Dear Colleague,

This autumn, the TFP-Group Ukraine and the Ukrainian Institute for Personality Disorders Studies is launching a new certification training course:

Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline, Narcissistic, and Other Severe Personality Disorders

Faculty: Dr. Tennyson Lee, FRCPsych, Psychoanalyst, Chair of TFP UK, Lead of International TFP Training Programs

Course begins on October 17, 2025

Brief Seminar Overview:

This is your chance to learn the essence of psychoanalysis. You too can learn to work like this: efficiently, with a full understanding of what is happening to the patient and what to do about it.

What is the Model of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)?

Transference-Focused psychotherapy (TFP) is a highly structured, modified manualized psychodynamic treatment, typically conducted twice a week, based on Otto F. Kernberg's object relations model.Initially developed for borderline personality disorder (BPD), TFP was later expanded to address the entire spectrum of borderline personality organization, including pathological narcissism.

Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) is an empirically supported and evidence-based treatment for personality disorders that has proven its efficacy in numerous studies (2001, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, and others).

Who Will Benefit from This Course?

TFP integrates clinical concepts from classical Freudian theory, British object relations theory, ego psychology, and the Kleinian tradition, while updating them in light of contemporary findings in neuroscience.

TFP training will be especially valuable for:

• Psychoanalytic Therapists
• Psychodynamic Therapists
• Other-Modality Psychotherapists
• Psychiatrists

What Does the Practical Component Include?

The practical part of the course involves clinical material presented by participants, as well as video recordings of therapy sessions with patients:

QA sessions: Participants will receive guidance and answers to the questions that arise as you engage with TFP theory and clinical application.

Case reviews: Participants will be invited to submit brief descriptions of their own clinical cases, outlining therapeutic challenges (using a pre-prepared template). Dr Tennyson Lee will select cases relevant to the topic and discuss them together with the participants and the therapist who submitted the case.

Role-plays: Participants will have the opportunity to engage in role-plays, where they will act as their patients, and the course instructor, Tennyson Lee, will take on the therapist role.

Video sessions: The program includes viewing recorded patient sessions, accompanied by expert commentary from course teacher Tennyson Lee.

Who Is the Course Instructor?

The instructor of the certification course - Tennyson Lee, FRCPsych, is a brilliant instructor and experienced clinician

• FRCPsych – Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (a professional title in the United Kingdom indicating the highest level of qualification in the field of psychiatry).
• Psychoanalyst, member of the British Psychoanalytical Society
• Chair of the TFP UK group
• Clinical lead at DeanCross Personality Disorder Service (recipient of the Royal College of Psychiatry team of the year award)
• Accredited Mentalization Based therapist
• Serves on the International Society of Transference Focused Psychotherapy certification board
• Certified TFP Teacher and Supervisor, accredited by the International Society for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (ISTFP)
• Co-Director of the Centre for Understanding of Personality (CUSP), a research unit based in his clinical service, and linked to Oxford University and Queen Mary University, London
• Registered in the Clinical Register of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society

Who is the organizer of the webinar?

The course is organized by TFP-Group Ukraine and the Ukrainian Institute for Personality Disorder Studies.

The Institute has already conducted more than 227 hours of training events and has more than 1853 participants who have completed certification training. 

The Institute collaborate with leading experts: Otto Kernberg, Frank Yeomans, Monica Carsky, Tennyson Lee, Katarzyna Gwóźdź, Veronica Steiner, Nel Draijer, Jos van Mosel, Julia Sowislo.

Course Schedule:

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The didactic course in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy consists of four modules:

Module I: October 17-19, 2025

Module II: December 5–7, 2025

Module III: March 6-8, 2026

Module IV: June 5-7, 2026

Time:

Daily, 08:00 AM - 3:00 PM London time

FORMAT & LANGUAGE

Online education in English

With simultaneous translation into Ukrainian

What Does the Program Participation Package Include?

Participants will receive:
– Live participation via Zoom
– Access to selected readings and articles

– 12-month access to webinar recordings

– Personalized electronic certificate of attendance

We encourage you to register for a training that will enhance the effectiveness of psychotherapy in your clinical work.

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Best regards,

Ukrainian Institute for Personality Disorders Studies

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