Methods Of Psychotherapy Research Articles

Low Self-Esteem and Music Performance Anxiety Can Predict Depression in Musicians

Music performance anxiety (MPA) is an issue concerning musicians from all levels but is still a rather neglected topic in the education and employment of musicians. This study investigated the link between self-esteem, MPA, and depression within a German-speaking sample of musicians of different professions. The underlying question of this study was generated during psychotherapy treatment of musicians with depression and MPA. Thus, we investigated whether musicians with low self-esteem had MPA or depression. An online questionnaire on self-esteem, performance anxiety, and depression was sent to a sample (n=295) of German musicians of different professions and levels of education. The assessment tools in the online questionnaire included the Rosenberg-Self-Esteem-Scale, the Kenny Music-Performance-Anxiety-Inventory, and the Beck-Depression-Inventory. Music students had a significantly lower self-esteem scores compared to employed professionals and amateurs and a higher MPA compared to employed musicians. Regression analyses showed a significant prediction of depression by self-esteem and MPA. Specifically, low self-esteem and the cognitive and behavioral aspects of MPA were significant predictors of depression. Partial mediation by MPA between self-esteem and depression was found. Low self-esteem and MPA could predict depression. The scores of the entire sample of musicians regarding their MPA and depression were higher than in the general German population. These results highlight the importance of education and removal of negativity regarding performance anxiety in order to improve psychotherapy methods and ensure musicians' health in general.

Трансформационная психологическая игра «Медкарта»: интеграция концепции 7К игривости и метода позитивной психотерапии

The projective technique presented in this article is an integration of positive psychotherapy method and the 7C concept of playfulness / ludic competence. The projective technique is presented in the form of transformational psychological game Medkarta based on a deck of metaphorical associative cards «Homo Ludens». The developed game is, first of all, focused on dealing with psychosomatic disorders, but the process of approbation also demonstrated its effectiveness in working with interpersonal conflicts. The game enables the client to turn to his «Body / feeling» sphere and become aware of the functions and meaning of his symptom; to see its negative/positive aspects; to comprehend the symptom as an ability to respond to conflicts; to reach a deep understanding of the symptom as a means of personal integration, and to understand what «game» his own symptom plays with him and what «game» he himself plays with his symptom.

Analysis of the Influence of Innovative Teaching Management Mode in Universities on Students' One-to-One Training and Psychotherapy.

Objective This study expects to investigate and verify the intervention effect of the university's innovative teaching management model on college students' resilience by implementing the university's innovative teaching management model for college students with low psychological resilience. Method The scientific scale is used to investigate the current level of college students' psychological resilience, and the development characteristics of college students' psychological resilience are obtained through statistical analysis. Based on the theoretical analysis of the application of psychological resilience intervention, combined with the theory of one-to-one tutoring and operational techniques, the university's innovative teaching management mode scheme is designed. The design adopts a quasi-experimental pre-experimental test to investigate and explore the intervention effect system of the university's innovative teaching management mode on college students' psychological resilience. In the intervention, each unit of activity is carried out in strict accordance with the established plan, and records and reflections are made at the end. One-to-one and face-to-face qualitative interviews were conducted with the subjects, and qualitative data were collected for qualitative analysis. Results/Discussion. Compared with the control group that did not receive the intervention, the psychological resilience of the subjects in the experimental group was significantly improved after receiving the intervention of the university's innovative teaching management model. The university's innovative teaching management model has a good intervention effect on the resilience of college students. The university's innovative teaching management model scheme compiled in this study integrates a variety of psychotherapy methods and combines one-to-one psychological counseling frameworks and techniques. It is an effective and easy-to-implement intervention scheme for college students' psychological resilience intervention.

