title: Psychotherapy of the obsessional.
abstract: Obsessional defenses require a confronting, active therapist in order to break through the intellectualized, ritualized, and highly distracting productions of the patients. The tendency to obfuscate through details and rigid adherence to the instructions demands a loose, flexible, and direct interaction from a therapist who is not too obessional and willing to forego his own perfectionistic expectations from therapy.
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy; D001364:Awareness; D003142:Communication; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*