Advanced Training

The program is for those who are familiar with IoPT and want to learn more about our method. If you want to take the program in Norwegian, you can read more about it here.

We warmly welcome you to an exciting and rewarding education. The focus of modern trauma treatment has shifted from "what's wrong with you" to the consequences of what happened to you. And the focus is on getting the opportunity to find the way out of the trauma biography and back to oneself. The IoPT theory is groundbreaking and the intentional method of self-encounterss, meeting oneself from the inside out, is clarifying and healing.

The goal of the IoPT advanced training is to provide a thorough insight into and understanding of IoPT trauma theory with the Intention Method. You will have the opportunity to learn how trauma affects the development and growth of both the body and the mind.

• Prevention, treatment and the way out of traumatic stresses, such as relationship stresses, inside and outside the family, sexual abuse, violence and seemingly minor incidents that over time are stressful and lead to traumatization.
• Integrated trauma, development and attachment theory.
• Collective trauma. Intergenerational trauma. Developmental trauma, complex traumatization and other traumatizing stresses.
• The consequences of traumatic stress, prevention and repair.
• Trauma-informed care.

Time of day

Teaching is organized as weekend sessions Friday - Monday, and can be combined with a full-time job.

• Education and self-development in a permanent group.
• 12 modules of 4 days each.
• Registration takes place on an ongoing basis

Online education in English. Each module is 4 days, and the education is a total of 12 modules of 4 days each. Price per 4-day module: 5.500,-. You will receive an invoice per module and pay per module. If your workplace pays for your education, we can send an invoice as your workplace wishes, per year or per module.

Dates 2025 - 2026: 5.Online advanced training in English.

For questions or to sign up, send us an email: ewelyn@iopt.no or fill out the form to the right.

The program is applied for approval from the Norwegian Psychological Association and other professional associations, as a maintenance activity. Ewelyn Hysing-Olsen is academically responsible for the Institute and teaches modules in each Advanced Training, in addition, experienced IoPT teachers teach.

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Theory and methodology

The study program is based on Prof. Franz Ruppert's theoretical and practical framework within IoPT - Identity Oriented Psychotrauma Theory with the Intention Method. Literature list will be sent in good time before start-up. The teaching is in Norwegian.

Based on established trauma theories and his own research, as well as through many therapeutic processes with women and men in many countries, both individually and in groups, Prof. Franz Ruppert has developed the theoretical framework of Identity-Oriented Psychotrauma Theory. This framework is based on several theoretical cornerstones and one practical method: Trauma theory, the human psyche, identity, love, sexuality, victim-offender dynamics and the Intention Method. Both subject and method are under constant development, and the Institute works closely with Dr. Ruppert to keep abreast of the latest developments in IoPT.

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The main topics for the education

The modules consist of teaching, reflection and discussion of theory as well as practical work according to the participants' intentions. Each participant gets a Self Meeting in each module, if they have the intention to do so. Ewelyn Hysing-Olsen is responsible for our Continuing Education for Trauma Therapist IoPT. From module seven onwards, everyone has the opportunity to practice the Intention Method under supervision.

• The psyche and what psychotrauma means. Definition of the basic concept, the function of the psyche, the psyche as a four-generation phenomenon, the connection with the immune and hormone system, the brain, muscles and organs.
• The intention method - and IoPT - in trauma treatment, in counseling and in conversation.
• Method, technique and procedure in individual treatment in groups with resonators, in one-on-one settings with client-therapist and in conversation. Also working on a digital platform. Some of the modules are online, so everyone gets the opportunity to learn IoPT on the online platform.
• Early trauma. Identity, identification and additional identities as well as identity trauma. Identity development, development of the I, the Self and the will. We look at trauma in pregnancy and trauma during and after birth. We discuss and evaluate similarities and differences based on the insights/knowledge from pre-, peri- and postnatal psychology. We get to know how IoPT can be preventive during pregnancy, and how there is now an increased awareness of identity building and mother-child attachment. The movie INUTERO with Norwegian subtitles will be shown and discussed.

• Love, attachment and love trauma. What is love? How to receive and give love? What is attachment? Love trauma as part of complex traumatization. Understanding and prevention of "Helpers fatigue".
• Sexuality and traumatization of sexuality. What is healthy sexuality? What is unhealthy sexuality? Sexual abuse of children, young people and incest, its consequences, prevention and treatment.
• Relationships and other relationships. Who am I? Who am I in the relationship? Among family, friends, work colleagues? Who am I in the relationship? What strengthens and what hinders good relationships? How to work with relationships?
• Victim-abuser and victim-abuser entanglements. Definition of abuser and victim, being a victim and victim attitudes, being an abuser and abuser attitudes, derailment/wrong turns and ways out of abuser-victim splits. Also within kindergarten and school.
• Trauma from our own actions. How we end up abusing ourselves and others. And how we thus traumatize ourselves. And the way out.
• Who am I in a traumatizing society? How to stay connected to healthy self and self-will in a traumatizing society.
• Symptoms or trauma: Health, illness and psychotrauma. What makes us sick and what makes us healthy? Trauma as a starting point for multiple bodily and physical symptoms.
• Presentation of the project assignments. Project assignments with clients or based on your own workplace are mandatory to obtain the title of registered trauma therapist. Otherwise it is optional.
• Books by Franz Ruppert and Gabor Maté can be ordered here, shipping free: IoPT books.

IoPT trauma advanced training is for everyone, whether you want to go for your own part or you also want to use the competence in the meeting with others, in the job you have or want to start your own practice as an IoPT Trauma Therapist. You have education and practice in IoPT trauma therapy through basic education at iopt.no, or psychotherapy, health, social and welfare subjects or prior learning.