Volume 29 (2024), Edition 1

As a result of many years of interdisciplinary cooperation in the working group »inpatient trauma treatment« of the German Society for Psychotraumatology (DeGPT), a book was published in 2023, which is thought in a broader sense as a general...

The seven-step treatment concept for traumatic disorders is a treatment manual that enables the therapist to actively deal with the effects of trauma in both a sensitive and confrontational manner. Starting with a stabilization phase, we first work...

Dialogical traumatherapy is an evidence based, very effective integrative multiphasic therapy for PTSD and complex PTSD. In four phases therapeutic work deals with focus on symptom exploration and security (Phase 1), stability of self-processes...

Psychodynamic imaginative trauma therapy was developed at the end of the 1980s to help traumatized patients with complex trauma sequelae. We believe it is particularly important to pay attention to compassion and to invite patients to be more...

Imagery Rescripting & Reprocessing Therapy (IRRT) is the first psychotherapeutic treatment for posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) with imagery rescripting. An IRRT treatment session comprises three phases: In Phase 1 the patient relives,...

The Polyvagal Theory (PVT) of the US-American neuroscientist Stephen W. Porges can mean much more to therapists than just another narrative for addressing the mind-body-problem. Its impact on philosophy and science since the 17th century can hardly...

Polyvagal theory is a neurobiological approach developed by Dr. Stephen W. Porges to explain the physiological basis of social behaviors and emotional responses from the perspective of the autonomic nervous system. The theory is based on an...

Somatic Experiencing (SE)®, as developed by Peter A. Levine, will be presented as a basic neuropsychological concept that is suitable in particular for the treatment of trauma-related disorders and psychosomatic illnesses, as it works directly with...

The article highlights the journey of a young medical student suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), marked by a childhood filled with loss, guilt, loneliness, and familial strife. Central to her healing is the trauma therapy according...