ISTDP Australia

For further information and to apply visit www.ISTDP.com.au or email [email protected]

Registrations now open for Group 2/2026 Core Training in ISTDP.
This is a three-year training program for mental health professionals seeking expertise in the method of Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy.
Limited spots available.

For any enquiries - email [email protected].

2 spots remaining in the 1/2026 Core Training!

Starting 21-23 March 2026:
This three-year course provides training in the theory, technique and research of Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP).
You will learn how to apply ISTDP across the spectrum of patients.

Any enquiries please email [email protected]
Please follow this link to register:
https://form.jotform.com/252240915356859

Well done to all of those who completed the Pre-Core Training & Introductory Workshop in ISTDP over the weekend.

Starting 21-23 March 2026:
This three-year course provides training in the theory, technique and research of Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). A method of treatment that is receiving increasing empirical support as both clinically effective across a wide spectrum of patients and as highly cost-effective. To be effective, very specific training in ISTDP is required. You will learn how to apply ISTDP across the spectrum of patients, from neurotic and repressive, regressive and character-disordered, to fragile ego structure. The aim of ISTDP is to achieve not only the resolution of symptoms, but stable personality change.

Any enquiries please email [email protected]
Please follow this link to register: https://form.jotform.com/252240915356859

This is a three-day workshop for mental health professionals seeking an introduction to the theory and practice of Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP).

Suitable for those who are considering starting three-year Core Training in ISTDP, but don’t have a clear picture of what Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) is.

This workshop will cover the basic theory of Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy with a specific focus on the skills required to begin implementing ISTDP in your therapeutic work.

In addition to didactic lectures, you will watch videotapes that illustrate the specific theory and techniques that you are learning and participate in skills-building exercises to practice these techniques.

Please send enquiries to [email protected], and see this link for more information: https://www.istdp.com.au/istdp-training/pre-core/

Julie Cochrane will be presenting a one-day training in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sunday the 28th September.

Video of patient sessions will be shown to illustrate the basic theory and technique of ISTDP including specific interventions for restructuring defenses that result in depression.

To register, please click the link: https://form.jotform.com/250346696169872

We are excited to announce that Julie Cochrane will be returning to New Zealand for a one-day training on Treating Depression with ISTDP on Saturday, 17 May 2025.
This training will be held at the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum in Devonport New Zealand.
For more information please email [email protected]
To register please follow the link in our bio.

Registrations are now open for our 1/25 Pre-Core and Introductory training in ISTDP taking place 2 - 4 March 2025.
To register please follow this link https://form.jotform.com/242878071432863
For further information please email [email protected]

We are excited to announce a one-day online training with Jon Frederickson.
Superego Resistance: Working with Forms of Self-Harm

For further information please email [email protected] or register directly via our website https://form.jotform.com/243506506236857

We are now taking applications for our 2025 three-year Core Training in ISTDP. The first block of this training will take place in Melbourne
29 - 31 March 2025 with the option to attend in-person or online via Zoom.
For further information or to request an application form, please email [email protected]

Last chance to register for Julie Cochrane's A Brief Introduction to ISTDP being held on Saturday the 6th of July at the Royal Navy Museum in Devonport NZ.
For more information or to register, please contact Ruby at [email protected]