Integrative Attachment Therapy with the "Three Pillars of Attachment Repair" in Germany
Integrative Attachment Therapy
The Training in the United States
The Three Pillars Method of Attachment Repair was developed by Dr. Daniel P. Brown and Dr. David Elliott and is taught under the name “Integrative Attachment Therapy” by Dr. David Elliott and his colleagues. The program is available partly online and partly on-site in the United States, Australia and Germany and is structured into Level 0, Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3.
David Elliott and Nigel Denning, together with Stefan Passvogel, also offers training in Integrative Attachment Therapy in Germany.
"Integrative Attachmet Therapy" in Germany
The Training in Germany
Our institute teaches the "Three Pillars Method of Attachment Repair" based on the original concepts of Dr. Daniel P. Brown and Dr. David Elliott, adapted to European culture, now know as "Integrative Attachment Therapy".
Our thanks go to Dr. Daniel P. Brown, Dr. David Elliott, and the other co-developers of the method at Harvard Medical School and the IAT Institute, with whom we have studied the method and continue to collaborate.
PhD., David Elliott
Dr. Elliott earned his Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University in 1989. During his training at Harvard, he completed an external practicum at the Tufts University Counseling Center and an internship in clinical psychology at McLean Hospital, the psychiatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at McLean Hospital, focusing on the hospital's Department of Youth and Family Therapy. In 1990, he was licensed as a psychologist in Massachusetts and in Rhode Island in 1993.
Dr. Elliott has held leadership roles in several professional organizations. He served as President of the Rhode Island Psychological Association for two years and was, prior to that, Chair of the Coalition of Mental Health Professionals of Rhode Island (COMHPRI) for two years. Both organizations advocate for the availability and broad access to high-quality, affordable psychosocial services.
Since 1998, Dr. Elliott has been a faculty member at the International School for Psychotherapy, Counseling, and Group Leadership in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he teaches annually. He currently chairs the international advisory board of this program. Additionally, he is on the faculty of the Psykosyntes Akademin (Psychosynthesis Academy) in Stockholm, Sweden, where he teaches advanced students about attachment and psychotherapy.
PhD., David Elliott
Nigel Denning is a Counselling Psychologist and Director of Integrative Psychology & Medicine in East Melbourne, a practice he founded a decade ago. Nigel has held various roles in his career. He has been Vice President of the In Good Faith Foundation, clinical director of SANE Australia, Family Violence coordinator for Relationships Australia, Kew, and held various Federal public sector management roles. He ran professional development seminars for the College of Counselling Psychologists for 15 years and sat on the state and national committees. More recently he has co-developed the internationally acclaimed Certificate of Psychedelic Assisted Therapy for Mind Medicine Australia. Nigel is currently co-lead therapist on three clinical trials of psychedelics and is a fellow of the Australian National University. He has previously been a Fellow of the University of Melbourne, where he researched male perpetrator behaviour in family violence under the supervision of Prof Kelsey Hegarty, Faculty of Medicine.
Nigel has also recently released the acclaimed training in Adult Attachment Repair based on the work of Harvard academics, Daniel P. Brown, and David Elliott, training he co-designed and delivers internationally. Nigel provides a number of different trainings through his practice, Integrative Psychology & Medicine and has also provided supervision for over 400 trainees in their Student Clinic, providing low-cost therapy opportunity for people on limited income. Through IPM, Nigel trains in couples work, psychedelic assisted therapy, meditation, metacognition, trauma, cult exiting, family violence. Nigel lectures sessionally through Swinburne University and Ikon Institute. Institutional abuse and collaboration. Nigel is deeply committed to helping the community better understand how their minds and bodies interact and how to heal from intergenerational trauma.
Nigel co-founded the Institute for Integrative Attachment Therapy together with PhDs David Elliott and Traill Dowie, where he teaches the practical application of the Three Pillars Method.
M.Sc.Psych. Stefan Passvogel
I studied psychology at the University of Tübingen and am currently undergoing advanced training at the ZIST Academy for Psychotherapy. I have the honor of introducing the "Three Pillars Approach" to Germany as a teaching psychotherapist. I am under constant supervision with Ph.D. David Elliott, a co-developer of the method, and previously learned the approach with Ph.D. Daniel P. Brown.
My work with the "Three Pillars Method" is grounded in my experience as a long-time meditator, hypnotherapist, and psychodynamic therapist. In 2022, I presented the IPF protocol for the first time at the MEG Annual Conference to an audience of 130 enthusiastic colleagues. Since then, I have been conducting trainings there in the treatment of attachment disorders with hypnotherapy.
I completed my first training in NLP & hypnotherapy in 2012. In 2014, I finished the training at the Milton Erickson Society and have since represented them at pbp conferences, where I serve as both a speaker and workshop leader.
