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… days until the 8th ISTFP biennial conference. Yes, I am counting the days. Why? Because it has been six years since we all gathered together in mind AND body to further our knowledge of TFP and feel the warmth of our community. I have missed the stimulation of sharing ideas face to face with our elders, esteemed colleagues and esteemed colleagues who became friends along the road. And since the whole Public Relations and Communications Committee feels the same, we decided to make this edition about the upcoming ISTFP conference and the city where it will be held, New York. If you have not registered yet, you can do so by following this link.
I was there during the first conference in White Plains, NY in 2011 and have been coming every two years since. Every occurrence has left me with insights and experiences that have had a profound impact on me and my practice of TFP. In this article, I will try to tell the story of the ISTFP conference from the participant perspective so previous attendees can reminisces on past convention and new ones have all they need to enjoy it to the fullest. For a more formal history of the conference, I suggest reading this excellent article by Theophilus Kok that was published in the October 2022 members Newsletter.
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Mathieu Norton-Poulin, M.Ps.
Mathieu Norton-Poulin is a psychologist in private practice in Gatineau, Québec. He graduated from Laval University in 1995 and started his training in transference focused psychotherapy in 2005. Member of the TFP-Québec group he as been practicing has a certified TFP therapist for the last 9 years. Since 2009 he organized several training events and has given lectures on TFP for medical doctors and college students. He maintains a blog where he write, in plain words, articles to explain TFP to the general public.