Robert J Neborsky Author

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. He co-authored 'Short-Term Therapy for Long Term Change' (Norton, 2001) and is a contributing author in 'Healing Trauma' (Norton, 2003). 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. Josette ten Have-de Labije, PsyD, registered psychologist-psychotherapist and clinical psychologist, started her professional career in 1972 at the department for Neuro- and Psychophysiology of the Free University of Brussels. Thereafter she has worked in the Netherlands at a public mental health center for ambulant (non-residential) patients as coordinator of the Behavior Therapy Department and member of the Diagnostic Staff. Since 1990 ten Have-de Labije, who is Dutch by birth, has worked in private practice. As supervisor and trainer of the Dutch Association for Cognitive and Behavior therapy, she has supervised and and taught post-graduate courses in behavior therapy at the Universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam and several post-doctorate courses and workshops. As supervisor and trainer of the Dutch Association for Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy and of the South California Institute for AG-STDP she has led several post-doctorate courses and workshops. She has organized several national and international conferences on Behavior Therapy, cancer treatment and mental health, and ISTDP.