Adolescence and early adulthood are ideal moments of opportunity for intervening in the development of emotional difficulties.  During adolescence the brain, psyche, body and neurochemical system are fast developing and open to influences which can powerfully influence later life trajectories.

This 10-day programme, run over one year, focuses on psychotherapy techniques for treatment of adolescents and young people using Attachment-Based Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (AB-ISTDP). This groundbreaking training integrates theory and research in the areas of psychoanalysis, attachment theory, neuroscience and developmental trauma and is the first such programme to be offered internationally.

Trainers

The lead trainer is Dr Sharon Lewis is a chartered clinical psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society and the Health Professions Council in the UK. She is an accredited IEDTA supervisor and trainer and has extensive experience in offering core training programmes in ISTDP, as well as introductory and advanced training.

Dr Graham Music will be co-facilitator of the course.  Dr Music is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Adult Psychotherapist . Formerly Associate Clinical Director of the Tavistock Clinic’s Child and Family Department, he now works at the Portman as a Consultant forensic psychotherapist as well as in private practice. He has managed a range of services working with the aftermath of child maltreatment and neglect, and organised many community-based psychotherapy services. Graham teaches nationally and internationally and currently leads on training in child development, neuroscience and attachment theory at the Tavistock Clinic. He has a particular interest in linking cutting-edge developmental findings with therapeutic practice. His extensive clinical work in the NHS is primarily with issues of trauma and the effect of maltreatment on children as well as on the families of such children. His distinctive therapeutic approach amalgamates psychoanalysis alongside modern developmental thinking from neurobiology, attachment, trauma theory and mindfulness.Dr Music has published widely in academic journals and the media, as well as being the author of several books, including: Nurturing Children: From Trauma to Hope using neurobiology, psychoanalysis and attachment (2019)