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…Jul 26Jul 26
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…Jul 25Jul 25
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…Jul 25Jul 25
Hic CalixOn defences in ISTDP therapyIn many contemporary psychodynamic therapy approaches, assessment involves understanding the nature of a client’s attachment trauma, and…Jul 25Jul 25
Hic CalixOn recording ISTDP sessionsThe ISTDP modality requires that client sessions be recorded, and that the therapist review these recordings between sessions. This unique…Jul 25Jul 25
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…Jul 25Jul 25
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…Jul 25Jul 25
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…Jul 25Jul 25
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…Jul 25Jul 25
Hic CalixOn psychodynamic therapyThe contemporary psychodynamic approach to counselling developed from the psychoanalytic tradition begun by Freud and his contemporaries…Jul 25Jul 25