The Conversational Model of Therapy (CM), which is also known as Psychodynamic-Interpersonal Therapy is an evidence based psychological treatment developed by Dr Robert Hobson and Prof Russell Meares. The model has demonstrated effectiveness in the treatment of depression, psychosomatic disorders, self-harm, complex trauma disorders, etc. In this webinar Dr Nick Bendit will describe the theoretical underpinnings of the model, clinical process and its efficacy in treating complex trauma disorders. The webinar will conclude with Q&A and provide an overview of training in Australia and New Zealand.
The webinar will cover the following Learning Outcomes
This webinar does not offer CPD certificates.
Webinar Overview
Orientation Video and Program Guide
Introduction to the Conversational Model of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training
PPT Slides: Introduction to the CM
Dr Nick Bendit is a staff specialist psychiatrist working at the Centre for Psychotherapy (Newcastle), an outpatient public psychotherapy unit offering long-term psychotherapy for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and eating disorders. He treats patients with BPD using the Conversational Model and DBT, as well as supervising mental health clinicians in the management of patients with BPD. He is the current Director of Training of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (ANZAP). He has published articles on mechanisms of change in psychotherapy, reviewing the effectiveness of DBT in borderline personality disorder, and mechanisms of chronic suicidal thoughts in patients with borderline personality disorder. He has been a co-author on the most recent Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines on deliberate self harm in borderline personality disorder (RANZCP, 2016). He is the co-author of the second-largest randomised clinical trial of the effectiveness of psychotherapy in BPD, comparing DBT and the Conversational Model (Walton et al., 2020).
