Events

Hosted by Robert Johansson and Kristin Osborn

Learn about Affect Phobia Therapy – an integrative approach that combines cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic and experiential techniques into a powerful whole

A FREE WORKSHOP WITH KRISTIN OSBORN, OPEN TO EVERYONE

Affect Phobia Therapy (APT) is based on the premise that internal conflicts about feelings underlie most psychologically-based disorders. APT is an integrative model of short term dynamic psychotherapy that was developed by Harvard Medical School psychologist and researcher, Leigh McCullough.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to conceptualize an emotional conflict and how to use experiential, cognitive- behavioral and psychodynamic techniques to treat them. They will also deepen their understanding of how a phobic response to an emotion is developed and maintained, like when people are unable to feel angry and assert themselves. Emphasis will be placed on assessment and treatment of current problems that originate from the past.

This interactive workshop will include video segments from psychotherapy sessions to demonstrate techniques and interventions, a therapy demonstration and the opportunity to discuss cases.

Kristin Osborn who was trained by Leigh McCullough and founded the Certified APT™-Training Program is leading the workshop. She presents internationally, is a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School and is the Director of the Harvard Medical School Psychotherapy Research Program. She co-authored Paraverbal Communication in Psychotherapy: Beyond the Words and is on on the executive board of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration and President Emeritus of the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association. She has extensively published articles and chapters on training clinicians and you can learn more about her and her work at www.kristinosborn.com.

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This event is for those who have graduated from the Certified APT™-Core Training with Kristin Osborn. We will be discussing what the future holds.

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Learn how the non-verbal interplay deepens the therapeutic alliance

Learning to listen is a skill we learn in graduate school, but how many clinicians are taught to listen with their eyes? Or listen with their feelings? Or listen within the transference? Learn how the non-verbal interplay between patient and therapist appears to deepen the power of the spoken word. In this workshop, you’ll watch video excerpts from live psychotherapy sessions and receive research tools you can use in your own practice. You’ll learn how to explore non-verbal interplay to gain additional information and meaning to make informed interventions with your clients.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how to search for para-verbal clues that underly the psychotherapy interchange
• Learn how to include non-verbal observations and interventions into your work
• Learn how to evaluate whether non-verbal interplay has increased the effectiveness of their treatment
• Learn how research tools can improve your clinical skills

Learning Methods:

• • Video-segments of psychotherapy sessions
  • Interactive exercises
  • PowerPoint presentation
  • Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives Rating Scale
  • Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives-Therapist Rating Scale

Literature:
Bhatia, M., Gil Rodriguez, M., Fowler, D., Godin, J., Drapeau, M. & McCullough, L. (2009). Desensitization to Conflicted Feelings: Using the ATOS to measure early change in a single-case Affect Phobia Therapy treatment. Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 1, 31-38.
Donovan, J., Osborn, K, Rice, S., Paraverbal Communication: Beyond the Words, 2016
McCullough, L., Kuhn, N, Andrews, S., Wolf, J.,Kaplan, A., & Lanza Hurley, C., Treating Affect Phobia: A Manual for Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, 2003
McCullough, L., Bhatia, M., Ulvenes, P., Berggraf, L., Osborn, K., (2011), Learning how to rate video-recorded therapy sessions: A practical guide for trainees and advanced clinicians. Psychotherapy, Vol 48(2), Jun 2011, 127-137
Ryum, T., Store-Valen, J., Svartberg, M., Stiles, T. C., & McCullough, L. (2014). Factor analysis of the Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives Scale (ATOS) in short-term dynamic psychotherapy and cognitive therapy. Psychological Assessment, 26, 925-934. doi: 10.1037/a0036570
Schanche, E., Nielsen, G. H., McCullough, L., Valen, J., & Mykletun, A. (2010). Training graduate students as raters in psychotherapy process research: Reliability of ratings with the Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives Scale (ATOS). Nordic Psychology, 62, 4-20. doi:10.1027/1901- 2276/a000013
Schanche, E., Stiles, T. C., McCullough, L., Svartberg, M., & Nielsen, G. H. (2011). The relationship between activating affects, inhibitory affects, and self-compassion in patients with Cluster C personality disorders. Psychotherapy, 48, 293-303. doi:10.1037/a0022012
Stern et al (1998), The Process of Therapeutic Change Involving Implicit Knowledge: Some Implications of Developmental Observations for Adult Psychotherapy. Infant Mental Health Journal, 19, 300-308
Valen, J., Ryum, T., Svartberg, M., Stiles, T. C., & McCullough, L. (2011). The Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives Scale: Interrater reliability and sensitivity to change in short-term dynamic psychotherapy and cognitive therapy. Psychological Assessment, 23, 848-855. doi:10.1037/a0023649

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Michael Alpert, co-founder of the IEDTA, and Kristin Osborn, past president, offer this workshop to teach the foundational elements of EDT and share new techniques and theory.

