registration to reserve a spot and seating is limited.
75% refundable until November 31st 2016
Non-refundable after November 31st2016
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