Psychotherapy with ISCP Method (Interventional Systemic-Cultural Psychotherapy)

The ISCP method is designed for people who have experienced a long-term trauma and are struggling to establish a base for themselves that would provide support and avoid damaging some important area of functioning in their lives.

Patients receive guidelines to put into practice for the duration of psychotherapy. During the meetings we set goals, diagnose difficult and unsatisfying areas. As a final result, the patient gains knowledge of how to take care of themselves. This form of psychotherapy can be a base for starting long-term psychotherapy or psychotherapy with another method. It lasts from about six months to a year and a half. The guidelines are both general and individually tailored.

Depending on the type of problem reported, it is good to have meetings twice a week for the first two months. Then reduce the frequency to one meeting a week for about three to six months. After that, meetings can be scheduled every two weeks, possibly increasing the frequency in case of an emergency. After this period, meetings can be held once a month, when the therapy takes a closing form. Therapy with this method is not expected to last more than a year-and-a-half.

However, it is important to note that in the case of borderline features or when defense mechanisms associated with personality disorders are evident and there is a risk of self-harm, etc., therapy can last up to seven or ten years at varying frequencies, including twice a week for the first years.

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