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It’s wonderful when treatments lead to major success and character change, but I will go out on a limb and assume that...

Active substance use, including marijuana consumption, can be problematic for psychodynamic and other uncovering types of psychotherapeutic treatments such as Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy...

The inspiration and backdrop for this textI was 19-years-old when I started to take an interest in finding a more authentic and...

Enter a marvel of complexity -- the human brain. The brain is hard wired for attachment, an evolutionary adaptation that stems from the reality that safety and survival is typically more likely while in a band rather than solo. Attachment trauma refers...

Cynicism is something we all know about.  Today it’s synonymous with pessimism, bitterness, and distrust.  It is not a pleasant frame of mind to...

“Crucible” is a term that is not used so much currently. It means (from a search online) either “a container where substances are melted together to form a new substance” or “a situation of severe trial, or in which differ...

— Transference behaviors here meaning both ‘resistance’ in the narrow sense  as well as distorted perceptions and unconscious attempts by the patient to pull...

Observations from thousands of hours of both individual and couples therapy sessions: The patient that monologues, gives speeches, and answers their own questions...

Here are a few brief and far from exhaustive reflections for ISTDP-informed therapists interested in the technique of portraiting the impulse component of emotions...

I have been reflecting on what constitutes the fingerprint of ISTDP and on explanations for the variability in the application of the...