Over two decades, on two continents, Robert J. Neborsky, MD, and Josette ten Have-de Labije, PsyD, have struggled to define and perfect the psychotherapeutic methods of Habib Davanloo, MD.
Both in individual practice and partnered study, they have worked carefully to master the theory and application of the clinician's revolutionary approach. These companion volumes represent their best attempts to translate Davanloo's clinical genius into language that students and researchers can use to help psychoneurotic patients who suffer from what the authors describe as ''attachment trauma.'' Dr Neborsky goes on to use case examples from his practice to illustrate the way the unconscious mind operates to create symptoms and relationship difficulties.
Readers will discover that Neborsky and ten Have-de Labije have greatly advanced the science and teaching of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy in these collections, which also serve as a supplement to their textbook Roadmap to the Unconscious (Karnac, 2010).
Robert J. Neborsky, M.D., is a psychiatrist in private practice in Del Mar, California, and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSD School of Medicine as well as UCLA School of Medicine (Hon). He is member of the Board of Directors of the International Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Association. He was a founding member on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. He is currently guest editor of the Ad Hoc Bulletin of Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. In 1981, while training with Dr. Habib Davanloo, he co-founded the San Diego Institute for Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. In 2001, he co-authored Short-Term Therapy for Long Term Change (Norton) and is a contributing author in the 2003 book, Healing Trauma (Norton). Roadmap to the Unconscious: Mastering Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (Karnac) is scheduled for release in May 2010.
In 2003, Dr. Neborsky was honored by the UCLA School of Medicine Clinical Faculty Association as the Distinguished Psychiatric Lecturer of the Year for 2002. In 2003 he was one of the founders of the Southern California Society for ISTDP and was elected president. In 2008 he was appointed Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Neborsky's professional activities include treating patients, training students in the techniques of Attachment-Based variety of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), presenting at local, national and international symposia, and completing a textbook book on AB-ISTDP with Josette ten Have-de Labije, PsyD. He is actively researching the interface between attachment theory and psychotherapy. He is the father of four daughters, three grandchildren and is a dedicated golfer.
