Anorexia Nervosa
Focal Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Hans-Christoph Friederich
9780889375543
100 pages
Hogrefe Publishing Corporation
Overview
This manual presents an evidence-based focal psychodynamic approach for the outpatient treatment of adults with anorexia nervosa, which has been shown to produce lasting changes for patients. The reader first gains a thorough understanding of the general models and theories of anorexia nervosa. The book then describes in detail a three-phase treatment using focal psychodynamic psychotherapy. It provides extensive hands-on tips, including precise assessment of psychodynamic themes and structures using the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis, real lifecase studies, and clinical pearls. Clinicians also learn how to identify and treat typical ego structural deficits in the areas of affect experience and differentiation, impulse control, self-worth regulation, and body perception. Two detailed case vignettes provide deepened insight into the therapeutic process. A final chapter explores the extensive empirical studies on which this manual is based, in particular the renowned multicenter ANTOP study. Printable tools in the appendices can be used in daily practice. This book is of interest to clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, counsellors, and students.
Author Bio
Beate Wild; PhD; General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, GermanyHans-Christoph Friederich; PhD; Clinical Institute of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.Henning Schauenburg; PhD; General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, GermanyStephan Zipfel; PhD; Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyWolfgang Herzog; PhD; General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
