At the moment we are writing these lines, only several days have passed since the 9th ISTFP Conference in Vienna. Filled with memories, we already have our minds set on the July Newsletter. One thing was clear: it would be about the conference, and we would have an interview with Frank Yeomans to talk about his years as President of our Society. When we contacted him to suggest the idea, he quickly offered a moment to meet. As always, he provided quick support for our efforts to build a unifying Public Relations and Communications Committee.
We will miss him very much
We know, we know—we might be dramatizing. He will still be watching over us as Vice President. And we now have our new President, Stephan Doering, to sustain our committee’s many and expanding projects and its growing reach. But since we will, out of necessity, have fewer opportunities to interact with Frank, it does feel like a loss, even though we will gain a close relationship with Stephan.
Members of the ISTFP, all these emotions are embedded in the interview we will summarize in this article. Confirming his generous nature, our new Vice President draws us into the affective nature of our community, its history, and its possible future. To access the full exchange, watch the 43 minutes interview here. But if your time is limited, let us tell you the story.
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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 as a certified TFP therapist for the last 11 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.
Ps. Veronica Steiner
Veronica Steiner Segal is a Chilean clinical psychologist who graduated in 1998. Since her beginnings she has been working with patients with Severe Personality Disorders in different health institutions in her country, and since 2018 she is a certified TFP therapist. In 2019 she obtained her accreditation as a teacher and supervisor. Since the same year she is coordinator of Grupo TFP Chile. She is the Executive Officer for the Board and she collaborates with the T&E Committee. She also teaches at the University of Valparaiso, in the Department of Psychiatry, where she also teaches in the Diploma of Severe Personality Disorders.
She collaborates in different courses looking for the diffusion of TFP. Together with Luis Valenciano and Pepa Gonzalez she directs an important training in TFP for Spanish speaking students, Instituto TFP Hispanoamerica.