Lidia Kulikowska
The Practical application of pressure
Intervention in ISTDP Psychotherapy
What will you learn?
Pressure is the fundamental and at the same time the most important intervention in ISTDP. It is present in every form of therapeutic work, from subtle activation to head-on collision. Its aim is to invite the patient into contact with the therapist. For this, the therapist’s courageous, compassionate determination to reach the person trapped in their own defensive mechanisms is of crucial importance.
The training combines solid theoretical foundations with a practical analysis of psychotherapy session transcripts. Participants follow step by step how the therapist builds the relationship, identifies the function of defences, monitors the level of anxiety, and applies pressure safely in a way adjusted to the patient’s individual capacities. The entire training is grounded in an understanding of therapy as a relationship in which change occurs at the neuronal level through the mobilization of deep emotional experiences.
The training is based on a detailed analysis of transcripts from authentic session recordings as well as on the triangle of conflict model and the threshold of feeling tolerance, giving participants practical tools they can apply immediately in sessions.
What will you receive?
- 01What pressure is and why it is called the king of all techniques in ISTDP
- 02How to apply verbal and nonverbal pressure
- 03How to apply pressure to feelings while simultaneously regulating anxiety - the bracing technique in practice
- 04How to distinguish the function of the patient’s statement from its content
- 05How to work with barriers to engagement: externalization, rebelliousness, procrastination, and low self-esteem
- 06How to monitor physiological markers of anxiety and adjust the intensity of interventions to the patient’s threshold of tolerance
Your teacher
Lidia Kulikowska
Psychologist and psychotherapist
Psychologist and psychotherapist. She completed a five-year master’s degree at the Faculty of Psychology of SWPS University, postgraduate studies in Psychological Assessment at SWPS, postgraduate studies in Clinical Sexology, a four-year postgraduate program in Individual and Group Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at Laboratory of Psychoeducation in Warsaw, a four-year ISTDP therapy training program - Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy - and a three-year teacher-supervisor course led by Jon Frederickson. She gained clinical experience at the Neurosis Ward of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, at the Neurosis Ward of the Outpatient Clinic of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw, and at the 13th Day Unit of the Prof. Jan Mazurkiewicz Masovian Specialist Health Centre in Tworki. She is a founding member of PTP ISTDP - the Polish Society for ISTDP Psychotherapy - a member of the psychotherapy section of the Polish Psychological Association, a board member of the ISTDP section of the Polish Association for the Integration of Psychotherapy, and she has also participated in the work of the education committee of IEDTA - the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association. She participates in international conferences and seminars organized within the ISTDP framework. She is the translator of the Polish version of the exercises “Refining Therapeutic Interventions in Work with Highly Resistant Patients” by Jon Frederickson of the ISTDP Institute. She conducts individual and group therapy. She receives supervision for her work from Zofia Milska-Wrzosińska, Jon Frederickson, and Dr. Allan Abbass.
Why train with us?
- Experienced ISTDP teachersOur teachers are practitioners with many years of experience.
- Practical methods for immediate useAfter reviewing the material, you will return to your practice with ready-to-use ways of carrying out more effective interventions with patients.
- Knowledge that stays with youYou can replay our online courses whenever you want and as many times as you need. After purchase, you receive unlimited access, which allows you to consolidate the knowledge you have acquired effectively.
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