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“I have seen Susan Warren Warshow’s work on videotape and have been most impressed with her deeply insightful, sensitive, and fearless approach, leading to outstanding therapeutic results. I have the greatest confidence in her.”

David H. Malan, DM, FRCPsych

Tavistock Clinic

Author, Individual Psychotherapy and the Science of Psychodynamics

"I first saw Susan Warshow's work in Amsterdam in 2002 and was blown away. Her work isn't just good. It's beautiful! She has such a warm, related, and kind way of helping patients turn against their defenses and resistances. I regard this one as a must see presentation."

Jon Frederickson, MSW,

Faculty and Co-Chair of ISTDP Training Program, Washington School of Psychiatry

Founder, ISTDP Institute

Author of Co-Creating Change, The Lies We Tell Ourselves, and Co-Creating Safety: Healing the Fragile Client

"Susan Warren Warshow is a gifted therapist - with superb clinical skills and the warmth and flexibility to tailor them to the needs of any given patient. I've heard nothing but raves from her students. I have always been impressed with Susan's profound empathy for both patient and therapist, which surely helps her create an open learning environment."

Patricia Coughlin (Della Selva), Ph.D.

Author: Intensive Short term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Theory and Technique

Co-author with Dr. David Malan: Lives Transformed

"Susan Warren Warshow is a highly skilled therapist and an excellent teacher. With patient and student alike, she deftly and precisely identifies and targets key factors as the first step in swiftly, adroitly, and compassionately resolving critical issues. If you are interested in improving your personal and professional work, take Susan's seminar."

Bruce W. Spring, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, USC School of Medicine

Training Group Participant

"I have been a practicing therapist for many years and I found that some of my patients were not getting better. This was incredibly disturbing to me and had me seeking out other theories. I encountered the work of Susan Warren Warshow and my world and practice changed forever. I am only regretful that I did not learn about DEFT earlier in my career. It is TRULY game changing both personally and professionally. I am forever indebted to Susan for her skilled and empathic teaching approach."

Fallynn C. Cox. Psy.D.

Training Group Participant

"I thought the training was so clear and so good. You have this very clear way of analyzing and being very humble. I can’t think of anything you could have improved upon. I learned a lot in just one meeting. This is amazing work and I’m so excited about it. You made it so comfortable for me, the least experienced person in the group."

Debra King, M.A.

Training Group Participant

"It was so, so wonderful. The word that was running through my mind yesterday when I left, it’s just so user-friendly. It was great. I think you are so in your element. I think you’re a natural teacher of this stuff and it is so apparent to me how well you have integrated this style of working. It’s just really inspiring. I don’t have any constructive criticism at all. It’s only positive, Susan, what can I tell you? I’m just loving it and I can’t wait to come next week!"

Jill Klepetar, LCSW

Training Group Participant

“Great course! Her clear demonstration of how to identify, track and turn rigid defenses into enemies of the patient, shown through videotapes of her own sessions is invaluable. I was impressed with her skill both at teaching and applying this technique in such a positive and respectful way."

Jean Ball, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, California Graduate Institute

Adjunct Professor, California State University at Northridge

Training Group Participant

"The graduate social work program at USC provides a robust clinical curriculum. Yet the 10 workshops I took over the past two years with Susan Warren-Warshow were as valuable as any course at USC. With Susan, I acquired hands-on, practical skills grounded in theory from a master clinician and exceptional teacher--and it made my field practicum experience over the past two years all the more rewarding. I'd recommend any graduate student serious about practicing psychodynamic psychotherapy spend time with Susan."

Josh Peter, MSW

Training Group Participant

"What I have gotten from this training: effective therapeutic skills learned with a compassionate, and insightful therapist: establishing a therapeutic alliance, clarification of goals for therapy, use of skillfull interventions to help patient meet goals, and identification of defenses that get in the way. The work that I am doing with my patients is deeper and more satisfying to them."

Marlene der Sarkissian, MFT

Training Group Participant

"This training was a good opportunity to observe extensive videotaped sessions by a master psychotherapist. I felt both inspired and touched by the humane and rigorous approach demonstrated by Susan Warren Warshow. Particularly valuable was the demonstration of work with narcissism, which is not often the subject of training on experiential psychotherapy methods. The sessions we viewed demonstrated the deeply transformative potential of this approach for clients who use grandiosity or devaluation to defend against unconscious feelings of emptiness."

Bryce Way McDavitt

Conference Attendee

"I never cease to be amazed by Susan’s ability to reach seasoned therapist and new therapist alike---as well as those professionals who are fully committed to accelerated, emotion focused psychotherapy and those who are primarily interested in incorporating effective, emotion focused interventions into whatever model of therapy they practice. I’ve seen her present on several occasions and the power of her work and her faith in what she does (and those she does it with) impresses and inspires her audiences every time---regardless of their level of experience, education or interest."

Bridget Quebodeaux, MFT trainee

Training Group Participant

Additional Trainee Comments:

"The Training was passionate and thought provoking with a lot of substance."

"Thank you for providing this INVALUABLE learning."

"A very rich experience of therapeutic process."