About The Institute

Our program offers advanced training in Intensive Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy grounded in evidence-based clinical research.
These approaches have been systematically studied and demonstrated to be effective across a range of psychological conditions.

(http://medicine.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/faculty/medicine/departments/department-sites/psychiatry/centre-emotions-health/istdp_meta.pdf)

The curriculum forms part of core psychotherapy training described in major psychiatry and psychotherapy textbooks.

(Davanloo, H. (1984) Short-term dynamic psychotherapy. In: Sadock, V. (eds) (2000): Kaplan and Sadock’s comprehensive textbook of psychiatry, 7th edition. Baltimore: William and Wilkins).

Students develop the capacity to assess and work with complex psychopathology, trauma, personality disorders, depression, and related conditions.
Training emphasizes rigorous case formulation, precise intervention, and the development of strong clinical judgment.