In this paper, the authors compare and contrast two psychotherapy paradigms for the treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a behavioral therapy (prolonged exposure; PE) and an experiential therapy (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy; AEDP). PE has received strong research support as an effective treatment for PTSD. The scientific evidence for experiential therapy...

To investigate the functional connectivity among amygdala, insula, and auditory cortex during affective auditory stimulation and its relevance for psychotherapy, the authors recorded, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) responses of these brain regions in 20 healthy adults while listening to affective sounds (laughing and crying). The...

Virtual reality is widely used in psychotherapy in recent years and has got good effects. This paper introduces current situation of virtual reality applications in psychotherapy, such as anxiety disorder, autism, brain injury and mentally retarded. We do analysis about the existing constraints and weakness and summarize the characters and prospect of virtual reality as an effective tool for as...

In this study, Department of Veterans Affairs Fiscal Year 2006 national workload data are analyzed to determine use and intensity of outpatient individual and group psychotherapy and, using multivariate analysis, to identify sociodemographic and diagnostic correlates. Results show that among veterans receiving specialty mental health services (n=934,832), average visits numbered 7.9, 64.7% rece...

Successful management of patient behaviors that interfere with the process of psychotherapy is essential to treating patients with borderline personality disorder. Provocative patient behaviors that induce a strong negative reaction from the therapist must be attenuated. Strategies for doing so used in four different treatment paradigms--Kernberg's expressive psychotherapy, Linehan's dialectica...