Modern Methods of Psychotherapy and Psychocorrection

The article considers modern methods of psychotherapy and psychocorrection as a means of providing psychological assistance. The scientific understanding of the differences and similarities in modern psychotherapeutic and technologies of psychocorrection and their role in the application of modern methods of psychotherapy and psychocorrection in the experience of foreign and domestic scientists and specialists of psychological services has been deepened. The specificity of the relationship and the ratio of the terms "psychotherapy" and "psychocorrection" are argued. The analysis of an integrated approach to the question of the relationship between the methods of psychotherapy and psychocorrection is carried out according to the tasks, goals and content of practical psychological work. It is noted that psychocorrection is very closely related to neurosciences, in particular neuropsychology. It is recommended to consider the role of neuropsychocorrection in the context of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the study of the formation of psychotherapeutic knowledge about the pathological functioning of the brain and systemic mental disorders in medical practice. The classification of modern methods of psychocorrection (psychotherapy) is presented. Some recommendations are given for the correctional and developmental work of a practical psychologist. The content of the article argues that modern methods of psychotherapy (correction) in psychological practice can be viewed as an eclectic combination within the framework of different psychological approaches in order to increase the psychological resource capacity of the client.

Psychotherapy and Correction of Neuropsychic Disorders within the Neurotic Personality Development

In the given article, we analyze the features, preconditions and mechanisms of neurotic personality development under the influence of psychological factors. A character portrait of a neurotic personality is described. The stages of personality neuroticism are considered, from emotional reactions to subjectively significant traumatic events to neurotic personality development. A detailed theoretical and methodological analysis is provided. Neurotic traits of a healthy personality are characterized. The article suggests various integration options for psychotherapeutic methods in combination with neuro-psychic correction of emotional, personal, cognitive and behavioral disorders that characterize the neurotic development of personality. It is noted that competently integrated, systemic, complex and individual approaches should be implemented in the psychotherapeutic process. Neuropsychocorrective influence on emotional-cognitive and behavioral disorders of neurotic nature should be implemented in stages, where the neuropsychological tasks become more complex and where psychotherapeutic goals are combined with the methods of body-oriented psychotherapy, holotropic therapy and art therapy. We also point out the necessity of competent development and implementation of a neuropsychocorrection program in combination with psychotherapy of those disorders that are associated with the localization of certain mental functions in the cerebral cortex.

Psychotherapeutic Counseling in Promoting Personal Development

The article presents a theoretical and methodological analysis of psychotherapeutic counseling support of the process of personal development of the client. Psychotherapeutic support of the process of personal development as a complex integrative and dynamic process is considered. An attempt to substantiate psychotherapeutic counseling is made. Psychotherapeutic counselling is considered for the first time as culturological training providing personal growth of both the client and the counsellor. The relationship between psychological counseling and psychotherapy is considered. The requirements for the personality of the consultant are defined as the main criterion of the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic counseling. The correspondence of psychotherapeutic technology of personal development to the model of a holistic and self-sufficient person is reflected. The significance of the issue of the theory of personality change on the optimization of personal functions of self-development in the context of the integration of psychotherapeutic and counseling practice is emphasized. It is offered to carry out the psychotherapeutic process of development of an integral personality in neuropsychocorrective support, in combination with modern psychotherapeutic methods. Contemporary methods of psychotherapy and psychological counseling for the personal development of the client are reviewed.

Computational Methods in Psychotherapy: A Scoping Review.

Background: The study of complex systems, such as the psychotherapeutic encounter, transcends the mechanistic and reductionist methods for describing linear processes and needs suitable approaches to describe probabilistic and scarcely predictable phenomena. Objective: The present study undertakes a scoping review of research on the computational methods in psychotherapy to gather new developments in this field and to better understand the phenomena occurring in psychotherapeutic interactions as well as in human interaction more generally. Design: Online databases were used to identify papers published 2011–2022, from which we selected 18 publications from different resources, selected according to criteria established in advance and described in the text. A flow chart and a summary table of the articles consulted have been created. Results: The majority of publications (44.4%) reported combined computational and experimental approaches, so we grouped the studies according to the types of computational methods used. All but one of the studies collected measured data. All the studies confirmed the usefulness of predictive and learning models in the study of complex variables such as those belonging to psychological, psychopathological and psychotherapeutic processes. Conclusions: Research on computational methods will benefit from a careful selection of reference methods and standards. Therefore, this review represents an attempt to systematise the empirical literature on the applications of computational methods in psychotherapy research in order to offer clinicians an overview of the usefulness of these methods and the possibilities of their use in the various fields of application, highlighting their clinical implications, and ultimately attempting to identify potential opportunities for further research.

