The training is open to graduates of undergraduate programs in Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychological Counseling and Guidance (PDR), Social Work, and Psychiatric Nursing. Priority will be given to candidates who have completed a thesis-based master’s degree in Clinical Psychology.
The training will be held in a hybrid format on February 21-22, 2026 (Saturday-Sunday), from 10:00 to 18:00.
You can attend in person or online via Zoom. In-person attendance takes place at our Masterson Institute Nişantaşı office.
Saturday
10:00 - 13:00 First session
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 - 18:00 Second session
Sunday
10:00 - 13:00 First session
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 - 18:00 Second session
In the Object Relations Training, we explore the object relations approaches that form the cornerstones of psychotherapy. From Freud to the present day, we will examine the theories of Freud, Mahler, Klein, Stern, Bowlby, Bion, Winnicott, Jacobson, Fairbairn, Guntrip, Kohut, Volkan, Fonagy, Kernberg, and Masterson through the course of their theoretical development. In this training, we will also share in detail the definitions and a comparison of object relations terminology, as well as the implications of these theories for clinical practice. We will focus on how object relations are to be addressed in the therapeutic relationship and how the therapist is to manage the processes of splitting, introjection, identification, projection, projective identification, transference, and countertransference. Through the concept of therapeutic neutrality, we will explain how a neutral relationship can be established despite all of the existing object relations structures of both the client and the therapist.
Clinical Psychologist, PhD
No international instructors have been assigned to this training program.
A detailed schedule has not yet been added for this training program.
