Institute for Psychodynamic Coaching
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY
Roundtable discussion
About the Institute
The Institute of Psychodynamic Coaching offers business consulting services and training programs Program for group leaders and psychodynamic oriented coaches, using the latest achievements of the theory and practice of modern psychoanalysis, socioanalysis and coaching.
We pay special attention to the analysis of unconscious motivation, psychodynamic processes in groups, leadership style and power strategies of the organization.
We introduce specialists from different fields to the modern psychoanalytic approach when working with organizations and groups. Students of the Institute's programs acquire the competencies necessary for group work in the organization.
The teaching staff are psychoanalysts, coaches and group analysts from the USA, Europe, and Russia.
Process groups are an important part of the IPDC training program. The process group is designed as a “here and now” experience focusing on how a person function in the immediate moment. Students are studying resistances to communication and how patterns of group form and reform themselves as the members observe both themselves and others within these group patterns. The group leader demonstrates group interventions which aim to resolve resistances and foster progressive emotional communication and, when appropriate, explains the underlying theory and the timing of the intervention.
Phil Towle
FOUNDER
Phil works with “Difference makers” committed to using their God-given talents to fulfill their highest possibilities, and those around them determined to transform each hardship, setback, and self-imposed limitation, into superior achievement. Phil Towle is IPDC (The Institute of Psychodynamic Coaching) co-founder, METALLICA's "performance coach", Performance Coach to Difference Makers (Celebrated Entertainers, Elite Athletes, Visionary Business Leaders)
His clients include:
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Metallica
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7-time American Country Music Award Winners Rascal Flatts
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St. Louis Rams owner, coaching staff, players and especially National Football League, Hall of Fame Coach Dick Vermeil to their Super Bowl Championship.
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American Olympic Silver medalist swimmer
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Rage Against Machine as it morphed into Audioslave…including their award-winning guitarist, Tom Morello who is also prominent political activist…
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Prominent Silicon Valley business leaders and consultants
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Eastern European psychologists/analysts/business entrepreneurs training to become psychology and executive coaches
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Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy winning actors/actresses
“YOU have your OWN truths, and your OWN answers! It is my role to help you retrieve them… then facilitate your best being and doing!! Most of us are more afraid of the consequences of succeeding, (than failing) thus subconsciously steer clear of our responsibility to excellence!
Ekaterina Belokoskova-Mikhailova graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, where she also defended her Ph. D. in philosophy.
Head of the program "Group Psychology and Leadership" in the Institute for Psychodynamic Coaching, member of the American Association of Group Psychotherapy, group analyst, coach, author of the textbook "Psychoanalysis of business".
A pioneer in the development of psychodynamic coaching in Russia. Since the early 2000s, she has organized seminars on business psychoanalysis with the participation of Russian and international specialists. In 2005, she was the first among Russian-speaking specialists to become a member of the ISPSO (International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations), where she studied the topic of psychoanalysis of business and organizations.
Ekaterina initiated the creation of the International Association of Psychoanalysis of Business and Organizations (MAPBO), an independent organization that studies the psychoanalytic view of organizations, business and group dynamics.
Currently, she is engaged in private psychoanalytic practice, group psychotherapy and organizational counseling.
She has extensive experience in the field of personnel management in Russian and foreign companies, including as a personnel director. Experience of teaching at the HSE, the Academy of Civil Service under the President of the Russian Federation (Yekaterinburg), the Institute of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis, the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, the Novosibirsk Institute of Psychoanalysis, the Novosibirsk Institute of Group Analysis( NIGRA), as well as experience of regular participation in conferences and seminars in the field of psychology and personnel management in Russia and abroad, including conferences of the CPT, ISPSO, seminars of CBSD, Ecopsi, the American Chamber of Commerce (personnel Management) in Moscow.
Ekaterina
Belokoskova-Mikhailova
DIRECTOR
Faculty
Alice Brown
Dr. Alice Brown is a psychologist in private practice in New York City, specializing in group treatment and training in addition to individual and couples work. She is a Licensed Psychologist, Certified Group Psychotherapist and a long time member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. As one of the founding members of the Center for Group Studies Dr. Brown has served on the faculty for thirty-five years. Responsibilities include teaching, supervision, running process groups, as well as co-founding the weekend training program at the Center, which has remained one of the vital parts of the this institution. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Center and is currently the co-coordinator of the faculty, responsible for administrative and organizational functions involving the faculty. Dr. Brown also serves on the Social Justice and Faculty Development committees for the Center. Dr. Brown has led workshops at AGPA for many years, introducing group therapists to the field of modern psychoanalytic group treatment. With a colleague (perhaps you're getting the idea that she enjoys working collaboratively!) she created a training experience in Moscow and was active in one in St. Petersburg, bringing modern group theory and practice to many practitioners. Dr. Brown received an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Psy.D. from Pace University. Her training included a post doctoral fellowship in child and adolescent treatment at North Shore University Hospital. Her dissertation explored the psychological effects on children of witnessing violence between parents. She has an ongoing interest in trauma therapy and in how groups can be helpful for traumatized individuals.
William H. Watson
A clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology on the faculty of the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY where he has been for over 30 years. He trained at the Center for Group Studies in New York City. He has been running time-limited modern analytic training groups for 10 years with psychiatry residents, family medicine residents, graduate students and practicing therapists and clinicians. His work in Neurology involves working in epilepsy center with patients who are experiencing psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. He has found Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) to be uniquely helpful in working with this population. His 6 years of training in ISTDP with Allan Abbass of Halifax, NS has been instrumental in helping him track and address the somatic impact of repressed and avoided emotional process with these patients
Jeff Price
Master of Medicine, member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), member of the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. Co-founder of the Center for Courageous Living in Boulder, Colorado. Head of training groups for the prevention and psychotherapy of alcohol addiction.
Misha Bogomaz
Dr. Misha Bogomaz is the director of University of North Florida Counseling Center. He is a Licensed Psychologist, Board Certified in Group Psychology, and a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He is also President of the American Board of Group Psychology for the 2023-2024 year. He believes in inclusive leadership that celebrates differences and takes into account various constituents. Dr. Bogomaz leads the efforts of providing mental health services to the university community while cultivating a thriving workplace. In his free time, he enjoys fitness, Latin dancing, reading, TV shows, listening to lectures, playing video games, and spending time with his family.
Greg MacColl
A New York University graduate, he has 40 years of experience as a psychotherapist, including with couples and families. He works a lot with family members of victims of September 11th. The main specialty is working with people in the format of group psychotherapy, in order to build more comfortable social relationships.
Tevya Zukor
Ph.D. in the field of clinical psychology. Director of the Talley Counseling Center at the University of Mary Washington (Virginia). Supervises and manages a team of behavioral intervention and crisis management specialists. Co-Chair of the University Task Force on Sexual Assault. Leads a team of psychologists working with students at risk.