{"id":1335,"date":"2026-05-26T11:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brankairizanin-terapia.com\/?page_id=1335"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:53:50","slug":"auto-destruktivna-ponasanja","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brankairizanin-terapia.com\/en\/auto-destruktivna-ponasanja\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-destructive behaviors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Self-Destructive Behaviors<\/h1><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Educational Workshops for Therapists<\/h2><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A series of eight online workshops for therapists who wish to deepen their understanding of addictions, behavioral addictions, and eating disorders.\n\nThrough a Gestalt perspective, as well as relational and phenomenological approaches, we will explore the meaning of symptoms, relapse, trauma, shame, recovery, and spirituality in the context of self-destructive behaviors.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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About the Training<\/h2><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The training is designed as a developmental process in which the topics gradually build upon and deepen one another\u2014from core concepts and an understanding of symptoms, through the contact cycle, recovery, trauma, and shame, to broader questions of identity, relationships, spirituality, and personal growth.<\/p>

A more detailed overview of the eight modules can be found below.<\/p>

Each workshop includes a presentation-based lecture, experiential exercises, work in pairs or small groups, open discussion, questions, and the exchange of clinical experience. Sessions are not recorded. Shortly after each module, participants receive the presentation and all workshop materials in PDF format, including recommended reading.<\/p>

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Who Is This Training For?<\/h2><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This training is intended for psychotherapists, final-year psychotherapy trainees, and colleagues from other helping professions who wish to broaden and deepen their understanding of addictions, behavioral addictions, eating disorders, and other forms of self-destructive behavior.<\/p>

The workshops may also be valuable for professionals who encounter these themes in their clinical work, even when self-destructive patterns are not severe enough to warrant a formal diagnosis or do not present in the more familiar forms of addiction and compulsive behavior.<\/p>

The training is particularly intended for colleagues who experience uncertainty, overwhelm, strong countertransference reactions, or a sense that their usual theoretical frameworks and therapeutic approaches do not fully capture the complexity of these clients\u2019 experiences.<\/p>

The workshops also emerged from a recognition that therapists are often insufficiently supported in their work with this population\u2014not only in terms of theory and clinical practice, but perhaps most importantly through the lack of space for open discussion, shared reflection, and the exchange of experiences, dilemmas, and challenges that this work can bring.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The workshops take place online via Zoom, once a month throughout the academic year, from October 2026 to May 2027. Each module lasts five hours, including breaks.<\/p>\n

Depending on the needs and availability of the majority of participants, sessions will be held either on weekday afternoons and evenings or on Saturdays during the morning and early afternoon.<\/p>\n

The first module may be attended as a standalone workshop, after which participants can decide whether they wish to continue with the remainder of the program. Based on previous experience, I have found that the workshops gain their full value through continuity, the gradual development of a shared space for learning and exchange, and engagement with the process as a whole.<\/p>\n

The group size will typically range from 8 to 20 participants.<\/p>\n

Fee per Module<\/span><\/h3>\n