Psychodynamic psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse—Principles for a treatment manual

In this article, the authors present a psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy approach for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to childhood abuse. This neurobiologically informed, phase-oriented treatment approach, which has been developed in Germany during the past 20 years, takes into a...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 2012, Vol.76 (1), p.69-93
Main Authors: WÖLLER, Wolfgang, LEICHSENRING, Falk, LEWEKE, Frank, KRUSE, Johannes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Abuse - psychology
Child Abuse - therapy
Comorbidity
Dissociative Disorders - psychology
Dissociative Disorders - therapy
Ego
Emotions
Humans
Imagination
Individual psychotherapy
Internal-External Control
Interpersonal Relations
Life Change Events
Manuals as Topic
Medical sciences
Object Attachment
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Prevention
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Psychotherapy
Randomized controlled trials
Reality Testing
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy
Treatment methods
Treatments
Victimology
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Summary:In this article, the authors present a psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy approach for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to childhood abuse. This neurobiologically informed, phase-oriented treatment approach, which has been developed in Germany during the past 20 years, takes into account the broad comorbidity and the large degree of ego-function impairment typically found in these patients. Based on a psychodynamic relationship orientation, this treatment integrates a variety of trauma-specific imaginative and resource-oriented techniques. The approach places major emphasis on the prevention of vicarious traumatization. The authors are presently planning to test the approach in a randomized controlled trial aimed at strengthening the evidence base for psychodynamic psychotherapy in PTSD.
ISSN:0025-9284
1943-2828
DOI:10.1521/bumc.2012.76.1.69