Weight Loss and Psychotherapy (2) Psychotherapy of Weight Loss Dr Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. There are many approaches advertised to reduce weight but I want to focus on one of them, which I also find the most important one, the psychotherapeutic approach. Being overweight or underweight can be due to a medical condition, which …
Critical Decisions (2) Ch Jonathan Haverkampf MD Many areas, such as law and medicine, are largely about making right decisions in the face of incomplete information, but so is making a choice at the local supermarket. With many decisions, we feel we have to get them ‘right’, even if we are not sure what ‘right’ …
Depression and Psychotherapy (2) Depression usually means feeling low and lacking motivation and energy to do anything enjoyable, but sometimes it may predominantly show in disturbed sleep, a lack of appetite and other diffuse bodily symptoms. The latter condition we call an atypical depression. Often individuals remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for a long time before …
Self-Confidence (2) Self-Confidence is quite simply when you have confidence in yourself. It is often seen as the holy grail of psychotherapy in the belief that the right amount of confidence in oneself will solve problems from anxiety to depression. And while it is true that higher confidence in one’s ability to get somewhere increases …
Schizophrenia in virtually all cases requires lifelong treatment, even when symptoms have subsided. Treatment includes better coping skills in everyday life, strategies to reduce stress and become aware of early warning signs of a psychotic episode, psychotherapy to better manage life, and medication. Medication may be life-long, but does not have to be. Medication for …
CBT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy – A Comparison Ch Jonathan Haverkampf Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic psychotherapy, the less intensive form of psychoanalysis, are arguably the most prominent and well-researched schools of psychotherapy (see Lambert and Bergin, 1994), apart from interpersonal therapy (IPT) models. Essentially all psychotherapies go back to the revolutionary concept of the …
Haverkampf CJ Treatment-Resistant Depression J Psychiatry Psychotherapy Communication 2016 Jun 30 5(2)31-32
