Volume 20 (2023), Edition 1

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders in old age. Methods of exposure or confrontation are also used in psychotherapy in old age. However, there are some characteristics of older people that should be taken into account when...

In geriatric psychotherapy for anxiety disorders, the use of both primarily behavioral and primarily psychodynamic elements can be a useful complement for psychotherapists of either method. The systematic integration of the elements helps to...

Patients who suffer from chronic diseases typically experience fears about disease progression. This includes fears and concerns about the personal, familial and social consequences of disease progression. Fear or progression is an appropriate...

We present the psychodynamically orientated treatment of a patient aged 75. After passing through various therapies she now wished to address her early childhood during World War II and the post war period. She also hoped to deal with her...

The meanwhile well empirically proven trauma-focused approaches should currently be an integral part of psychotherapy in cases of complex traumatization. Nevertheless, both previous findings and the implementation in clinical practice need...

Although exposure is among the most effective interventions in the treatment of anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorders, its usage is comparatively low in clinical practice, especially with elderly patients. The aim of this online...