Brief Solution Focused Therapy in Ukraine to Work with People with Emotional, Cognitive and Behavioural Disorders

Aim. To study the way how Brief Solution Focused Therapy (BSFT) tackles emotional, cognitive and behavioural disorders. To provide basic definitions of such disorders and identify major approaches and techniques focusing on Brief Solution Focused Therapy aspects that may be applied in psychotherapeutic works with these people. Methods. Ana\lysis and synthesis of scientific data regarding defining emotional, cognitive and behavioural disorders. Distinguishing basic diagnostic signs of such disorders in clients. Methods of BSFT psychotherapy. Results. The following BSFT techniques proved to be the most effective in the work on emotional disorders: problem-free talk, compliments, resource questions and scaling. These techniques can be called the most emotional ones – the techniques that call for your emotions, replenish your psychological resource, help rebuild your emotional attitude to the situation, look at it from a different angle. BSFT-based psycho-correction and psychotherapy of cognitive impairments and behavioural disorders is longer and more fundamental. Effective techniques are goal setting, resource identification, and also there are special turning points, such as the technique of life analysis, which is a variant of scaling as a method, use of coping questions. Conclusions. BSFT-methods are effective in addressing different disorders – both partial (emotional, behavioural, cognitive) and more complex ones. The fact that BSFT does not focus on the negative emotional conditions, the problem and its causes, enables the depressive clients, grieving clients and clients experiencing loss to relatively fast discover their resources and start building plans, demonstrating how it is possible to optimize the process of overcoming complicated life situations.

Treatments and interventions for compulsive sexual behavior disorder with a focus on problematic pornography use: A preregistered systematic review.

Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) which includes problematic pornography use (PPU) is a clinically relevant syndrome that has been included in the ICD-11 as impulse control disorder. The number of studies on treatments in CSBD and PPU increased in the last years. The current preregistered systematic review aimed for identifying treatment studies on CSBD and PPU as well as treatment effects on symptom severity and behavior enactment. The study was preregistered at Prospero International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (CRD42021252329). The literature search done in February 2022 at PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and PsycInfo, included original research published in peer-reviewed journals between 2000 to end 2021. The risk of bias was assessed with the CONSORT criteria. A quantitative synthesis based on effect sizes was done. Overall 24 studies were identified. Four of these studies were randomized controlled trials. Treatment approaches included settings with cognitive behavior therapy components, psychotherapy methods, and psychopharmacological therapy. Receiving treatment seems to improve symptoms of CSBD and PPU. Especially, evidence for the efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy is present. There is first evidence for the effectiveness of treatment approaches such as cognitive behavior therapy. However, strong conclusions on the specificity of treatments should be drawn with caution. More rigorous and systematic methodological approaches are needed for future studies. Results may be informative for future research and the development of specific treatment programs for CSBD and PPU.

Clinical observation: psychosexual dysfunction in a patient with infertility

The article deals with the problem of dyspareunia in a patient with infertility who needs the use of assisted reproductive technologies. A short-term method of psychotherapy is proposed, including rational and cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychotherapeutic procedures using methods of relaxing breathing techniques and unconscious audiovisual psychocorrection.

Psychological healing function of poetry appreciation based on educational psychology and aesthetic analysis.

