The Recovered Voice: Tales of Practical Psychotherapy

ISBN-13: 9781782203988 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 150 str.

Rainer M. Holm-Hadulla

Opis

What exactly happens in psychotherapy, and when is it helpful? This look-behind-the-scenes shows how psychotherapy can be both scientific and imaginative, as prominent psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychoanalyst Rainer M. Holm-Hadulla shows how success can be achieved with the flexible integration of different psychotherapeutic methods.

Twelve narratives illustrate the psychotherapeutic treatment of patients suffering from the most frequent disorders requiring psychotherapy: adjustment, anxiety, personality, depressive, and psychotic disorders. The focus is on individuals in their social context, with their various biographies, life-situations, and creative potentialities. The reader witnesses the evolution of productive therapeutic alliances. Psychodynamic conflicts are resolved, behavioral alternatives become apparent, and existential creativity reveals itself as a fundamental psychotherapeutic principle.

Spis treści

Introduction: existential creativity -- Twelve Exemplary Cases -- Stress reaction with anxiety and depression: a singer loses her voice -- Adjustment disorder: a medical student suffers from crippling jealousy -- Social anxiety: a business management student fails whenever things come to a head -- Anxiety and avoidance: a pianist is afraid to demonstrate her prowess -- Slight to moderate depression: a young woman doctor cannot explain why she feels so low -- Psychosomatic symptoms: a housewife in pain for decades -- Narcissistic personality traits: a law graduate sees no one but himself and despairs -- Histrionic personality traits: a student in search of constant thrills -- Impulse control disorder with Don Juan syndrome: an architect intends to shoot himself -- Severe depression plus burnout: a company employee is completely burnt out and sees no hope for himself -- Psychotic episodes: a musician seeks ecstasy and ends in chaos -- Borderline personality traits: long-term psychotherapy helps to understand feelings and relationships -- Conclusion: an integrative ABCDE model of psychotherapy

O autorze

Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla is a professor of psychotherapeutic medicine at the University of Heidelberg and a training analyst in the International Psychoanalytical Association. He also teaches at various psychotherapeutic training institutions.