CORE ISTDP

3-year CORE ISTDP Basic Course

It is a course officially registered by the international organization IEDTA which sets standards for the training of ISTDP psychotherapists
Meets the criteria for an IEDTA certified course
Its participants are reported to IEDTA and receive a certificate endorsed by IEDTA
Up to 25% of the course classes are taught by recognized international supervisors from all over the world
Participants have the opportunity to learn in close, individual contact with supervisors in an intimate group of 7-8 people
It is translated simultaneously in both directions
Provides supervision between meetings by pairs of certified ISTDP psychotherapists studying in the assistantship course
Provides the opportunity to participate in educational ISTDP- PL community meetings

To provide thorough education in ISTDP – Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy – EDT – experiential dynamic therapy
Training psychotherapists to achieve excellence in the assessment and use of ISTDP – EDT in a diverse patient population
Provide participants with the most current information on ISTDP – EDT theory, clinical applications and research
Welcoming participants to an international community of ISTDP psychotherapists that values dialogue and collaboration between different formats of experiential (experience-oriented) therapies
Cultivate a collegial, professional, respectful environment that encourages collaboration and learning

Direct contact between the hosts and participants
Presentation of video recordings of work with patients by teachers and supervisors
Role- playing and other active learning techniques
Supervision of individual work with patients in a supervision group
Interactive lectures

The spectrum of structural neurosis and the patient’s location on the spectrum
Separating the patient’s healthy ego from the pathological parts of the superego
Working with the patient in the Triangle of People and the Triangle of Conflict
Central dynamic sequence
Establishing and maintaining a conscious and unconscious therapeutic/working alliance
Assessment and working with „front door and basement door” defenses (defenses against contact/emotional closeness with the therapist and against experiencing feelings)
Assessment of the patient’s anxiety regulation (pathways and patterns of anxiety regulation, healthy and unhealthy regulation)
Restructuring the adaptability of the patient’s ego
Assessing the patient’s regulation of emotions
Exploring the patient’s unconsciousness, experiencing impulses and feelings
Portraying and visualizing the patient’s impulse, guilt, grief, and access to past trauma
Working and making connections in the Triangle of People
Completion phase of therapeutic work and sessions after completion

Review and analysis of videotaped sessions conducted by certified supervisors and IEDTA teachers
Review and supervision of video excerpts from psychotherapy sessions conducted by participants
Practical work with a psychotherapeutic protocol – Josette ten Have-de Labije’s Road Map to the Unconscious – while analyzing recordings.
Gradual transition from theoretical training and analysis of video excerpts of the supervisor’s work to supervision of participants’ video materials
Work on a personal and group level with a small group of participants working together
Role-playing and other active learning techniques
Each participant has access to a recording of their supervision of work with patients
Each supervised patient is analyzed on the supervision form and on this basis a case report is formulated for the course credit
Supervision support between meetings
Participate in monthly community meetings moderated by the Polish ISTDP-PL association during which learning material is presented and patient work is supervised

Candidates must be licensed to work in the mental health field at the time they begin the course or be in the process of such an educational process at a level that allows them to work with patients
During the first year, participants present recorded audio-video sessions of their work with patients
Over the course of 3 years, each participant supervises 12 recordings of his or her therapeutic work during the course and approximately 3-6 recordings during assistant supervision
At least 50 of the didactic sessions are taught by a certified IEDTA teacher, the remainder may be taught by experienced ISTDP psychotherapists – assistants under the supervision of a supervisor
At least 75% of group supervision is conducted by an IEDTA certified supervisor

List of certified core courses taught by the ISTDP Center:

Course conducted by Dr. Joanna Duchniewicz

The total cost of the course is 36 000 PLN in total payable in installments.

CORE ISTDP participants are reimbursed 30% of the cost of the introductory course

account number for payments: Bank Pekao 91124063481111001053587179

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