Mastery-and-pleasure technique

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The mastery-and-pleasure technique ( success-pleasure technique for short , rarely also success-and-pleasure technique ) is a behavior therapy technique described by Aaron T. Beck . The technique is used in the treatment of depression . The use of the technology is particularly useful when patients are very active but have little fun. A scale should be used to assess how high the sense of achievement ( mastery ) and the pleasure ( pleasure ) were after various activities.

aims

The intervention aims to achieve the following goals:

  • Separation of success and pleasure: It should be learned that success and pleasure are independent. Since depression often goes hand in hand with the symptom of joylessness, this technique is intended to teach people to consider tasks that have been accomplished as success, even if they do not experience much pleasure.
  • Differentiation: In addition, in contrast to a two-stage distinction between success and failure, a finer differentiation should be learned.
  • Realistic goals: In activity planning, goals should be chosen so that they can be achieved. Coping with tasks should improve the expectation of self-efficacy . At the same time, it should be made clear that pleasure is also important in order to recharge your batteries.

While cognitive behavior therapy tries to increase the sense of achievement and pleasure through this technique, the goal of metacognitive therapy is to counteract inactivity in order to reduce the time to ponder.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Wolfgang Senf, Michael Broda: Practice of Psychotherapy. An integrative textbook . 5th edition. Thieme, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-13-106095-2 , p. 233 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Lydia Fehm, Sylvia Helbig: Homework in Psychotherapy. Strategies and materials for practice . S. 15 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Martin Hautzinger: Acute Depression . S. 49 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ Anil Batra, Reinhard Wassmann, Gerhard Buchkremer: Behavior Therapy. Basics - methods - areas of application . S. 173 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ↑ Iver Hand: Strategic-Systemic Aspects of Behavior Therapy . S. 133 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. ^ A b c Aaron T. Beck, A. John Rush, Brian F. Shaw, Gary Emery: Cognitive Therapy of Depression . Guilford Press, New York 1979, ISBN 0-89862-919-5 , pp. 128 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  7. ↑ a b c Martin Hautzinger: Cognitive Psychotherapy . In: Christoph Kraiker, Burghard Peter (ed.): Psychotherapy guide. Paths to Mental Health . 5th edition. CH Beck, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-406-44204-8 , p. 146 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  8. ^ Mark Gilson, Arthur Freeman: Overcoming Depression. A Cognitive Therapy Approach for Taming the Depression BEAST . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1999, ISBN 0-19-518381-9 , pp. 59 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  9. ^ Johannes Lindenmeyer: Relapse prevention . In: Jürgen Margraf, Silivia Schneider (Hrsg.): Textbook of behavior therapy . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Springer, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-79540-7 , pp. 731 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-540-79541-1_1 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  10. ^ Adrian Wells, Peter Fisher: Metacognitive Therapy . ( limited preview in Google Book search).