IPT 10th Annual Clinical Conference
Trainers, Supervisors & Advanced Clinicians
Schedule and Details
Singapore
May 18-22, 2026
In-Person
Overview-- May 18th to 22nd, 2026
IPT Supervisors, Trainers, and Advanced Clinicians
This conference is for all interested IPT supervisors, trainers, and advanced clinicians.
You can register for any combination or all of the dates from May 18-22 depending on your interest and training needs.
The five-day conference will focus on IPT Supervision and Training Skills and includes work on IPT Trainer Presentation and Teaching Skills on May 18, a two-day Level A course at which several IPT Fellows will be teaching May 19-20, and IPT Supervision Training May 21-22.
We’ll be engaging in many community-building activities including conference dinners, team building experiences, and a walking tour of Singapore. And we’ll have a special training with the Groundlings for some fun improv work to enhance your supervisory and teaching skills.
All attendees are encouraged to attend the IPT Level A Course on May 19 & 20 to update your IPT knowledge base with new IPT tools and techniques. The tuition fee for the entire week ($100 SGD) includes all 5 days of training. Our objective is to make the conference as accessible as possible to all IPT supervisors, trainers, and advanced clinicians.
All training activities will be at the Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium.
May 18, 2026 IPT Trainers’ Training Course (7 APA CE credits)
May 19-20, 2026 IPT Level A Course featuring selected trainers. Discussion of training both evenings after the course. (14 APA CE credits)
May 21-22, 2026 IPT Supervisors’ Training Course (14 APA CE credits)
Detailed Agenda May 18-22, 2026
Monday May 18, 2026--
IPT Trainers' Course
9 AM to 5 PM
IPT supervisors, trainers, and advanced clinicians are invited to attend a day-long training seminar (May 18) taught by IPT Dr. Stuart and other Institute Fellows on IPT Training methods and techniques.
The IPT Trainers’ course will include work on general presentation skills as well as how to set up and manage class discussions and small group activities. We’ll model and practice case presentations for teaching purposes, as well as case discussions. IPT tools will be reviewed, and we’ll practice how to teach those within a training course. We’ll discuss and practice individuals’ presentations of specific IPT topics within the training group.
Selected participants will be invited to present sections of the IPT Level A training on May 19 and 20.
All participants will be encouraged to attend the IPT Level A training and to participate in feedback and discussion of the presentations for that course. We’ll spend time reviewing and discussing the Level A Course presentations the evenings of May 19 and 20.
This course and presentation at the IPT Level A Course May 19 and 20 can be used to meet selected requirements for IPT Level E certification.
Tuesday and Wednesday May 19-20, 2026--
IPT Level A Course with Trainers' Seminar Participants
8:30 AM to 5 PM
Selected participants from the IPT trainer seminar on May 18 will be invited to present sections of the IPT Level A training on May 19 and 20 along with Dr. Stuart and other IPT Fellows as a way to get additional practice and experience with IPT training and specific presentation skills.
The IPT Level A course May 19 and 20 will be a standard IPT course; we are expecting 25-40 clinicians at that course.
All IPT supervisors, trainers, and advanced clinicians who attend the day-long training seminar (May 18) are strongly encouraged to attend the IPT Level A training and to participate in feedback and discussion of the presentations for that course. Even if you are not presenting in the Level A course, it will be a great opportunity to make sure that your knowledge base in IPT is up to date, and to observe and learn from the presenters about IPT generally and presentation skills specifically. We’ll spend time reviewing and discussing the Level A Course presentations the evenings of May 19 and 20.
Presentation at the IPT Level A Course May 19 and 20 can be used to meet the selected requirements for IPT Level E certification.
Thursday and Friday May 21-22, 2026--
IPT Supervisors' Seminar
9 AM to 5 PM
IPT supervisors, trainers, and advanced clinicians are invited to attend this two-day supervision seminar (May 21-22) taught by Dr. Stuart and Dr. Belik.
The training will present foundational and advanced knowledge in clinical supervision based on Integrated Developmental Model of Supervision, Competency Based Framework, updated in 2025 by the American Psychological Association “Guidelines for Clinical Supervision in Health Service Psychology.” The training will include the latest theoretical and empirical literature addressing effective practices in supervision, technical supervisory competence, and will focus on will focus on specific skills, knowledge and attitudes that promote supervision for IPT. Key aspects will include the cultivation of working supervisory relationships, the provision of clear feedback and evaluation (including addressing professional competencies issues), fostering of self-assessment and meta competency in supervisees. The training will address competency for supervisors and ways for supervisors to strive for enhancing their own competencies in the provision of clinical supervision.
Within that framework we’ll also discuss and practice the integration of Deliberate Practice techniques into IPT supervision, and the integration of role playing, including the use of AI simulated patients, into IPT supervision.
We will review selected IPT portfolios to discuss portfolio construction within supervision, and spend time developing standard ratings of materials.
As an added bonus, we’ll have a presentation by the Groundlings, a world-famous improv group from Los Angeles, about how to utilize improv skills in role playing and supervision. This training received rave reviews at the conference last year in LA, and was a great team-building experience as well.
And… the two-day seminar will also be an opportunity to meet, connect, and reconnect with friends and all of the experts on our team. One of the primary purposes of the entire conference is to continue to build a community of support within the IPT Institute.
This Supervisor’s Course can be used to meet selected requirements for IPT Level D certification.
Event Details- Clinical Conference
All flights lead to singapore
Venue Location
Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium
317 Outram Road
Singapore 169075
at the Havelock MRT Stop
The Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium is convenient to the Havelock MRT Station, and is directly adjacent to the magnificent Singapore River Walk with wonderful restaurants and views. You can easily walk to the Singapore Harbor and Gardens.
Date & Time
May 18 to 22, 2026
09:00 AM to 17:00 PM
Cost
$100 SGD per person
Includes all training activities May 18-22
Includes 7 APA CE credits/day
Trainers
Scott Stuart, MD, IPT Institute Director
Olga Belik, PhD, IPT Institute Fellow
(instructor information below)
Event Extras and Additional Information
About the Instructors-- Scott Stuart
Dr. Stuart is a psychiatrist and an Emeritus Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa (USA) as well as an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He has been active in clinical work, education and research in the areas of Interpersonal Psychotherapy and perinatal psychiatry for over three decades.
Dr. Stuart completed his medical training at the University of Kansas, followed by internship at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Stuart is the Founder and Director of the Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute. He has also authored a number of articles on IPT, and is the co-author of Interpersonal Psychotherapy: A Clinician’s Guide (2nd ed), as well as IPT Handbooks for adults, adolescents, and groups. He has been conducting workshops and training in IPT internationally for over 25 years.
About the Instructors-- Olga Belik
Dr. Belik is a Clinical Psychologist practicing in the areas of clinical and forensic psychology. She is an APA member and has completed the APA Women’s Leadership Institute. Dr. Belik is a member of the California Psychological Association and has been on the Board of Directors of the Division II “Training and Education in Professional Psychology,” for over 10 years.
Since 2006, Dr. Belik has been the Director of Psychology Training and the Chief Psychologist at the Providence Saint John’s Hospital, Child and Family Development Center. Under her leadership, the training program received a national, APA recognition for “the significant contributions to the field of psychology.” She held a Clinical Professor position at the UCLA, Department of Psychology for 9 years.
Dr. Belik is an IPT trainer and supervisor and has consultations and trainings to the LA Department of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, UCLA-ISAP and other agencies specializing in co-occurring disorders.