ISTDP teacher

Robert Neborsky

MD, psychiatrist · Attachment-based approach to ISTDP

He graduated from the University of Medicine and completed his residency at Emory University, where he received the Hope Skobba Memorial Award. He has worked as the head of the psychiatric ward at Naval Hospital Balboa and as an assistant professor of psychiatry at UCSD, responsible for clinical training. He is the author and co-author of numerous scientific publications and books, including Short-Term Therapy for Long Term Change (2001), Healing Trauma (2003), and Mastering Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (2011). His work on diagnosing attachment styles (2013) was recognized by Progress in Psychology as one of the most important studies of the year. Dr. Neborsky conducts international training in ISTDP, developing an approach that combines attachment theory, neuroscience, and psychotherapy.