Intensive Short Term Dynamic Therapy ( ISTDP) is a combination of psychodynamic psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and a Somatic approach.

Application in clinical practice

ISTDP is a set of techniques that will help you co-create an effective focus in therapy with your client and help them move towards the healing of emotional conflicts that they desperately seek but also simultaneously resist.

The collaborative aspect of these techniques is central to its efficacy. The expertise of the clinician is not minimised but the client is seen as the one with agency, desire to change and a significant part of the therapeutic relationship.

Learning Outcomes

In this three-hour workshop you will be introduced to the main tenets of ISTDP that are crucial for assessment and prognosis which further form the foundation for depth therapy.

• THE GOAL
• CLIENT’S WILL
• ANXIETY REGULATION

MEET THE EXPERT
NUPUR PAIVA
CHARTERED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Nupur Paiva is Delhi-based child and adolescent psychotherapist, trained at the Tavistock Clinic, London. She is an ISTDP therapist and trainer, certified by the ISTDP Institute, Washington DC and is under continued supervision with Jon Frederickson. Nupur is the founder of Family Tree, a child and adolescent mental health team.