Training & Consultation Groups
Members of TFP-New York have experience designing and implementing trainings for various groups of individuals and institutions on topics related to the assessment and treatment of personality disorders.
Trainings can be highly varied and customized depending on the group’s level of training/experience, institutional needs, and interests. Trainings typically combine didactic instruction with presentation of clinical case material. Trainings can vary in duration, from a briefer “Grand Rounds” type presentation, to trainings that extend to a full day, or multiple days. We also offer a year-long introductory training, meeting weekly, as described below. For more information about designing a training that will meet the needs of your group or institution, please contact Dr. Barry L. Stern.
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Two-year training in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, co-sponsored by TFP-NY
Course Description: The course begins with a review of the principles and techniques of TFP. It then moves on to case material. Instructors provide the initial case material, including videos of sessions that illustrate management of common clinical situations. After this introductory phase, the course shifts to focus on discussion and supervision of participants’ cases. After completing the two-year course, participants should have acquired the fund of knowledge and clinical skills to be a competent TFP therapist. Participants will receive a certificate from the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
34 sessions per year, starting September, 2025.
Faculty: Eve Caligor, Barry Stern, Frank Yeomans, Eric Fertuck, Eugenia Cherkasskaya, Benjamin Mccommon, Richard Hersh, Joanna Bird, Alex Sheppe, Tiziano Colibazzi, Silvia Bernardi
Seminar is conducted online, in English
The seminar meets weekly for 90 minutes for 34 sessions per year
The training is open to psychiatrists, psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers
For further information:
https://www.psychoanalysis.columbia.edu/train/psychotherapy-programs/transference-focused-psychotherapy-program
One-year Introductory TFP Training & Consultation Course
Course Description: The primary objective of the course is to teach the foundational principles and techniques of TFP. The majority of the course will involve didactic instruction illustrated with case examples and discussion. Towards the latter part of the year, trainees will have the opportunity to present cases for consultation, with focus on helping trainees conceptualize and assess cases from a TFP perspective, and on the conversion of cases to TFP proper (establishing a suitable TFP frame, treatment contract, etc.)
34 sessions, starting September, 2025.
Seminar is conducted online, in English
The seminar meets weekly for 90 minutes for 34 sessions per year
Thursdays, 10 - 11’30 pm, on Zoom
The training is open to experienced psychotherapists from multiple disciplines (applicants must be licensed in their respective disciplines and present proof of malpractice insurance)
Course availability and application cycle for Fall 2026 is currently pending. To be placed on a mailing list for updates, please contact Dr. Barry L Stern, at bs2137@cumc.columbia.edu.
TFP case consultation groups
34 sessions, starting September, 2025
Information on the dates, times, and instructors for Advanced Consultation Groups for individuals who have had foundational TFP training will vary year to year, with availability at times changing mid-year. Please direct any inquiries to Dr. Barry L. Stern.
Upcoming Seminars & Conferences
2026
9th Biennal Conference of the International Society for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
June, 4, 5, & 6
Vienna, Austria
https://istfp.org/9th-istfp-biennial-conference-in-vienna/
2024
The Multiple Faces of Narcissism: Conceptualization and Treatment
February 3 & 4, 2024
Presenters: Otto Kernberg, John Clarkin, Frank Yeomans, Diana Diamond, Eve Caligor, Lina Normandin, Barry Stern, Julia Swislow, Richard Hersh
A Zoom Conference – Download our flyer for more detail and to register
2021
Narcissistic Personality Disorder within the Framework of Object Relations Theory: Current Perspectives
Friday, October 22, 2021, 8:15 am – 3:30 pm
Presentations by: Otto Kernberg, Eve Caligor, Barry Stern, Diana Diamond, Frank Yeomans, John Clarkin, Nicole Cain, Julia Swislow
TFP Certification Guidelines
Levels of Certification in TFP
The ISTFP Training & Education Committee
July 2014, revised Oct 2018, revised Feb 2022