

ChatGPT (Open AI)
As the International Society for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy convenes for its 9th Biennial Conference in Vienna (June 4–6, 2026), the Society stands at a particularly generative moment in its institutional development. Far from being a static scientific organization, the ISTFP has, between 2024 and 2026, mobilized its committee structure as a coordinated engine of growth—advancing research, standardizing training, expanding clinical applications, and strengthening its ethical and public presence.
What emerges from a synthesis of all committee initiatives is a coherent, multi-layered strategy: consolidating TFP as an evidence-based treatment while simultaneously expanding its reach across populations, settings, and cultures.