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Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) is a unique form of psychodynamic treatment that facilitates the rapid resolution of a broad spectrum of emotional disorders. ISTDP interventions are specifically designed to resolve anxiety, depression, somatization and personality disorders, as well as alleviate a variety of self-defeating behaviors, many of which derive from unstable or troubled early life attachments.

The Society actively supports the training and practice of ISTDP in Southern California by sponsoring Continuing Education conferences, implementing multi-level training and supervision, conducting therapeutic research, and disseminating the findings to the scientific community.

Currently, the Society offers THREE training centers for therapists interested in learning ISTDP techniques – one in Del Mar, one in Los Angeles, and a new one in San Francisco.

Immersion Course October 24, 25, 2009

Fourth Year Advanced Training

IEDTA CONFERENCE July 2010
University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada

Summer School , Whister BC, Canada July 2010

* The triangle is an important conceptual tool used in teaching Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy theory. It refers to the triangle of conflict and persons -- a term popularized in the 1960's by ISTDP researchers Dr. David Malan and Dr. Habib Davanloo.