This highly interactive workshop will help you understand yourself and your work with your clients. You will have the opportunity to participate through role-plays, case consultations, live and video demonstrations.

You will learn how to use Malan’s Two Triangles for assessment and interventions, as well as, a new triangle, the Triangle of Self.

Michael Alpert, MD trained with Habib Davanloo and has developed treatment models and training programs including Accelerated Empathic Therapy, Sensation Therapy & Self-Connection Therapy. He focuses on helping therapists and clients discover new ways to experience themselves.

Kristin A. R. Osborn MA, LMHC trained with Harvard Medical School psychologist and researcher, Dr. Leigh McCullough and founded the Certified APT™-Training Program in 2009. She has a faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is Director of the Harvard Medical School Psychotherapy Research Program. She is president emeritus of the IEDTA and co-authored the book, Paraverbal Communication in Psychotherapy: Beyond the Words (2016). Her passion is teaching clinicians how to integrate research in their clinical training.

If you have any questions, please email Michale Alpert, or Tel: 212-213-6156

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Welcome to the new home of APT to see the offices of Kristin Osborn and meet her Boston colleagues.

The 9th international conference of the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association (IEDTA) will focus on emerging applications and settings for Experiential Dynamic Therapy (EDT). EDTs are experiential, emotion-focused, psychodynamic psychotherapy models. EDTs use video recording of psychotherapy sessions to enhance training, supervision, research, and treatment. More information about EDTs can be found on the IEDTA website, iedta.net/edt/about-edt.

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Learn how to cultivate closeness within the therapeutic relationship

It can be hard to help your client experience closeness when you struggle with it yourself. Cultivating an honest and close relationship with your client is an essential therapeutic goal, but it leaves many clinicians feeling lost or anxious, especially if they have not worked through their own blocks to closeness. In this workshop, we’ll teach you a step-by- step approach on how to cultivate closeness with your client. You’ll learn how to avoid inadvertently encouraging compliance, dependency or a therapeutic rupture. You’ll learn how to help your client experience a deep sense of self-compassion, self-love and self-care. You’ll then learn how to assess your client’s capacity for closeness and how to intervene where they are at, rather than where you want them to be. You’ll also learn how to help your client feel an increased sense of trust and develop the skills to set limits within their relationships.

Learning Objectives:

• How to build a working alliance
• How to identify a block to closeness
• How to cultivate self-compassion, self-love and self-care
• How to use exposure and desensitization for a positive ‘sense of self’
• How to assess your clients attachment style
• How to use exposure and desensitization for a realistic ‘sense of other’

Learning Methods:

• Video-segments of psychotherapy sessions
• Interactive Exercises
• PowerPoint presentation
• APT-Forms

Literature:
Donovon, J., Osborn, K., & Rice, S., Parverbal Communication in Psychotherapy: Beyond the Words, 2016
Brown, S. & Vaugn, C., Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul, 2010
McCullough, L. et al, Treating Affect Phobia: A Manual for Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, 2003
Najavits. L.M., ‘Researching therapist emotions and countertransference’. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2000; 7:322-328
Panksepp, J. & Biven, L., The Archeology of the Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions, 2012
Perry, B., The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories by a Child Psychiatrist, 2006
Searls, H., Coutertransference and Related Subjects: Selected Papers, University Press, 1979
Maroda, K., Psychodynamic Techniques: Working with Emotion in the Therapeutic Relationship: Guilford Press, 2010

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Certified APT™-Core Training is an experiential, intensive, hands-on, group learning experience for mental health clinicians. Trainees meet 4 weekends a year, for three years, to learn how to utilize the theory and techniques of APT.

Each training weekend includes presenting video segments of psychotherapy sessions, research, exploring case studies, role-playing exercises, and setting goals for professional development.

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Learn how to turn therapeutic ruptures into opportunities for connection

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This event is for those who have graduated from the Certified APT™-Core Training with Kristin Osborn. We will be discussing what the future holds.

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Certified APT™-Core Training is an experiential, intensive, hands-on, group learning experience for mental health clinicians. Trainees meet 4 weekends a year, for three years, to learn how to utilize the theory and techniques of APT.

Each training weekend includes presenting video segments of psychotherapy sessions, research, exploring case studies, role-playing exercises, and setting goals for professional development.

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Learn the importance of timing, creativity, and choosing interventions that are the right fit for your client

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