Psychotherapie

The judgement of the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, BVG) of 26 February 2020 is groundbreaking for all judicial decisions on the subject of »assisted suicide« and »euthanasia« and »killing on demand«. It is fundamental...

People who don’t have long to live are often left alone in these weeks and days – perhaps the care is perfect and the medication is optimized, but having to go through this final journey emotionally alone is a hard fate. When faced with death,...

It is personal experiences that brought me into contact with Buddhist approaches. I see Buddhism beyond religion as an empirical science, which I also find fruitful in my work as a psychotherapist. This path has opened my heart and brings lightness...

This article examines the Bahá’í conception of human nature and its impact on psychotherapeutic practice and Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (PPT after Nossrat Peseschkian). Central concepts, such as oneness of humankind, human...

Self-determined dying is the decision made independently by the patient to forego life-sustaining medical measures and to allow the process of dying to occur. Thanks to the development of modern medicine, it has long since become the new paradigm...

Following an introduction of the specific qualities of Christian spirituality, a case study illustrates how biblical resources can be included in the therapeutic process with Christian clients. A first step is to invite the inner parts that are...

This article thematizes how questions of meaning, religiousness and spirituality shows up in psychotherapy and counseling, and how a psychotherapist deals the best way with it. The basic attitude to faith and religious belief and its function is...

As the oldest of three monotheistic Abrahamic religions, Judaism, with its extensive written and oral tradition, history, philosophy and life practices in various forms, offers an enormous wealth of theoretical food for thought and practical help...

The essay starts with a case study exploring the connectedness between faith and psychological illness. The basic human need to be related to a larger whole has given rise to innumerable forms of religions under the various cultural and social...

Two new therapeutic approaches are compared – one, after more than twenty years of development, is about to become the predominant therapeutic direction. Like its predecessors, dialectical behavioral therapy DBT and schema therapy,...

While the current discussion on new forms of quality assurance (QA) in outpatient psychotherapy, exemplified by the new german »DeQS«-guidelines, is dominated by issues of outcome quality, a new model is introduced that expands the QA discussion...

The QA procedure and its testing in Nordrhein-Westfalen is described, the likely effects on psychotherapy are presented, and ways of dealing with it are outlined.

Quality assurance (QA) in outpatient psychotherapy is undergoing significant changes. After the IQTIG (Institute for Quality Assurance and Transparency in Healthcare) was commissioned by the G-BA (Federal Joint Committee) in May 2018, and the...

Therapy without diagnosis – Diagnosis without therapy? With thorough research of pathogenically relevant variables, large amounts of data accumulate quickly; if one wants to see their change in therapeutic effort, they multiply according to the...

Stephen Porges’s polyvagal theory proposes to integrate various scientific disciplines such as anatomy, physiology, psychophysiology, evolutionary and developmental biology, social sciences and psychotherapy together with special evolutionary...

Background: In the therapy process, there are factors of impact that can promote symptomatic improvements in the patient. In therapy process research there is a transition to a continuous process measurement and differences in perspectives between...

This article examines quality management in outpatient psychotherapy from both historical and structural perspectives. It includes a (professional) political contextualization. The profession is encouraged to creatively establish new forms of...

This article aims to present relevant components of the Behavioral Diagnostic System VDS-J for Adolescents (VDS-J, Verhaltensdiagnostiksystem für Jugendliche, Sulz & Richter-Benedikt, 2001; Richter-Benedikt, 2015a). These specific...

This article is based on a lecture held on the occasion of a meeting for the 40th anniversary of the psychotherapy and psychoanalysis training circle for doctors and psychological therapists in Munich in January 2024. The topic of the meeting was:...

Given the lack of lasting success of psychotherapy, we have to expect that a patient will come back after a few to many years because they are ill again and urgently request psychotherapy. We can and must then ask ourselves what should have happened...

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...

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...

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 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...