title: Psychodynamic psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse--Principles for a treatment manual.
abstract: In this article, the authors present a psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy approach for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to childhood abuse. This neurobiologically informed, phase-oriented treatment approach, which has been developed in Germany during the past 20 years, takes into account the broad comorbidity and the large degree of ego-function impairment typically found in these patients. Based on a psychodynamic relationship orientation, this treatment integrates a variety of trauma-specific imaginative and resource-oriented techniques. The approach places major emphasis on the prevention of vicarious traumatization. The authors are presently planning to test the approach in a randomized controlled trial aimed at strengthening the evidence base for psychodynamic psychotherapy in PTSD.
authors.affiliation: Rhein-Klinik Bad Honnef, Krankenhaus für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Luisenstr. 3, 53604 Bad Honnef, Germany. wolfgang.woeller@johanneswerk.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wöller
authors.forename: Falk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leichsenring
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leweke
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kruse
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004532:Ego; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D009769:Object Attachment; D011936:Reality Testing; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*