A two-day ISTDP North masterclass with Josette ten Have-de Labije

Overview

Two-day ISTDP North masterclass with Josette ten Have-de Labije on turning clinical red lights into green lights.Manchester, 23-24 Apr 2027.

Join ISTDP North in Manchester for a two-day masterclass with Josette ten Have-de Labije, PsyD. This will be the fourth ISTDP North event in which Josette comes to Manchester, offering another opportunity to learn directly from one of the leading international teachers, supervisors and authors in ISTDP.

The focus of this masterclass will be on learning to work through the roadmap to the unconscious and on using ISTDP technique to help turn “red lights” into “green lights” in the clinical process.

Across the two days, the programme will centre on:

• Two live supervision sessions with colleagues presenting clinical material
• A master video presentation by Josette
• Role plays and active participation, with close attention to applying ISTDP technique
• Observation, discussion and reflection to consolidate learning

Next to theoretical introductions, video vignettes will illustrate theory and technique. Participants wishing to present clinical material for supervision should bring audio-visually recorded material on USB stick or DVD of the section they wish to be supervised on. Please subtitle material where possible; otherwise, please bring a printed transcript.

What to expect

• Active participation, supervision, observation and roleplay
• Theoretical introductions linked to clinical technique
• Video vignettes illustrating theory and technique
• Group discussion and reflective learning
• Optional supervision of participants’ clinical material

Literature

• ten Have-de Labije, J. & Neborsky, R. (2012). Mastering Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Roadmap to the Unconscious
• ten Have-de Labije, J. (2020). Stumble, fall and get up again on the road to the Unconscious. Practical Exercises for the ISTDP therapist.

Speakers

Josette ten Have-de Labije, PsyD
Josette ten Have-de Labije is a psychotherapist and clinical psychologist who studied at the universities of Groningen and Amsterdam, including the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research. She began her professional career in 1972 at the Department for Neuro and Psychophysiology of the Free University of Brussels. She later worked in the Netherlands at a public mental health centre for ambulant patients as coordinator of the Behaviour Therapy Department and member of the Diagnostic Staff. Since 1990, she has worked in private practice.

As a qualified psychotherapist and clinical psychologist, she was trained as a cognitive-behaviour therapist, couples therapist, therapist for psychodynamic individual and group psychotherapy, and therapist for Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. From 1989 to 1992, she was a member of the Dutch ISTDP core group trained and supervised by Professor Dr H. Davanloo.

As supervisor and trainer of ISTDP, she has given supervision, post-doctorate courses and workshops in the Netherlands and internationally, including in the USA, Canada, South Africa, China, England, Denmark, Norway, Poland and Italy. She has organised national and international conferences on Behaviour Therapy, Cancer Treatment and Mental Health, and ISTDP. She has been a board member of the International Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Association and is editor-in-chief of the Ad Hoc Bulletin for STDP: Practice and Theory. She has published several books and articles.

Dr Javier Malda Castillo
Dr Javier Malda Castillo is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and lead of a tertiary Psychotherapy and Personality Disorder Department in the NHS. He is the founder and director of ISTDP North, a certified teacher and supervisor in ISTDP with the IEDTA. He is also a Mentalization Based Treatment supervisor accredited by the Anna Freud Centre, a group analytic practitioner accredited by the Institute of Group Analysis, and a psychodynamic psychotherapist trained in the Tavistock individual psychotherapy programme. He has been training and learning from Josette for the past seven years and continues to be in an ongoing advanced supervision group in Berlin.