Ferruccio Osimo
Ferruccio Osimo, MD, psychiatrist, is one of the founders of the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association and was its first president. He trained in dynamic psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic in London, where he carried out in-depth clinical studies on the quality of outcome, co-authoring with David H. Malan the book Psychodynamics, Training, and Outcome in Brief Psychotherapy (1992). He attended Habib Davanloo's core training in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, and took part in the Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Research Programme directed by Leigh McCullough at Harvard Medical School. His model of Intensive Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (IE-DP) is described in the Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy (2002), in his book Experiential Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Manual (2003), and in several scientific articles. Dr Osimo founded the Italian, UK, and Israeli core trainings in IE-DP. He maintains a psychotherapy practice in Milan, where he teaches at Universitą Statale, School of Psychiatry. He is the president of the Italian EDT Association. His clinical work has been presented internationally.
Theory and Practice of Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
The book opens with an introduction to and history of the experiential dynamic therapies (EDT) including the groundbreaking Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) of Habib Davanloo and... (more)