Western Branch Canadian Psychoanalytic Society
Scientific Program 2015
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy
Judith Felman, MA, F.I.P.A.
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (D.I.T.) is a brief, 16 sessions therapy model developed
in recent years by a team of renowned psychoanalysts at the Anna Freud Centre and the
Tavistock Clinic: Peter Fonagy, Alessandra Lemma & Mary Target (2011). The approach
is aimed at treating people presenting with mild to moderate depression and anxiety. The
model is psychodynamic in nature. It aims to elucidate the patient’s object relationships,
as they come to be expressed through the interpersonal narratives brought to the session,
including the transference relationship. Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy encourages
exploration of current and past relationships within a structured setting. This model also
borrows elements from other, more cognitive therapeutic approaches, in particular in the
supportive structure it provides and in the use of mentalisation as a technique to enable
and develop the patient’s curiosity in exploring his mind. The presentation is divided in
two parts: the first part will entail an introduction to the D.I.T. model, its theoretical
underpinning and a brief description of each of the three phases comprised in the model:
the initial phase, which aims to devise a formulation of the interpersonal affective focus
(IPAF), the middle phase and the ending phase. A clinical case followed by discussion
will be presented in the second part.
Judith Felman is an accredited D.I.T. therapist, supervisor and trainer in the UK, and an
Associate of the Psychological Therapies Development Unit at the Tavistock Clinic.
Judith moved to England in 1985, having graduated as a clinical psychologist from Bar
Ilan University, Israel. In 1997 she was awarded the Tavistock Qualification in Adult
Psychotherapy after completing a four year advanced psychotherapy training at the
Tavistock Clinic. She went on to work as consultant clinical psychologist in the National
Health Service and has since divided her work time between the NHS and private
practice. Judith is registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and is a
member of the British and International Psychoanalytic Associations (BPA and IPA).
Learning Objectives
1. To disseminate the awareness and knowledge of a contemporary approach of brief
therapy - Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) - developed in recent years in the UK
for the treatment of mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
2. To explore the feasibility/applicability of such approach to the Canadian Health Care
System.
3. To promote the development of DIT training in Western Canada.
Location:
The Arbutus Club
2001 Nanton Avenue,
Vancouver, B.C. V6J 4A1
Terrace Room
Time:
Cost:
9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Members, Guests:
Non-Members:
Students, VIP:
No charge
$ 40.00
$ 25.00
Scientific Program Committee: Judith Setton-Markus (Chair), Karin Holland Biggs, James Fabian,
Endre Koritar, Catherine Young, Karla Maranhao Donna Paproski, Joseph Eliezer
Please register by June 7, 2015
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy
Judith Felman, MA, F.I.P.A.
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