International Advanced Training in Munich

Professional immersion with Dr. Franz Ruppert's latest theory and method development for trauma therapists IoPT in practice. The education takes place in English, in Munich.

Welcome to our international Advanced Training program! The aim of the program is for participants to gain a deeper understanding of Professor Ruppert's groundbreaking theories and concepts on identity development and how trauma affects it. The program in Munich is with the founder of IoPT, Prof. Dr. Franz Ruppert.

The program is for those who are IoPT-informed through other education and want to specialize in IoPT. The program is sought to be approved as advanced training and maintenance training by the Norwegian Psychological Association and the Norwegian Trauma Therapist Association, and is for psychotrauma therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, doctors and healthcare professionals.

Registration and more information: Fill out the form or contact Ewelyn Hysing-Olsen, ewelyn@iopt.no.

Changes may occur.

Dates and content:

The program is composed of five modules and will last for one year and a half, starting in February 2025 and ending in February 2026. Changes may occur.

Each module follows this schedule:

First day: 09:00 – 18:00
Second day: 09:00 – 18:00
Third day: 09:00 – 16:00

When you sign up for this program, you are automatically obligated to complete the program. We'll send you information about the time, place and locations of accommodation after you've enrolled.

In the five modules of this program, you will learn, reflect and discuss theory and practical work related to the intention method. This involves both group work and individual assignments. If you wish, you have the opportunity to participate in a discussion group with Marta Thorheim the day before or the day after each module. Please contact marta@iopt.no if you wish to do so.

What does the education course cost:

The education costs a total of 2 800 Euro and will be invoiced to participants. This covers education and coffee/tea and fruit/snacks at the sessions.

Purpose

The objective of the program is that the participants shall reach a deeper understanding of Professor Ruppert`s groundbreaking theories and concepts on Identity development and how trauma does affect it. This refers to the development of our I and our will and all other psychic structures including the growth of our body. It will also be trained on how to work with the split personality structures induced by trauma. The key method is called Self Encounter by my Intention.

Theory

The education is based on Professor Ruppert's theoretical framework Identity Oriented Psychotrauma Therapy - IoPT

Over the past 30 years, Professor Ruppert has immersed himself in the understanding of the human psyche and the impact that psychotrauma has on the person and their relationship with others.

Based on established theories and his own research, and through many therapy sessions with women and men, both in individual and group situations, he has developed a theoretical framework that he calls Identity oriented Psychotraumatheory (IoPT). This framework is based on several theoretical building blocks and one practical method: The human psyche, identity, love, sexuality, the perpetrator-victim dynamic and the intention method.

Over the course of the modules, we will learn to look closer, deep into the structure of our human psyche. Together, we will gain new insights into how a lost, healthy self can be re-established and how we can get emotionally in touch with our healthy free will to improve our own lives and the lives of those we professionally deal with.

Methodology

The method by which we implement the insights and objectives of the identity-oriented Psychotraumatherapy, is called Self Encounter with my intention. This means the following: A person who wants to work therapeutically on him- or herself first considers his/her intention: What do I want to achieve through this work? What is my goal? What would I like to look at more closely? What are the next steps in my self-development?

When the intention is clear, the client is asked to write it on a whiteboard or a flip-chart. The intention is now for him and for all others visible and works as the basis for the now following self-encounter process. The person who is going to work on herself selects persons from the group to resonate with the different parts of the intention, first nonverbal and then by asking them one by one about their experiences in the resonance. Step by step the underlying issues of her/his traumabiorgaphy show up and can be brought into a healing process. So a sustainable change process can take place in our psyche and body.

The Intention Method can also be applied in individual work when only the person and the therapist are present.

Recommended reading

Franz Ruppert's books have been published in both English and Norwegian, with several also in other languages.

• Love, Desire, and Psychotrauma. Towards a healthy sexual identity (in preparation for translation into English by Green Baloon Publishing, in Norwegian published 2019, by IT)
• Who am I in a Traumatised and Traumatising society (Norwegian, English and Spanish 2019)
• My body, my trauma, my self.
• My Body, My Trauma, My I. (Green Baloon Publishing 2018)
• Childhood trauma (IT - 2015)
• Early Trauma (Green Balloon Publishing 2017)
• Trauma, fear and love (IT 2013).
• Trauma, fear and love (Green Balloon Publishing 2015)
• Symbiosis and Autonomy: From Unhealthy to Healthy Autonomy (Norwegian edition 2012, new edition 2016).
• Symbiosis and Autonomy: Symbiotic Trauma - Love Beyond Entanglement (Green Balloon Publishing 2012).
• Splits in the Soul: Integrating Traumatic Experiences (Green Balloon Publishing 2011)
• Understand your wounds in the soul. Trauma, attachment and family constellations (Norwegian edition 2013, Flux).
• Trauma, Bonding and Family Constellations: Understanding and Healing Injuries of the Soul (Green Balloon Publishing 2008).
• Trauma & Identity by Vivian Brougthon

• English books here: www.greenballoonbooks.co.uk.
• You can find Norwegian books here.