With the development of society, the rapidly developing social environment has played a significant role in the particular group of college students. College students will inevitably suffer setbacks and psychological obstacles in their studies and daily life. This work aims to ameliorate college students’ various mental illnesses caused by anxiety and confusion during the critical period of status transformation. Educational psychology theory, aesthetic theory, and poetry appreciation are applied to the mental health education of college students to obtain a satisfying psychological healing effect. First, this work summarizes the connotation and characteristics of college student’s mental health and defines educational psychology. Secondly, the long tradition of Chinese poetry teaching is introduced. Besides, the theoretical basis of poetry therapy and aesthetic psychology is expounded, and foreign poetry is discussed. In addition, poetry appreciation is used to promote personality shaping and psychological healing of college students based on the theory of educational psychology and poetry appreciation psychotherapy. In addition, mental health education for college students is studied from the perspectives of psychological health, mental health education, college students’ mental health education, and appreciation of ancient poetry. In addition, the principle and significance of college students’ mental health education are discussed from the perspective of poetry appreciation. Finally, an experimental study is conducted on college students and patients in a specific hospital department by issuing questionnaires to verify the practical application effect of this method in psychotherapy. The survey results indicate that the scores of college students who have completed a one-semester poetry appreciation course in different dimensions of mental disorders are lower than those of those who have not completed the course. At the same time, in the scores of 16 personality traits, the positive trait scores of the experimental group are higher than those of the control group. Comparing scores before and after class also reflects the positive effect of poetry appreciation intervention on college students’ personality shaping. It can be concluded that poetry appreciation has a strong effect on promoting college students’ mental health and personality shaping and improving college students’ psychological problems.

Personal experience of Latin American therapists on their clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic (Experiencia personal de terapeutas latinoamericanos sobre su práctica clínica durante la pandemia por COVID-19)

ABSTRACT The health conditions generated by the COVID-19 pandemic severely restricted in-person therapy, and as a result online therapy was put into practice. The objective of this study was to describe and analyse, from the perspective of the therapist, how the pandemic has influenced their experience and clinical practice. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 24 Latin American therapists who had performed online therapy during the pandemic. The information was analysed following the coding procedures of the Grounded Theory. Three core categories were constructed from the analysis: (a) impact on the therapist: spiral of uncertainty, oppression and adaptive astonishment; (b) incorporation of technologies into clinical practice: ‘I never thought they could help’; and (c) transformation of the practice of psychotherapy: ‘water always finds its way’. The model incorporates and relates therapists’ perceptions of their professional work, patients’ attitudes towards this new psychotherapy method, perception of the therapeutic relationship and process, and the facilitators and obstacles experienced in online therapy.

Design and Optimization of Psychological Emergency Response System for College Students Based on IoT and Computational Intelligence

Today, when university students are the future subjects of society, psychological crises are constantly emerging. At the same time, considering the rapid socioeconomic development, competition among the best talents, cultural diversity, and the growth of temptations and events in public health, all of these put growing students through the wringer. However, when traditional sentiment data are analyzed through manual selection, it usually has some drawbacks such as small sample size, poor real-time status, high transaction costs, and high human errors. We need to use modern technology, applied technology, and computer intelligence to collect psychological data from all respondents, which is ultimately measured by sentiment data. Use the results of emotional data analysis to deal with emergencies in a timely manner. The system designed in this paper has unprecedented advantages in terms of automation, timeliness, and accuracy compared to previous participatory psychotherapy methods.

Inter-brain plasticity as a biological mechanism of change in psychotherapy: A review and integrative model.

Recent models of psychopathology and psychotherapy highlight the importance of interpersonal factors. The current review offers a biological perspective on these interpersonal processes by examining inter-brain synchrony—the coupling of brain activity between people interacting with one another. High inter-brain synchrony is associated with better relationships in therapy and in daily life, while deficits in the ability to achieve inter-brain synchrony are associated with a variety of psychological and developmental disorders. The review suggests that therapy improves patients’ ability to achieve such synchrony through inter-brain plasticity—a process by which recurring exposure to high inter-brain synchrony leads to lasting change in a person’s overall ability to synchronize. Therapeutic sessions provide repeated situations with high inter-brain synchrony. This can lead to a long-term increase in the ability to synchronize, first with the therapist, then generalized to other interpersonal relationships, ultimately leading to symptom reduction. The proposed inter-brain plasticity model offers a novel biological framework for understanding relational change in psychotherapy and its links to various forms of psychopathology and provides testable hypotheses for future research. Understanding this mechanism may help improve existing psychotherapy methods and develop new ones.

