This is the first conference of the newly formed International Experiential STDP Association (IESA). The term "Experiential Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy" (ESTDP) is now being used to describe a sub-category of the field of Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (STDP) in which there is an emphasis placed on facilitating the actual experience of emotions within therapy sessions. This group of approaches is influenced by the Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) of Habib Davanloo. Such authors as Leigh McCullough, Diana Fosha, Patricia Coughlin Della Selva, Michael Alpert, and Jeffrey Magnavita have taken this approach into new directions. The conference will feature presentations that make extensive use of videotaped case vignettes.