purpose: to determine the effectiveness of group supportive psychotherapy by interpersonal psychotherapy method in reducing anxiety of addicts who are quitting. materials and methods: among rehabilitation centers for drug abusers in isfahan, a total of 30 addicted patients in the process of withdrawal were selected by convenience sampling, and randomly divided into two groups of 15 people as te...

a Schoen Klinik Roseneck, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany; b Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; c Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany; d Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; e Psychotherapy Private Practice, Münster, Germany; f Schoen K...

Reports on an ongoing cybernetic study of theory, on how theory-centered psychotherapy turns practices of everyday life into the psychopathologies proposed by psychotherapy. Makes a case for psychotherapy using the ideas of each patient, employing hypnosis as a condition for the practice of psychotherapy. Discusses three of the problems arising out of this cybernetic study of theory: (1) the wo...

All indicators suggest that technology may be an inherent part of psychotherapy delivery in the next decade. This article serves as an introduction to a special issue of Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session devoted to technology in psychotherapy. Articles in this series feature self-help Internet sites, computer-administered psychotherapy, adjunctive palmtop computer psychotherapy, virtua...

OBJECTIVE There is no published data on how mental health professionals (MHPs) in developing Asian countries view psychotherapy. Since practitioners of psychotherapy may come from both medical and non-medical (e.g. clinical psychology, social work, counselling) backgrounds, differences between the 2 groups may have practical significance. The aims of this study were to examine the views of MHPs...

The aim of psychotherapy – individual or group psychotherapy – is to bring about change in painful feelings, distorted perceptions of self and others, dysfunctional behavior, etc. While there are many systematic studies of short term individual and group psychotherapy, researches of long term psychotherapy such group analytic psychotherapy is, hardly exist. The practice of group psychotherapy h...

Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of group supportive psychotherapy by Interpersonal psychotherapy method in reducing anxiety of addicts who are quitting. Materials and Methods: Among rehabilitation centers for drug abusers in Isfahan, a total of 30 addicted patients in the process of withdrawal were selected by convenience sampling, and randomly divided into two groups of 15 people a...