Centrum ISTDP presents:
Seminar with Dr. John Rathauser
The Essence of Head-on Collision
Date
5.12.2025 9:30 am EST 15:30 Warsaw Time
Time
90 minutes
Format
Online
Cost
Free of Charge
ISTDP Voices – a library of conversations about the essence of therapy
ISTDP Voices is a series of in-depth interviews and seminars with key figures in the world of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, most of them IEDTA-certified supervisors and students of Dr. Habib Davanloo. We have already conducted over 20 conversations, each of which reveals the essence of this method in a different way, showing both its clinical precision and the deeply human experience behind the therapist’s work.
Our goal is to make knowledge about ISTDP as widely accessible and popularized as possible. We are building a library of voices speaking about ISTDP and other experiential therapies, and in this space you will find many valuable materials. We regularly organize free group screenings of interviews combined with discussion, Q&A sessions, and for those who cannot join live, we offer asynchronous access to recordings for a symbolic fee.
Among our guests are, among others: Allan Abbass (ISTDP), Krzysztof Błażejewski (EFT for Youth), Kees Cornelissen (ISTDP), Patricia Coughlin (ISTDP), Joanna Duchniewicz (ISTDP, AB-ISTDP), Przemysław Duchniewicz (ISTDP, AB-ISTDP), Pierre-Alain Emmenegger (ISTDP), Jon Frederickson (ISTDP), Susan Hajkowski & Stephen Buller (ISTDP), Allan E. Larsen (ISTDP), Javier Malda-Castillo (ISTDP), Kostas Monas (ISTDP), Robert Neborsky (AB-ISTDP, ISTDP), Ferruccio Osimo (IE-DP, ISTDP), Antonio Pique Gelonch (ISTDP), Joanna Płatek & Karolina Isio-Kurpińska (EDT, AFT, Focusing / Experiential Humanistic Approach), John Rathauser (IS-TDP, ISTDP), Luca Rossi (ISTDP), Josette ten Have-de Labije (ISTDP, AB-ISTDP). and many others…
What You Gain
You’ll get a clearer, deeper sense of what ISTDP really looks like in the consulting room. You’ll also gain practical inspiration and access to high-quality interviews you can revisit in your own time.
Target Audience
ISTDP Voices is for therapists at any stage of ISTDP training, as well as experienced clinicians who want to refine their practice. It’s also for psychologists, psychiatrists and other professionals curious about ISTDP before committing to formal training.
What You Learn
You’ll learn how leading ISTDP therapists think, intervene and navigate key clinical challenges such as resistance, anxiety and guilt. You’ll also hear about their mistakes, turning points and views on where ISTDP is heading next.
Why It's Important
ISTDP Voices helps make advanced, often hard-to-access clinical knowledge available in a clear, human way. By sharing real experiences, dilemmas and learning processes of senior clinicians, it supports the development of more effective, emotionally attuned psychotherapists.
About the Speaker
John Rathauser, PHD
John Hans Rathauser, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist with over 40 years of clinical experience. Following completion of his doctorate in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology – Los Angeles, his postdoctoral experiences began with a five-year period of training at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in New York. In 1994, John Rathauser entered training with Habib Davanloo, M.D. in Montreal, Canada, spending eight years in Dr. Davanloo’s Core Training Group. From 2002-2016, he continued attending annual weeklong metapsychology conferences held by Dr. Davanloo in Montreal, Canada. John Rathauser’s private practice in Kendall Park, N.J., is largely devoted to the practice of Davanloo’s Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (IS-TDP), as well as providing training to mental health practitioners, which is additionally offered in various training programs in ISTDP. He has given numerous presentations on IS-TDP nationally and internationally and is a supervisor for the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association (IEDTA). It is anticipated that his forthcoming book (Fundamentals of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Volume 1), written with his two co-authors, Mikkel Reher-Langberg and Jonathan Entis, will be published in early 2026.