IoPT Conference 2025
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Violent criminals – insane, psychopathic, or traumatized and troubled people?
By Prof. Dr. Franz Ruppert Translated by Marta Thorsheim In our work as psychotherapists and psychosocial professionals, we mostly deal with...
Prof. Dr. Franz Ruppert's lecture in Los Angeles (August 2019)
View the slides from Prof. Dr. Franz Ruppert's lecture in Los Angeles on August 16, 2019: Narcissism or Healthy Identity? Content: What does “Narcissism“ mean? “Narcissistic…
More about the theory behind IoPT
Oslo lecture. Podcast Franz Ruppert Trauma, symptoms and illness Difficult life experiences leave their mark. Violations, bullying, incest, sexual abuse, insecurity and neglect in early childhood lie…
Clip from Dr. Gabor Maté – 2 Days in Oslo
Dr. Gabor Maté on constellations Dr. Gabor Maté: How chronic symptoms can heal in the right environment. Dr. Gabor Maté on ADHD.…
From some of our IoPT students: Sentience – Conversation about lives being lived
Alison discusses the Identity Development modality including its history, process and unique ability to provide a space for individuals to explore their early life traumas…
Presentation of project assignment
General observations during the Self-Encounters One-on-one as the first self-encounters. Felt safer for the clients and they could get to know me and the form of therapy The self does not join...
Project assignment - IoPT Advanced Training by Julia Eggert
Written by Julia Eggert February 2022 Introduction Writing this paper has been a process in its own right for me. It was a major challenge to find...
Lecture on Love Trauma
Here you will find module 4 in Advanced training IoPT. The theme of the module is: Love, connection and love trauma. What is love? How to be able to receive and give love? What is…