Focal therapy
The focal therapy is a form of psychoanalytic short psychotherapy . It was developed by Michael Balint and his colleagues.
The therapeutic activity in a focal therapy is concentrated on the elaboration, clarification and processing of a core conflict. A focal target is determined, which is defined as clearly and early as possible. In focal therapy, the therapist and patient sit opposite each other.
procedure
In the beginning, the therapist tries to find out the core conflict or focus of the patient by asking specific questions. The patient should express feelings and thoughts directly about this core conflict. Here, the most important starting point for the therapist's interpretation of the relationships remains the interaction between patient and therapist. The specialty of the therapy lies in the limited number of conversations required for this.
literature
- Michael Balint, PH Ornstein, E. Balint: focal therapy. An example of applied psychoanalysis. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1973 ISBN 9783518072691
- Birgit Nilsson: On the role of focus in focal therapy. Kovac, Hamburg 2000 ISBN 3860649655
- Joachim Küchenhoff: Psychodynamic short and focal therapy. Theory and practice. Schattauer, Stuttgart 2004 ISBN 9783794523542
- R. Klüwer: Extended studies on focal therapy. Psychosozial Verlag, Giessen 2005 ISBN 3898063925
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Psychotherapie-netzwerk.de accessed on December 14, 2008
- ↑ J. Seibt in Wilhelm Arnold, Jürgen Eysenck and Richard Meili (eds.): Lexikon der Psychologie. Volume 1. Herder, Freiburg (since 1971 in many editions) ISBN 9783451216541