BACKGROUND Traumatic memory is a key symptom in psychological trauma victims and may remain vivid for several years. Psychotherapy has shown that neither the psychopathological signs of trauma nor the expression of traumatic memories are static over time. However, few studies have investigated the neural substrates of psychotherapy-related symptom changes. METHOD We studied 16 subthreshold po...

In this paper, we outline the concept of integrative therapy of borderline personality, also referred to as fragmented personality, which we consider to be the core psychopathology underlying all clinical subtypes of personality disorder. Hence, the terms borderline personality, borderline disorder, fragmented personality, and personality disorder are used interchangeably, as synonyms. Our inte...

Positive Psychotherapy (PPT) is a form of short-term psychotherapy based on transcultural psychology and is currently applied in 15 countries. First results of a German PPT effectiveness study are discussed here. In a longitudinal study, patients treated with PPT showed a distinct reduction of symptoms as well as an improved way of feeling and behaving when compared to a control group where no ...

Despite contradictory findings, the belief that psychotherapy promotes survival in people who have been diagnosed with cancer has persisted since the seminal study by D. Spiegel, J. R. Bloom, H. C. Kramer, and E. Gottheil (1989). The current authors provide a systematic critical review of the relevant literature. In doing so, they introduce some considerations in the design, interpretation of r...

Behavioral Activation, an efficacious treatment for depression, presents a behavioral theory of depression--emphasizing the need for clients to contact positive reinforcement--and a set of therapeutic techniques--emphasizing provision of instructions rather than therapeutic provision of reinforcement. An integration of Behavioral Activation with another behavioral treatment, Functional Analytic...

The study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that time-limited group psychotherapy, led by therapists who offer high accurate empathy and nonpossessive warmth, would produce significant change in delinquent behavior. The obtained results support this hypothesis. Significant superiority of the treated Ss, as compared with a control group, was demonstrated in percentage of time spent out of in...

UNLABELLED This study examined changes in adolescents' internal representations of their relationship with their therapist and the extent to which these changes were related to changes in their representations of their relationship with their parents and to treatment outcomes. METHOD Thirty adolescents (aged 15-18 years, 70% women) undergoing psychodynamic psychotherapy participated in relati...