What is ISTDP?

 

If you’re looking into therapy, you might be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure what kind of help will actually make a difference.

 

Maybe you’ve had support before. Maybe you’ve learned ways to manage things on the surface. But something still doesn’t feel resolved underneath.

 

That doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It might just mean you need a therapy that works in a different way.

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A Therapy That Gets Beneath the Surface

 

ISTDP (Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy) is a focused, accelerated and evidence-based approach that helps you get to the root of your emotional and psychological difficulties.

 

Instead of just giving you tools to cope or talking around the issue, we work directly with the emotional blocks that keep you stuck, the ones that often sit just outside of your everyday awareness.

 

This approach helps you move past old patterns, feel more connected to yourself and others, and start to experience real, lasting change.
 

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What Can ISTDP Help With?

 

People often come to ISTDP when other approaches haven’t gone deep enough.

 

It can be helpful if you’re experiencing:

 

• Anxiety or panic

• Low mood or a sense of flatness

• Ongoing self-doubt or a harsh inner critic

• Relationship or attachment struggles

• Repeating emotional patterns you can’t shift

• Emotional numbness, overwhelm, or shutdown

• Grief, trauma, or unresolved experiences

• Feeling disconnected from yourself or others

• A sense of being “too much” or “not enough”

 

You don’t need a diagnosis to benefit. If you feel stuck, even if you can’t quite explain why, this work can help you make sense of it and start to move forward.

 

 

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What You Can Expect in Therapy

 

ISTDP is a focused, collaborative approach. In each session, we pay close attention to the moment-to-moment shifts in your thoughts, feelings, and reactions, so we can begin to understand and shift the emotional blocks that are holding you back.

 

Together, we’ll begin to:

 

• Understand what’s really driving your distress

• Work with the emotional blocks that hold you back

• Shift long-standing patterns that no longer serve you

• Improve how you relate to others and to yourself

• Feel more grounded, connected, and in control

 

Because we’re working with what matters most, many people feel progress within the first few sessions, even if they’ve felt stuck for years.

 

 

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Is ISTDP Right for You?

 

If you’re looking for therapy that helps you move beyond coping and into real change, ISTDP offers a clear and direct path forward.

 

You don’t need to have everything figured out. You just need to be open to exploring what’s happening, with honesty and the right kind of support.

 

I offer online ISTDP therapy for adults across the UK and Europe.
 

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Ready to take the next step?

 

If this approach sounds like something that could help, feel free to reach out.

 

Whether you’re ready to book a session or just want to see if this feels like the right fit, I’m happy to talk things through.

 

You don’t have to keep managing this on your own.