Persuasion therapy

The Persuasionstherapie is one of Paul Dubois (1848-1918), first described in 1901 psychotherapeutic method for patients with neurotic symptoms . Dubois himself called it “rational psychotherapy”. The name " rational therapy " has caught on, however. Treatment consists in explaining to the patient how his symptoms are developing. The treatment uses persuasion . This term was introduced to distinguish it from the less and less common suggestion and hypnosis treatment at the time and was intended to denote “waking psychotherapy”. This is a kind of Socratic dialogue d. H. an asymmetrical relationship between the interlocutors, as is typical for persuasive communication . By appealing to the ability to think, a reasonable judgment is to be reached, which mainly enables healing. In his main work, " Psychoneurosen " (1904), Dubois viewed inadequate value judgments as decisive for the development of neurotic symptoms.

Use of the method

The method has been used relatively seldom, apart from its temporary dissemination to general practitioners. It went into the concept of behavioral therapies . More recently, however, psychoeducation has become more widely known for similar goals. Psychotics are also included in the education. On the other hand, the psychic technique has already dealt with the moralizing approach of psychotherapy.

criticism

The persuasion that makes use of the technique of the Socratic conversation can not be viewed as harmless from the perspective of the one-sided power of interpretation . The decisive factor here is whether the moderator abstains from any expression of opinion on the subject of the conversation and is not manipulative.

Web links

• Persuasion therapy. perlentaucher .de

literature

• Christian Müller : “You have to believe in your healing!” Paul Dubois (1848–1918) - a forgotten pioneer of psychotherapy . Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2001, ISBN 3-7965-1590-8

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Uwe Henrik Peters : Dictionary of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology . 3. Edition. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1984; Stw. "Persuasion" and "Persuasion Therapy": p. 406, 6th edition. Elsevier-Verlag, Munich 2007
2. ↑ ^{a b} Erwin H. Ackerknecht : Brief history of psychiatry . 3. Edition. Enke, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-432-80043-6 ; (a) on “Awake Psychotherapy” p. 87, as well as “Management and Management of the Sick”: p. 89 f .; (b) Re. "Psychic": p. 59.
3. ↑ Heinz Schott , Rainer Tölle : History of psychiatry, pathology, wrong ways, forms of treatment . CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-53555-0 , pp. 97 f., Books.google.de

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