Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP)

Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) is an accelerated, emotion-focused psychodynamic therapy approach developed by Dr Habib Davanloo, which places unprocessed emotions in relation to childhood attachment trauma at the core of its model of psychopathology.

The theory and method of ISTDP is based on Dr Davanloo’s extensive clinical research through audio-visual recordings of diagnostic interviews and full courses of psychotherapy. Through his research, Dr Davanloo has clarified unconscious processes and developed and integrative, bio-physiological theory of anxiety. 

Through ISTDP, we identify and overcome the internal problems and mechanisms that are causing you pain and unhappiness. We actively work together to help you identify and restructure unconscious defence mechanisms, regulate anxiety, and process underlying emotions and attachment experiences.