Resources
What does an interpersonal process group actually look like?
Sometimes it helps to see it before you try it. The following offers a window into what experiential and process-oriented work can look and feel like.
Group — The Series
Dr. Elliot Zeisel, a leading group psychoanalyst, leads a group of improv actors given character sketches but no script. What unfolds is actual group process. Real dynamics, real emotion, real work. It is one of the clearest filmed portrayals of what happens in a process group setting.
Dr. Bob Unger on Group Psychotherapy
A tribute to Dr. Bob Unger, an influential figure whose decades of teaching and practice helped shape how a generation of therapists understands and leads group therapy.
What is ISTDP and how does it work?
ISTDP — Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy is a research-supported, experiential approach that focuses on what is happening emotionally in the moment. Rather than talking about feelings, we work with them directly. Dr. Allan Abbass, one of the leading figures in the field and one of my own teachers, offers a clear introduction below.
Allan Abbass on Understanding ISTDP
Dr. Allan Abbass walks through the core ideas behind ISTDP in plain language.
Ready to experience it yourself?
Reading about it can only take you so far. If you want to find out what happens when you show up in a group like this, In Real Time is an ongoing online group for adults in BC.
Give it 12 sessions. Then decide if you want to stay.