Hic CalixPsychedelic therapy — preparation and integrationSeeking out plant medicine is both an ancient and increasingly common contemporary approach to personal growth and healing. Taking such a…1d ago1d ago
Hic CalixRacial trauma and ISTDP therapyMy macro-level understanding of racial trauma and structural oppression in general integrates well with my micro-level understanding of the…3d ago3d ago
Hic CalixAddiction and ISTDP therapyThe painful events of our lives and the suffering we undergo in response is such that it fully occupies us each, “no matter whether the…3d ago3d ago
Hic CalixOn defences in ISTDP therapyIn many contemporary psychodynamic therapy approaches, assessment involves understanding the nature of a client’s attachment trauma, and…3d ago3d ago
Hic CalixOn recording ISTDP sessionsThe ISTDP modality requires that client sessions be recorded, and that the therapist review these recordings between sessions. This unique…3d ago3d ago
Hic CalixThe effectiveness of ISTDP therapyStudies indicate a direct relationship between brief psychodynamic therapy and improvements in a range of symptoms (Barber et al., 1996…3d ago3d ago
Hic CalixThe experience of ISTDP therapyThe primary goal of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) is to enable change through the mobilization of complex feelings…3d ago3d ago
Hic CalixA psychodynamic view of personality and attachmentWhile there may be a number of traumatic experiences awaiting an adult as they move through their life, the psychodynamic approach first…3d ago3d ago
Hic CalixA psychodynamic perspective on traumaThe emphasis of psychodynamic therapy is on the dynamic forces within the client — on drives they may not be conscious of. The Freudian…3d ago3d ago
Hic CalixOn psychodynamic therapyThe contemporary psychodynamic approach to counselling developed from the psychoanalytic tradition begun by Freud and his contemporaries…3d ago3d ago
