Information and registration 4th Nordic ISTDP Conference - N

Norwegian Association for ISTDP(N-ISTDP)
Flexible and effective ways to handle
anxiety and resistance in psychotherapy
using ISTDP
October 28. - 29. 2015
Ekeberg Restaurant, Oslo, Norway.
Presenters: Jon Frederickson, MSW and
Allen Kalpin, M.D.
During this two day audio-visual workshop, you will be introduced to the
theory and technique of Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy
(ISTDP). ISTDP was developed by Habib Davanloo, MD, in order to
accelerate and condense the therapeutic process, achieving deep and
lasting results within months rather than years. You will have the
opportunity to see the therapy applied across a wide spectrum of patients.
Join two of the leaders in this exciting field to explore how ISTDP could
enhance your own clinical work.
Audiovisual presentations of actual psychotherapy sessions will
demonstrate how to work with patients across the spectrum of
psychoneurosis. Attendees will learn how to assess the patient’s capacities
to engage in therapy: anxiety tolerance, how anxiety is discharged in the
body, defensive strategies, and self observing capacities. The conference
will highlight the essence of being present while relating to the patients
difficulties.
Day one: Presentation by Jon Frederickson Building capacity in fragile patients.
A patient comes for therapy after decades of treatment suffering from
anxiety, depression, dissociation, paranoia, and professional self-sabotage.
Faithfully pursuing treatment for years, she received little relief from her
symptoms. At the very beginning of the session she regresses immediately.
What can we do?
This video presentation will show how to address anxiety in the fragile
patient and the defense of projection that sustains it. Then we will show
how to address depression, somatization, and conversion as they occur in
session. The presentation will show how to build the structure within the
patient that makes it possible to bear her feelings without projecting them
onto other people, and how to help her bear her feelings without getting
depressed or somatizing.
In particular, we will focus on the micro-analysis of the process to show
how and when to support the patient, how to recognize the beginnings of
regression so you can intervene immediately, and how to recognize subtle
signs of structural change.
0800 - 09.00: Registration
0900 - 09.15: Welcome by the N-ISTDP.
0915 - 1030: Presentation by Jon Frederickson, Assessment of
capacity.
1030 - 1045: Coffee
1045 - 1215: Presentation by Jon Frederickson, Restructuring
projections
1215 - 1315: Lunch
1315 - 1445: Presentation by Jon Frederickson, Identifying and
blocking regression
1445 - 1500: Coffee
1500 - 1630: Presentation by Jon Frederickson, Building
capacity in the depressed and somatizing patient
1630 - 1700: Discussion
Day two: Presentation by Allen Kalpin - The
Interplay between Technique and “Being Present”
in ISTDP
In Habib Davanloo’s introductory presentations on ISTDP he would often
refer to Freud’s 1937 article, “Analysis Terminable and Interminable,” and
say that when Freud wrote this at the end of his career, he was
acknowledging that the process of psychoanalysis was often interminable.
The diligent application of analytic technique, even over a period of many
years, often failed to produce the desired therapeutic goals.
In ISTDP many of us and our patients become stuck in “trial therapy
interminable.” The hope of “unlocking the unconscious” holds such
potential for rapid, deep, and lasting therapeutic change that we pursue it
enthusiastically, even compulsively. However, our persistent use of
“challenge” and “pressure” sometimes ends up going on and on with the
enticing therapeutic goal of unlocking the unconscious seeming to be
always slightly out of reach. At other times, even after having seemingly
achieved an “unlocking,” for some reason, therapeutic change still seems
to fall short of expectations. This can result in inadequate results or even
worsening of problems for the patient, and frustration, disappointment, and
burn-out for the therapist. There is an old joke: “The surgery was
successful, but the patient died.” This refers to the idea that at times
despite “doing everything correctly,” the outcome is less than ideal.
When trying to understand why therapy is not progressing, we can often
become aware that we have not sufficiently “restructured the discharge
pathways of anxiety” or “restructured the defensive system.” Or, we
discover that the patient’s “ability to tolerate anxiety and affect” is still
inadequate or that “ego is not sufficiently separated from superego.”
But even attention to these factors can be problematic. The problem is that
the focus on any preconceived agenda can distract us from being present
and responsive to what is happening at the moment. An orientation toward
the achievement of a therapeutic goal can overshadow the experience of
compassion, empathy, and human connection. Psychotherapy is an “art”
as well as a science. The process of mastery of any art involves the ongoing interplay of skill acquisition and creativity. The learning of skills
and techniques is important, and in the presentation Dr. Kalpin will
highlight relevant ISTDP interventions, including the restructuring
techniques listed above.
However, he will also emphasize the importance of mindful presence for
both the patient and the therapist. Using audiovisually recorded vignettes
from psychotherapy sessions he will demonstrate how skills and
techniques will be most effective when they are applied in the context of a
relationship in which both people are as experientially present as possible.
0900 - 1030: Presentation by Allen Kalpin
1030 - 1045: Coffee
1045 - 1215: Presentation by Allen Kalpin
1215 - 1315: Lunch
1315 - 1445: Presentation by Allen Kalpin
1445 - 1500: Coffee
1500 - 1630:Presentation by Allen Kalpin
1630 - 1700: Discussion
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Presenters:
Allen Kalpin, MD, practices and teaches
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
(ISTDP) in Ontario, Canada. He also
practices addiction medicine. He is a founder,
past president, and current board member of the
International Experiential Dynamic Therapy
Association (IEDTA) and past president of the
(Canadian) General Practice Psychotherapy
Association(GPPA). He has published many
articles on ISTDP and has taught at EDT
andISTDP conferences and workshops in France,
Spain, Italy, Denmark, the UnitedStates, and
Canada. In his psychotherapy work he includes an overt focus on
mindfulness.
Jon Frederickson, MSW, is the co-chair of the
ISTDP training program at Washington School
of Psychiatry, chair of the Training for Trainers
program hosted by the Norwegian Institute for
ISTDP(NI-ISTDP) in addition to teaching
therapists in USA and Europe. He is a highly
regarded presenter and has published
groundbreaking articles on ISTDP. He has
recently published the book Co-Creating Change
- Effective Dynamic Therapy Techniques.
Registration and payment
Attendees are kindly asked to use only information following payment as
registrations. It is of utmost importance to attach/fill inn your name,
profession, and email address in the payment information. This
provides us with the information needed to send out information and
handouts etc.
For Norwegian registrations please use the following account number:
1503.15.15138 in DnB belonging to Norsk forening for ISTDP. You will
receive an email confirmation on your registration when the payment has
been registrated on our account.
Registrations from outside Norway are asked to use the following payment
information: International account number: (IBAN) NO26 1503 1515 138.
BIC (Swift-adress): DNBANOKKXXX belonging to Norsk forening for
ISTDP.
Conference fees:
3200NOK. Seats are limited and registration closes at October 1th. 2015.
The Conference fee includes presentation material and coffee, tablewater
and fruits. Lunch is included in the fee.
Practical information
The conference will be held in city center Oslo at the Ekeberg Restaurant.
You can get there by cab or use the blue tram nr 18 or 19 and get off at the
Ekebergparken. Remember to buy ticket in advance.
Lunch and conference dinner
Lunch-buffet is available on site and included in the conference fee.
The Conference dinner on March 1. will take place at the Ekeberg
Restaurant and registration will follow paying 650 NOK to the account
number above.
Deadline for payment and registration is October 1th. 2015, but due to
limitations in number of attendees we recommend you to do this as early
as possible.
The conference staff can be reached through this email:
ISTDPconference2015@istdp.no