ISTDP

Even when clients feel ready for therapy, resistance and defenses naturally arise—often rooted in early survival strategies. Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) brings awareness to anxiety and bodily feeling states while identifying and gently challenging defenses in the present moment. Blending somatic, experiential work with psychoanalytic depth, it also uses the therapist–client relationship to access and process unintegrated past experiences shaping current problems and patterns. It creates space for powerful breakthroughs, bringing previously repressed or avoided feelings—such as anger, guilt, and grief—into experiential awareness. In doing so, it supports deeper self-integration and more authentic, connected relationships with others.

Clients often describe this work as energetic, intense and at times provocative, yet deeply clarifying and mobilizing—helping bring into awareness what may have been unconsciously avoided, even in previous long-term therapies.