Institute for Dialogic Practice

About the Institute

The Institute for Dialogic Practice is the U.S.-based training facility for Finnish Open Dialogue and dialogical therapy. Our international faculty of leading developers, practitioners and researchers provides our trainees with the basic foundation in Open Dialogue as a network-based approach to crisis work, and in Dialogic Practice with individuals, couples, families, and organizations. Read more about the Institute >>>

Open Dialogue℠

“Open Dialogue” is an innovative approach to acute psychiatric crises developed in Tornio, Finland that has demonstrated remarkable patient outcomes. The approach can be thought of as a double helix that meshes a new style of psychotherapy with an integrated system of care delivered primarily in the community.
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Training

The Institute for Dialogic Practice is the first center to offer training in the dialogical therapies. Under the leadership of Dr. Olson (USA) and Dr. Seikkula (Finland) the students receive a comprehensive foundation in the principles of Open Dialogue and Dialogic Practice.
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There will be a Level 1 training given at Advocates in Framingham, MA. This training is mainly for Advocates staff, but there are few openings for people outside the agency. Please contact the Institute if you are interested.

The next time that Level 1 will be given at Institute will be in the fall of 2014. We will be accepting applications for that in January 2014.

If you sent an application for this year, please let us know if you’d like to be considered for 2014.

Level II will be given at the Institute and starts in October 2013.

2013-2014 TRAINING PROGRAM IN DIALOGIC PRACTICE: LEVEL II

October 3-6; November 15-18, 2013
January 10-13; March 21-24; June 6-9, 2014

Teaching Faculty: Mary Olson Jaakko Seikkula Peter Rober Markku Sutela

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