Duration
17 Aug 2026 - 21 Aug 2026
Psychotherapy in the modern sense didn't exist in historical times famed for existential and introspective searching, such as in Ancient Greece or in Italian and Northern Renaissance, including Shakespearean times, nor in the Enlightenment or Romanticism eras. It was born in the creative collision of revolutionary medical progress and fin-de-siecle Vienna and it spread like wildfire through Western capitals after two World Wars. Even though by 1920s Freud had already defined the ideals of psychoanalytic frame and relationship, which define the structure and dynamics of the therapeutic process, they were not thoroughly theorized until the 1960s. They have been so successful that they've changed little within the classical tradition since then, despite enormous social changes around us. And yet, so many other psychotherapies have developed since then, largely disregarding classical ideas. The accelerated evolution of communication patterns, modes of information processing, and rhythms of urban life, especially in the last decade, often frustrate our ability to establish productive psychotherapeutic processes. Our small group is not looking to develop any new overarching conceptual framework but will apply modern psychodynamic theory to explore clinical examples that all our participants bring up.
School fee is Euro 200 (Euro 150 for trainees/early career professionals), payable in cash upon arrival.
We will start Monday and end on Friday; we meet from 9:00 – 13:00, with rest of the day free. Each day, an introductory lecture is followed by a group discussion of relevant clinical material. After a short break, we divide into small groups for further discussion. For the last 30-45 minutes, we all meet together to share insights from groups.
We are meeting at the IUC building, Don Frana Bulica 4, just two hundred meters from the west entrance to the Old City (“Pile”). Lodging needs to be arranged individually by the participants. IUC can help with that.
