Paradoxical Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide

✍ Scribed by Mohammad Ali Besharat

• Publisher: Springer-UT
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 167
• Series: University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book reports the results of an evidence-based case study for mental disorders which show that PTC has been very successful in bringing about deep and constant therapeutic changes. In response to the need of a more efficient approach for the treatment of psychological disorders, especially the broad spectrum of anxiety disorders, the PTC psychotherapeutic model was developed.

Results of the follow-up studies reported in the present book show that the relapse rate in this model is in its lowest level compared to other psychotherapeutic approaches.

Simple nature of the PTC protocol, described within the present book, allows psychotherapists and clinical practitioners to use this newly developed psychotherapy model for the treatment of mental disorders.

This newly developed psychotherapy model can be applied to new developments in the field of psychotherapy theory, research, and practice.

All psychotherapy associations, psychotherapy societies, psychological associations, psychotherapy societies, healthcare organizations, and academic libraries are likely to be part of the readership of this book.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 The PTC Perfect Model of Psychotherapy
2 Client #1 (Female, 33 Years Old, Married)
2.1 Case Introduction
2.2 Course of Treatment
2.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
3 Client #2 (Female, 25 Years Old, Single)
3.1 Case Introduction
3.2 Course of Treatment
3.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
4 Client #3 (Female, 32 Years Old, Single)
4.1 Case Introduction
4.2 Course of Treatment
4.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
5 The Effective Mechanisms of the Paradoxical Timetable
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The First Mechanism: Ordering-Artificializing
5.3 The Second Mechanism: Breaking the Link between the Symptom and Anxiety
5.4 The Third Mechanism: Changing the Meaning of the Symptom
5.5 The Fourth Mechanism: The Ego-Strength
5.6 The First Complementary Technique
5.7 The Second Complementary Technique
6 Client #4 (Female, 44 Years Old, Married)
6.1 Case Introduction
6.2 Course of Treatment
6.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
7 Client #5 (Male, 15 Years Old, Single)
7.1 Case Introduction
7.2 Course of Treatment
7.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
8 Client #6 (Female, 27 Years Old, Married)
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Course of Treatment
8.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
9 Client #7 (Male, 26 Years Old, Married)
9.1 Case Introduction
9.2 Course of Treatment
9.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
10 Client #8 (Female, 55 Years Old, Married)
10.1 Case Introduction
10.2 Course of Treatment
10.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
11 Client #9 (Male, 38 Years Old, Married)
11.1 Case Introduction
11.2 Course of Treatment
11.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
12 Client #10 (Female, 33 Years Old, Single)
12.1 Case Introduction
12.2 Course of Treatment
12.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
13 Client #11 (Male, 26 Years Old, Single)
13.1 Case Introduction
13.2 Course of Treatment
13.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
14 Client #12 (Female, 24 Years Old, Married)
14.1 Case Introduction
14.2 Course of Treatment
14.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
15 Client #13 (Male, 32 Years Old, Single)
15.1 Case Introduction
15.2 Course of Treatment
15.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
16 Client #14 (Female, 62 Years Old, Married)
16.1 Case Introduction
16.2 Course of Treatment
16.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
17 Client #15 (Female, 35 Years Old, Married)
17.1 Case Introduction
17.2 Course of Treatment
17.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
18 Client #16 (Female, 12 Years Old, Single)
18.1 Case Introduction
18.2 Course of Treatment
18.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
19 Client #17 (Male, 23 Years Old, Single)
19.1 Case Introduction
19.2 Course of Treatment
19.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
20 Client #18 (Female, 27 Years Old, Divorced)
20.1 Case Introduction
20.2 Course of Treatment
20.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
21 Client #19 (Male, 26 Years Old, Single)
21.1 Case Introduction
21.2 Course of Treatment
21.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
22 Client #20 (Female, 23 Years Old, Single)
22.1 Case Introduction
22.2 Course of Treatment
22.3 Assessment of Treatment Outcome and Follow-Up
23 Ending the PTC Treatment
23.1 The Relapse
23.2 The Roles of the Therapist and the Client in the PTC Model
23.3 Ten Questions for Further Thinking
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