Melbourne Centre for ISTDP

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Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) is appropriate for the treatment of 5 out of 6 psychotherapy/psychology referrals. ISTDP is the best researched of all short-term dynamic models with over 19 published outcome studies and other research publications.

This includes anxiety, depression, compulsive behaviours, eating disorders, phobias, panic, anger outbursts, chronic headaches and physical problems (for which a medical cause has not been found) and self-destructive behaviours.

It is arguably the most relevant of psychological treatments available today, allowing the stopping of medication in most cases, even in those with persistent mental illness as well as those with common mental disorders (e.g. anxiety and depression) and personality disorders.

Simply put, ISTDP can help clients succeed in overcoming internal obstacles when many other traditional treatment efforts have failed. ?

For example, there is research evidence indicating that, people should have a trial of ISTDP first before starting psychiatric medications and before trying ECT or other invasive procedures.