Selecting Effective Treatments by Reichenberg Lourie W. Seligman Linda. & Linda Seligman

Author:Reichenberg, Lourie W.,Seligman, Linda. & Linda Seligman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781118791219
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2016-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

The aim of assessment sessions, however, is not only to achieve an accurate diagnosis, but also to formulate a treatment plan with the client's agreement, that covers both medical and psychological options. The therapist will be part of a treatment team that usually involves a physician and other specialists in collaboration with the client.

Preferred Therapist Characteristics

Before treatment recommendations can be made, the therapist must first gain a complete understanding of the how the client views the problem. People with somatic symptom disorder often are frustrated, dejected, and angry with the medical profession for not finding and fixing the cause of their symptoms and pain.

Therapists who provide empathy and accept the client's physical complaints as genuine are more likely to develop a trusting relationship that validates the client's experience. Therapists who are able to empathize in the face of resistance are more likely to develop a collaborative working relationship and be better able to help the client start to consider how stress and anxiety may be aggravating the symptoms.

A good place to begin is to provide the client with psychoeducation about the relationship between stress, somatic symptoms, and emotional states, and ask the client to keep a self-report log in which he or she records any situations, anxiety, or stressors that come up during the week, and to start to notice and be curious about whether there is a connection between stress or emotional situations and the exacerbation of symptoms.

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