Davanloo’s Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) begins with an intensive and comprehensive evaluation and treatment session called the Trial Therapy. The trial therapy allows you to establish both a conscious and unconscious therapeutic alliance, gather a complete history of problem areas, past and present relationships, and related medical and social factors, while evaluating your client’s response to a session of ISTDP. By the end of the interview, both therapist and client should have information about the suitability of this treatment and what format of treatment may be most beneficial.

Based on a study of several hundred trial therapies, we have found that the trial therapy is effective in reducing symptoms and interpersonal problems, and also effective in reducing excess healthcare use. There is also evidence that it is more effective than standard psychiatric intake interviews. http://reachingthroughresistance.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ISTDP-Research-1.pdf

In this 17th Halifax ISTDP Immersion Dr. Allan Abbass and Dr Joel Town along with Dr Angela Cooper will provide a detailed video – based study of a series of trial therapies from across the two spectra of patients. We will examine trial therapies of patients with low to high resistance, as well as patients who suffer from repression and significant fragility. The goal of this course is to assist attendees to master the understanding of, functions of and key processes involved in the trial therapy to help build momentum from the very first session of treatment.

THis immersion will include on site lunches and nutrition breaks, a reception the first day and an evening dinner out the second day.

The 2 Days preceding this course, September 28 and 29, 2020, there will be video case reviews where some participants and international trainers will present video of their cases for discussion. These 2 days will include nutrition breaks.

Refund Policy: 75% of fee refundable up to August 1, 2020. Non refundable after August 1, 2020.