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Applications of cognitive behavioral therapy in cancer survivorship.
This article presents an overview of the diversity of concerns facing those in cancer survivorship, provides a framework for conceptualizing the presenting concerns in patients with a history of cancer utilizing the biopsychosocial model, and highlights the use of CBT as an intervention to address these concerns via case studies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training)
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - January 13, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Risk management in dialectical behavior therapy: Treating life-threatening behaviors as problems to be solved.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an empirically supported behavioral treatment for individuals with borderline personality disorder who frequently exhibit life-threatening behavior, such as suicide attempts, nonsuicidal self-injury urges and actions, and suicidal ideation. We provide an overview of the theoretical framework by which DBT conceptualizes these life-threatening behaviors and the principles by which safety planning measures are implemented and maintained throughout treatment. The importance of orienting clients to treatment and obtaining their commitment to decrease life-threatening behavior is reviewed. R...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - January 13, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A pilot test of a treatment to address intersectional stigma, mental health, and HIV risk among gay and bisexual men of color.
This study lays the groundwork for a group treatment to address intersectional stigma, mental health, and HIV risk among young Black and Latino GBM in the U.S. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training)
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - January 13, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Therapist challenges and client responses in psychodynamic psychotherapy: An empirically supported case study.
In this case study of an adult female client working with a doctoral student female therapist in 85 sessions of individual psychodynamic psychotherapy, we analyzed the antecedents, challenges, and consequences for 53 challenges in the intake and first five sessions, the middle three sessions, and the final three sessions. Within the context of a strong therapeutic relationship and when the client was balanced in being defended as well as open/reflective, the therapist’s challenges that were of high quality (deep, clear, empathic, and moderately forceful) were associated with the client becoming more open/reflective. In c...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - January 13, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A group’s level of defensive functioning affects individual outcomes in group psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy.
We used an actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) to study the association between the individual group member and other group therapy members’ defensive functioning on an individual group member’s treatment outcome. We hypothesized that (a) more adaptive individual defensive functioning at pretreatment will be significantly related to better treatment outcomes (i.e., lower binge-eating and interpersonal distress) at 6 months post-treatment; and (b) more adaptive other group members’ defensive functioning at pretreatment will be significantly related to better treatment outcomes at 6 months post-treatment. Part...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - January 13, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Comorbid major depressive disorder in cognitive-behavior group treatment for social anxiety disorder: An examination of processes of symptom change.
Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) typically have elevated depressive symptoms and approximately 50% also meet criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD; Beesdo et al., 2007). In the present study, we examined the relationship between social anxiety and depressive symptoms during cognitive-behavior group treatment (CBGT) for SAD. Specifically, we compared individuals with SAD and comorbid MDD and individuals with SAD without MDD to examine the role of MDD as a moderator of social anxiety–depression relationship. Participants were 90 individuals seeking treatment for SAD (36% were diagnosed with MDD), who co...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - January 13, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Decentering the use of police: An abolitionist approach to safety planning in psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy, Vol 60(1), Mar 2023, 51-62; doi:10.1037/pst0000422The dominant narrative in much of the world, but especially the West, is that public safety and security are provided by policing. Psychotherapy invests in this dominant narrative via its reliance on emergency services provided by the state, such as 911 and police, to pursue the safety of clients and the larger society. However, the long-documented history of oppressive systems of policing suggest that these dominant narratives operate to protect powerful groups while surveilling and policing marginalized people, but particularly Black and Brown communities. ...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - January 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Psychotherapies for clients with physical health conditions: A scoping review of demographic reporting.
Recent research has highlighted the importance of investigating the efficacy of psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals with physical health conditions. To date, there is evidence that psychotherapeutic interventions are efficacious for a range of physical health conditions (e.g., cancer, obesity, and diabetes). However, less is known about for whom psychotherapeutic interventions for physical health conditions are effective. One reason for this might be pervasive underreporting of demographic data in research, despite the National Institute of Health’s 2016 call to action to include such information. Specificall...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - January 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Emotion-focused therapy for fear of cancer recurrence: A hospital-based exploratory outcome study.
Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is a main concern for most cancer survivors and can bring significant distress impacting well-being and quality of life. Although other psychological approaches have been developed for dysfunctional FCR, based on previous research, emotion-focused therapy (EFT) might also be a relevant intervention for treating this concern. A total of 17 adults with a cancer diagnosis and presenting FCR among other cancer-related concerns were offered EFT, delivered in a regular practice in a cancer hospital (mean number of sessions = 13, range: 4–25). Outcome and process instruments were used to assess g...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - January 6, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Life review therapy for holocaust survivors: Two systematic case studies.
Psychotherapy, Vol 59(4), Dec 2022, 521-532; doi:10.1037/pst0000419Having reached the last phase of their lives, many Holocaust survivors (HS) experience an increase in vulnerability. Despite their remarkable ability to adapt, the process of aging presents them with new challenges, often leading to an increased need for therapy. This is made all the more difficult by the fact that there is little research on trauma therapy in old age. To date, no randomized controlled study has been carried out to examine the effectiveness of psychotherapy in HS. The present case studies report the implementation of life review therapy (LR...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - December 23, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A brief overview of safety planning in interpersonal reconstructive therapy.
This article provides an overview and illustration emphasizing these unique aspects of the IRT approach to safety planning in the context of individual psychotherapy with adults. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training)
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - December 23, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Personality trait domains predict psychiatric symptom and functional outcomes.
This study examined the impact of pathological personality traits has on baseline symptoms and functioning, as well as their impact on the longitudinal course in a large cohort of adult inpatient psychiatric sample (N = 804). The Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5; Krueger et al., 2012) was used to assess trait domains impact on longitudinal outcomes (anxiety, depression, somatic symptoms, and functional impairment) using hierarchical repeated measures modeling. Results indicate Negative Affectivity and Detachment were related to higher admission severity in all four outcome domains. Psychoticism was related to somatic...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - December 23, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The integration of the heart-centered paradigm of Sufi psychology in contemporary psychotherapy practice.
Psychotherapy, Vol 59(3), Sep 2022, 405-414; doi:10.1037/pst0000414Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi (M.T.O) Sufi Psychology provides a psychological method based on the teachings of the M.T.O Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism. Sufi Psychology aims to address physical and spiritual aspects of patients in order to foster a sense of identity that is not limited to a diagnostic status or an emotional state. The present work provides an overview of what Sufi Psychology is and how it builds on current gold-standard psychotherapeutic practices. We also present data from a bottom-up, practice-based observational study in which male an...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - December 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The integration of the heart-centered paradigm of Sufi psychology in contemporary psychotherapy practice.
Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi (M.T.O) Sufi Psychology provides a psychological method based on the teachings of the M.T.O Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism. Sufi Psychology aims to address physical and spiritual aspects of patients in order to foster a sense of identity that is not limited to a diagnostic status or an emotional state. The present work provides an overview of what Sufi Psychology is and how it builds on current gold-standard psychotherapeutic practices. We also present data from a bottom-up, practice-based observational study in which male and female patients from various cultural and religious backgrounds r...
Source: Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training - December 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research