It is an intensive course, meant for psychologists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and other certified mental health professionals, wishing to learn or upgrade their skill in the E-STDP clinical methodology. The core training experience aims to foster the professional development of each trainee in a personal way, thus the limited number of participants in each core training group. Such a format makes it possible for therapists with different levels of clinical experience to train together and learn from each other. The course addresses the E-STDP theoretical paradigms, and their respective clinical methodologies. As specific techniques to bring about the acceleration of the process of psychodynamic change are the hallmark of E-STDP, the course will focus on relational techniques for handling the interpersonal relationship created between therapist and patient, and experiential techniques for facilitating, deepening and working through core affective experiences.
Core training has two components, didactic and supervisory.
The didactic components of the core training, taught by the core training leaders, will feature extensive use of videotapes of clinical cases, illustrating the E-STDP process in its clinical actuality. The final objective of this core training course is the attainment of mastery in the E-STDP methodology. A satisfactory completion of training in E-STDP may require more than one year of training.