Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Persistent Somatic Symptoms and Symptom Disorder

Organized - easy to implement - clearly structured This therapy manual offers a practical introduction to a scientifically evaluated, cognitive-behavioral therapy concept for patients with somatoform complaints. Every 5th patient in Germany suffers from organic complaints without a cause ever being found. The completely updated and revised therapy manual off ers a practical introduction to the evaluated, cognitive-behavioral therapy treatment concept for patients with Somatic Symptom Disorder. In seven structured individual modules with a large number of worksheets, instructional texts and materials, therapists receive an optimal guide for preparing and conducting sessions. The authors Prof. Dr. Maria Kleinstäuber, Department of Psychology, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Health Services, Utah State University, Logan, USA Dipl.-Psych. Petra Thomas, Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG, Zentrum für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie ambulant, Zofi ngen, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Michael Witthöft, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Experimental Psychopathology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hiller, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, German This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.