Psychotherapie

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...