Notes from Dr Ruth Birkebaek
When Shame Enters the Therapy Room With Dr Ruth Birkebaek
In this workshop we will discuss how the power dynamics in the therapeutic relationship and supervisory relationship can foster shame…
Shame in Supervision Psychotherapy Webinar
In this webinar we will discuss how the power dynamics in the supervisory relationship can foster shame. Sometimes the archaic…
Therapeutic Errors & Psychotherapeutic Presence Webinar
How is it that we sometimes fail a client even when we are so carefully trying not to? We may…
Relational and Integrative Psychotherapy Training
Dates: 29-30 March;14-15 June 13-14 September; 22-23 November 2025 & 17-18 January 2026 Time: Saturday (9 am to 6 pm)…
Relational and Integrative Psychotherapy 2 day Experiential Workshop
This 2-day experiential workshop is based on Richard Erskine’s model of relationally-focused and developmentally-based Integrative Psychotherapy. While we associate the…
What is Integrative Psychotherapy?
Integrative Psychotherapy is a collection of developmentally-based and relationally-focused concepts about the practice of psychotherapy. The theories and methods of…
How does Integrative Psychotherapy work?
Integrative Psychotherapy is composed of a collection of developmentally-based and relationally-focused concepts about the practice of psychotherapy. The original and…
Relational Needs in psychotherapy
Relational needs are about relationships and contact between people. They are different from basic needs of survival - like food,…
Pains and Benefits of Psychotherapy
Usually people come to therapy with some level of despair and lack of hope. Or they come with a certain…
Obesity & Depression
Weight is a complex issue and everyone seems to have an opinion, often amplified by broadcast and social media. Despite…
Healing the hurts – coping with abuse
Our lives are shaped by the past. By the things we’ve learned about people, about the world and the ways…