a dialogue between contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy perspectives /
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Christos Charis, Georgia Panayioutou, editors.
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Cham, Switzerland :
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Springer,
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[2018]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Maintaining Mechanisms of Health Anxiety: Current State of Knowledge; Prevalence and Demographic Characteristics; Impact; The Cognitive-Behavioral Conceptualization of Health Anxiety; A Brief Overview of Developmental and Predispositional Factors; Maintenance Mechanisms; Cognitive Mechanisms; Physiological Mechanisms; Affective Mechanisms; Behavioral Mechanisms; A Buffering Mechanism; Overview of Behavioral and Cognitive Approaches in Therapy; Summary; References; Chapter 2: Somatoform Disorders from Psychodynamic Point of View; Introduction.
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Chapter 3: Functional (Medically Unexplained) Physical Syndromes/Symptoms: The Cognitive Behavioral PerspectiveCognitive Behavioral Models for Functional Physical Syndromes/Symptoms; The Basic CB Models for FPS/S; Brown's Integrative Conceptual Model for FPS/S; Other CB Models Focusing on the Perception Process and Memory; A Transdiagnostic/Problem-Specific Approach; The Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation in Illness; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Functional Physical Syndromes/Symptoms; Looper and Kirmayer's Intervention Approach; A Hybrid Transdiagnostic/Problem-Specific Approach.
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Chapter 6: Trauma and Its Consequences for the Body and MindIntroduction; The Concept of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); The Phenomenology of Trauma and the Difficulties to Define It Psychoanalytically; Psychoanalytic Models of the Trauma; Traumatic Memories; Some Problems in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Traumatized Patients; References; Chapter 7: Embodiment: A New Key to the Unconscious?; Introduction; "Embodied" Countertransference Reactions: Keys to the Nonrepresented Trauma?; Enactment and Countertransference Reactions in an Assessment Interview: A Clinical Example.
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Definition of Somatoform DisordersEpidemiology; Classification; How Do We Explain Somatoform Disorders Today?; Biological Aspects; Psychological Risk Factors; Psychodynamic Models That Explain Somatoform Disorders; "Narcissistic Mechanism"; "Affect Equivalents"; Schur's Theory of Psychosomatic Symptoms; Rudolf's and Henningsen's Theory of Somatoform Disorders; Diagnostic Issues; How Do We Proceed in Practice?; Summarising the Aims of the Diagnostic Procedure; Therapy; What Is the Transference Like with Somatoform Patients?; References.
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Reattribution TechniquesSynthesis and Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Negative Affect and Medically Unexplained Symptoms; Biased Symptom Perception: Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS); Association Between MUS and Negative Affect; How Negative Affect Leads to MUS: Proposed Mechanisms; Summary; Future Research Directions; Some Implications of Investigating Emotional Influences in MUS; References; Chapter 5: Alexithymia as a Core Trait in Psychosomatic and Other Psychological Disorders; Research Findings from Our Laboratory; Concluding Comments; References.
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This intriguing volume presents the most contemporary views on the conceptualization and treatment of somatoform disorders and related conditions from experts in psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral approaches. It does so with respect to both perspectives, without advocating for either approach. By presenting expert views from diverse perspectives, the book raises, what is a central point in most of the chapters, that emotion, its processing and regulation, is a cornerstone of these disorders. The volume also highlights the role of pathogenic coping or defense mechanisms like dysfunctional avoidance (from a CBT perspective) and conversion (from the psychodynamic perspective) in the maintenance of psychosomatic symptoms. The volume's contents include detailed literature reviews on the most common--and most treatment-resistant--mind/body conditions, including chronic pain, responses to trauma, alexithymia, and the spectrum of health anxiety disorders. Noted experts distinguish between types of medically unexplained symptoms, discuss their complex processes, and provide models for intervention where cognitive-behavioral or psychodynamic approaches may be appropriate or effective. And a fascinating case study of a patient presenting multiple trauma-related disorders explores therapist resourcefulness over a course of shifting symptoms and frustrating setbacks. Among the topics covered: Maintaining mechanisms of health anxiety: current state of knowledge. Negative affect and medically unexplained symptoms. Alexithymia as a core trait in psychosomatic and other psychological disorders. Trauma and its consequences for body and mind. Embodied memories, a new pathway to the unconcious. Psychotherapy among HIV patients: a look at a psychoimmunological research study after 20 years. Health anxiety: a cognitive-behavioral framework. The wealth of options discussed in Somatoform and Psychosomatic Disorders offers health psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, counselors, and psychoanalysts bold new ideas for case formulation, treatment planning, and intervention with some of their most intractable cases.