This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
Child Welfare Outcomes: Child/family well-being
Type of Maltreatment: Not specified
Target Population: Adults with a broad range of disorders including personality disorders.
Brief Description:(The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff.)
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Depression Treatment (Adult). The basic ISTDP understanding of many psychological disorders is based on attachment and the emotional effects of broken attachments. Interruptions and trauma to human attachments may cause a cascade of complex emotions which may become blocked and avoided. When later life events stir up these feelings, anxiety and emotional defenses may be activated. These reactions may be totally unconscious to the person doing them, and the result is ruined relationships, physical symptoms, and a range of psychiatric symptoms. A proportion of all patients with anxiety, depression, substance use, and interpersonal problems have this emotional blockage problem. ISTDP focuses on emotion awareness and the ability to feel these emotions in order to heal.
Contact name: Danielle Haber, MD
Affiliation/Agency: University of California - San Diego
Email: drdhaber@gmail.com
Phone: 858-401-9922
Fax: 858-792-8333
Website: http://www.istdp.com
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