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Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses that can have a hugely detrimental impact on a person’s all-around health. They carry one of the highest mortality rates of all mental health conditions. There is no fool-proof formula for how to talk to someone you love about their eating disorder. The most important thing to do if...
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When it comes to mental health, there are a lot of things that are not quite understood. For example, it can be hard for people to understand where eating disorders come from and why one might be compelled to engage in such behaviours. For people who do engage in disordered eating habits, it can be...
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Making the choice to go to counselling for depression can be a difficult one to come to. It might seem frightening, and you probably do not know what to expect from the experience. A good depression counsellor will help you to develop coping skills and to change your negative thought patterns that cause depression. If...
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If you or a loved one is suffering from an eating disorder, there are some things that can be done to help. It might seem like a difficult task, but there are plenty of options for treatment. All treatment is tailored to the individual, making a personalised treatment plan that will work best for them....
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There are several types of eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating, but most experts agree that they are rooted in psychological causes and not just a desire to lose weight. Because of this, treatment plans for eating disorders generally involve both physical and emotional cures, and since each treatment can be personalised to the...
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Individual supervision in person or via video conference (i.e., internet based) Small group supervision via video conference (i.e., internet based)
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Core Training is a three year program comprised of, approximately, fortnightly supervision of your video recorded ISTDP sessions and attendance at didactic training workshops conducted by The ISTDP Clinic. To complete Core Training you need to accumulate 15 hours of direct supervision per year (or 10 hours of direct and 20 hours of observational supervision...
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ISTDP-based workshops provided through The ISTDP Clinic.
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The clinical efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy (PDT) has undergone extensive study and review. Recently, re- searchers have studied the effects of this treatment on brain metabolic or synaptic activity, but the collective findings have never been reviewed. The objective of this review was to describe the findings of all neuroimaging studies of any form of...
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Day treatment programs (DTP) for eating disorders are being recognised as having therapeutic benefits. However, research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of DTP to establish their validity. This article reports on the evaluation of a pilot DTP in an Australian mental health setting, which utilised an integrative approach com- bining evidence-based treatments such as...
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