Psychotherapie

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...

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...

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...

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...

The patient’s motivation for psychotherapeutic treatment is the wish to receive professional assistance with mental suffering. Therefore, he/she calls for psychotherapeutic expertise. Alike, the effort for healing is in the focus of the therapist....

The last of the seven work modules of the mentalization-promoting behavioral therapy MVT is »change of perspective and empathy«. Only after authentic and vital feelings and reliable self-efficacy have been achieved can the path to the empathy...

Of the seven working modules of the mentalizing behavioral therapy MVT, the last two modules – module six and seven – are development modules. Previously, access to emotional experience was established with the Emotion Tracking module. Module...

There are many forms of verbal interaction, like helpful advice from laypersons, guidance of patients, psychoeducation, crisis intervention, therapeutic counselling. Additionally, there is »psychotherapy«, either in the form of consultant...

Based on the current discussion on the professional profile of psychological psychotherapists (Sachsen, Fasbender & Hammelstein, 2014; Amrhein, 2014; Fliegel, 2014; Strauß & Nodop, 2014; Sulz, 2014a-d), the difference between psychotherapy...

The concept of »evidence-based medicine« (EBM) is actually a very good proposal to keep a sufficient overview with respect to the abundance of research literature – also in the field of psychotherapy – and thus to be able to make better...

In the light of changes in society, relationships and marriages too have changed considerably. Due to the growing professional activity of women, the traditional and often unbalanced role allocation had to undergo a change. It has become...

The issue father represents an independent topic of research within the empirical family research. An interdisciplinary approach is necessary to capture the development of responsible fatherhood from different perspectives. A neurobiologically...

The article reflects on the social and economic side of increasing multidimensional burdens that modern families have to shoulder, taking recent family-sociological studies into account. The values of joint parenthood associated with the modern...

Most psychotherapies are far too top-heavy and rational, at least when it comes to the conduct of the conversation. Creating the optimal mix of metacognitive reflection and emotive dialogue is an art. We want to show that it is about professional...

We report on a series of studies to validate the theoretical constructs of mentalization-promoting behavioral therapy (MVT). Independent variables are developmental stage, attachment security in the strict sense, and overly frustrating parental...

This is the first MVT evaluation study to examine the effect of all seven MVT mentalizing behavioral therapy sessions on mentalizing ability and personality strengthening. There was a highly significant increase in the ability to mentalize and a...

Today, fathers are the focus of social considerations of family life. With the book New Fathers Need New Mothers (2018), Margrit Stamm brought the challenges that fathers are facing today into an overall social context. This article will begin by...

People come to group therapy because they have chosen to improve their everyday interpersonal relationships with their partner, children, friends and co-workers should succeed better instead of falling into dysfunctional emotional reaction patterns...

Mentalizing Behavioral Therapy (MVT) is a further development of the Strategic Behavioral Therapy SBT. Two new modules will be added to their therapy modules: Emotion Tracking – an adaptation of Albert Pesso’s microtracking for use in cognitive...

The crèche is the most extreme outgrowth of civilizational misdevelopments. Contrary to all knowledge about child care, the child is forced into exactly the Procrustean bed that our working world makes available to them. Just as children in the...