Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Foundational Training – Online 2025

Description

This course offers training in an empirically validated treatment approach Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP). TFP is a state-of-the-art, evidence-based treatment for patients with personality disorders (PD). While derived from psychoanalytic tradition, TFP has important modifications making it of great practical use to clinicians working with patients with significant personality pathology. TFP contributes usefully to both general psychiatric management, as well as direct psychotherapy treatment, of patients with PD.

The course consists of 2 parts of 4 full days in each part

TFP Part 1: Introduction to TFP and Overview of strategies, tactics and technique

TFP Part 2: Review of strategies, tactics and technique and application to clinical scenarios

The course comprises didactic input and application of this to practical scenarios. A particular strength of the course is the emphasis on clinical material. On successful completion of the course, the participant will receive certification recognised by the International Society of Transference Focused Psychotherapy that they have completed the TFP didactic training.

Educational Aims and Objectives

Aim

To develop an understanding of the theory and practice of TFP to sufficient level to improve clinical work with patients with personality disorder

Objectives

1. To describe the theoretical origin and principles of TFP
2. Strategy: To describe how object relations are enacted in the therapy and the overall approach to this
3. Tactics: To describe the role of the treatment contract in setting the treatment frame
4. Techniques: to describe clinical use of the transference, countertransference, technical neutrality and interpretation

Modalities

Teaching method
Theoretical input will be illustrated in all sessions by the use of clinical case scenarios, video, and role play. Participants will be encouraged to bring in their case material (while ensuring confidentiality).

Payment and Fees

Both two parts enroll together, the fees standard as below:
Non-members $1,360, Members $1,230, Students $1,080

Only one part enroll, the fees standard as below:
Non-members $680, Members $615, Students $540

Agenda
Start and end times are fixed. Session topics may alter in response to the needs of the workshop. As this is a certificated course, an attendance register will be kept.

Part 1

Day 1 – Saturday 10 May 2025 Session

1. Introduction TL
2. Personality TL
3. A diagnostic system based on psychological structure TL
4. Clinical Material TL

Day 2 – Sunday 11 May 2025 Session

1. Theory behind TFP TL&PM
2. Theory behind TFP PM
3. Strategies. Structural Interview PM
4. Clinical material PM

Day 3 – Saturday 17 May 2025 Session

1. Tactics: Treatment Frame and Contracting TL
2. Contracting: case discussion TL
3. Clinical Material TL
4. Technique KL

Day 4 – Sunday 18 May 2025 Session

1. Technique TL
2. Review of material to date TL
3. Case discussion TL
4. Summary, Review, planning for next workshop, close TL KL

Part 2

Day 5 – Saturday 5 July 2025 Session

1. Rejoin and Recap
2. TFP from Beginning to end: key issues
3. Clinical Material
4. Narcissism

Day 6 – Sunday 6 July 2025 Session

1. Tactics: Assessment
2. Tactics: Treatment Contract
3. Technique
4. Clinical material

Day 7 – Saturday 12 July 2025 Session

1. Technique
2. Applied TFP, including TFP-E
3. Applied TFP, including TFP-E
4. Clin Material

Day 8 – Sunday 13 July 2025 Session

1. Applied TFP, including TFP-E
2. Review of material to date
3. Clinical Material
4. Summary, Review, close

Faculty

Tennyson Lee M. Inst. Psychoanal., FRCPsych is a psychoanalyst and a Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy and lead clinician at DeanCross Personality Disorder Service the East London NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Lee is a certified teacher and supervisor in TFP accredited by the International Society of TFP (ISTFP), is a member of the ISTFP certification board  and is a founding member and chair of the TFP-UK group. He is also an accredited practitioner of Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) and a member of the Institute of Psychoanalysis.  He is an honorary senior lecturer at Barts Hospital, Queen Mary University, London and codirector of the Centre for Understanding of Personality Disorder (CUSP), a research and training unit linked to Oxford University and Queen Mary University.

Kenneth N. Levy Ph.D., is a tenured Professor, Associate Director of Clinical Training. At Penn State, he supervises clinical training practicums emphasizing contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy for personality disorders and directs the Laboratory for the Study of Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy. Dr. Levy also has a faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, is a Senior Fellow at Personality Disorders Institute, and is certified by the International Society for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy as a TFP therapist, teacher, and supervisor.

Dr. Levy’s clinical and research interests bridge psychology and psychoanalysis focusing on attachment theory, personality disorders, and psychotherapy process and outcome. Dr. Levy has authored more than 200 articles and book chapters, as well as four books. His work has led to awards from the American Psychological Association, the Society for Psychotherapy Research, and the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders. He has won several paper awards including the Outstanding Scientific Paper Prize from the American Psychoanalytic Association (2006 & 2022). His work has also led to honorary membership in the American Psychoanalytic Association, and Fellow status in Division 39 (as well as Division 12 and 29, the Association of Psychological Science, and the Society for Psychotherapy Integration).  Dr. Levy’s research has been funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, American Psychoanalytic Association, and the International Psychoanalytic Association. 

He specializes in treating individuals with borderline and narcissistic personality disorders using TFP, and he consults and teaches both nationally and internationally. 

Philipp Martius  M. D. , specialized in psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychosomatic medicine and rehabilitation. He was head of clinical departments of psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine and is a retired Professor of Psychosocial Rehabilitation at the UAS Munich, Germany. Now he works in private practice.

Dr. Martius is a long-standing member of the TFP community, trainer and supervisor for TFP, president of the TFP Institute in Munich, member of the training and education committee and of the TFP in group psychotherapy (TFP-G) group of the ISTFP. He has published and co-authored books and papers on TFP, on psychosomatic rehabilitation and on art therapy. 

Mathieu Norton-Poulin, M.Ps., is a clinical psychologist, an accredited therapist in Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), and a speaker on personality disorders. With over 30 years of experience, he has dedicated his career to treating patients with these complex conditions. In 2014, he received certification as a TFP therapist from the Personality Disorders Institute of Weill Medical College at Cornell University and the International Society for Transference Focused Psychotherapy. As a passionate advocate for disseminating knowledge about personality disorders and TFP, he gives lectures to college students and medical professionals, sharing the latest scientific findings on these topics. He has also organized numerous training seminars in TFP, featuring notable speakers such as Frank Yeomans. In 2022, he was appointed co-chair of the Public Relations and Communications Committee of the International Society for Transference Focused Psychotherapy (ISTFP).

Wang Ning (Translator) B.Sc. in Psychology, Peking University M.Phil. in Social and Developmental Psychology, Cambridge University. M.Sc. in Developmental Psychology and Clinical Practice, University College London & the Anna Freud Centre. Full time psychotherapist in private service. Interpreter for the Sino-Norwegian Psychoanalysis Training Programme, the Sino-British Psychoanalysis Training Programme, the EPF-Seminar on Basis Psychoanalytical Concepts, etc.  Translator for books and articles on psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapy

Contact

For further information please contact
Si Chuan He Guang Clinical Psychology Institute
86+ 028 62601011
[email protected]
www.heguang.org.cn

Registration

Please send email to [email protected]
With mail header format: TFP Training Application + Your Name
Please attach your self-intro as the attachement, and it will be great if you can tell us which part you’re interested in.

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