Dear members of the ISTFP,
On October 24 and 25, the Teachers and Supervisors Conference was held in Amsterdam. During this event, we honored the memory of Dr. Gerhard Dammann, who passed away in 2020. His remembrance set the tone for an intimate and communal experience that highlighted the human richness of our Society.
Veronica and I felt it was important for the broader membership, not only certified teachers and supervisors, to be informed about the content of the various presentations. We wanted everyone to have a sense of how both the ISTFP and TFP are evolving, and to convey the sense of connection and shared purpose that was felt throughout the event.
This is why we decided to share our reflections on the conference from our own personal perspective so that, in reading them, you might also feel as if you were there with us.
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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.