Sublime

Im deutschen Sprachraum wird das ICD (International Classification of Mental Disorders, Dilling & Freyberger, 2019) verwendet. Auch ich muss im Rahmen meiner verhaltenstherapeutischen Praxis diagnostizieren und die Diagnosen nach ICD verschlüsseln. Ohne Diagnose zahlen die Krankenkassen keine Therapie: Die jeweilige Störung, deren Behandlung vo

In the arena of self-knowledge, psychotherapy may be the single most useful intervention of the last 200 years. It is a tool and, like all tools, it finds its purpose in helping us to overcome an inborn weakness and to extend our capacities beyond those originally gifted to us by nature.

‘Depression’, writes Ruth Cain, a senior lecturer in law at the University of Kent, ‘may appear almost self-protective: an opt-out from an unwinnable set of continual competitions’.27 Although stigmatised in many ways, it is the healthy response to a mad, uncaring world.

In the foster-care world, “permanency” is a big buzzword. The motto is “One caring adult—that’s all you need.” However, it is natural for teenagers to pull away from adults, and Griffin remarks that the best form of permanency for teens is a steady group of friends—which the program is designed to provide.

Solutions-focused therapists, in contrast, couldn’t care less about archaeology. They don’t dig around for clues about why you act the way you do. They don’t care about your childhood. All they care about is the solution to the problem at hand.