Bipolar disorder: definition, clinical features, diagnostics and treatment: a literature review

Vainius Zajankauskas1, Gabija Raižytė1, Kamilė Tolvaišaitė1, Algirdas Musneckis2 1Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine 2Psychiatry Clinic at Lithuanian university of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania Abstract Introduction: The World Health Organization estimates bipolar disorder as the seventh leading cause of disability among men and the eight among women. Untreated bipolar disorder can severely impair a person’s quality of life and cause a variety of addictions, disrupt social relationships, or cause self-harm. There are many effective methods of pharmacological treatment and psychotherapy that successfully stabilize bipolar disorder, but the patient must be motivated to cooperate with professionals, treat and follow the recommendations given to him. This literature review provides an overview of the bipolar disorder clinic, key diagnostic challenges, and treatment principles. Aim: to select and analyse expert recommendations for diagnostics and treatment of bipolar disorder.Material and methods: scientific sources were searched, reviewed and analyzed. Publications were searched in English language in the international medical database PubMed. The search was performed using the following keywords and their combinations: “bipolar disorder”, “clinic”, “diagnostics”, “treatment”, “mania”, “hypomania”, “depression”, “mood disorder”, “psychotherapy”. Results: using theoretical analysis methods, 33 publications meeting the inclusion criteria were found. A further 42 publications were rejected because they did not meet the inclusion criteria. Conclusions: the main diagnostic challenge is to differentiate bipolar disorder from unipolar depression To stabilize bipolar disorder, appropriate complex effects should be prescribed according to the patient’s symptoms. With pharmacotherapy alone, it is difficult to achieve the desired results, so psychosocial interventions are an integral part of treatment. Effective treatment should be comprehensive, involving medication, psychosocial intervention, and lifestyle changes. Keywords: bipolar disorder, mania, hypomania, depression, mood disorder, psychotherapy.

Psychosocial Transcultural Games as Tools in Group Counselling, Therapy and Training for Dealing with Crisis and Trauma from War, Armed Conflict, and Forced Displacement

The paper aims at introducing an innovative tool of the MGS Methodology – namely, a transcultural game which uses a psychosocial approach – to build resilience of participants undergoing group counselling and therapy within the 5-stage method of Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (PPT). Armed conflicts, resulting in forced displacement and migration for masses of populations, can have severe consequences in the holistic health of affected people, including their mental health. Practice and studies show that both children and adults are vulnerable and react to trauma and grief by displaying symptoms of acute stress, anxiety, depression, aggression, as well as post-traumatic stress and PTSD, among other disorders. A psychosocial, transcultural game during a group session demonstrates that it is not only an efficient way to reach the masses who need support during a crisis, but also an effective holistic approach that mobilizes the entire being by proactively working with both primary and secondary capacities. Furthermore, it addresses those capabilities as unfulfilled needs or conflict potentials in the four dimensions through key questions during the group debriefing throughout and after the game. The ‘Positum MGS for Group Therapy’ approach consists of a mixed training with PPT concepts and MGS tools and principles. Based on results in the field, it offers to trainers, psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, consultants, social workers and other professionals, who are trained in PPT or other psychotherapeutic modalities, an overview to this innovative tool, in order to help groups of children and adults overcome their crisis and recover from trauma.

Spiritual Strengthening of Man Through Prayer of Worship

There are both spiritual and physical aspects to every human being. Good spiritual health leads to good bodily health. In order to enjoy a long and prosperous life, these two parts must work together harmoniously. To have a healthy soul or spirituality means to have a strong spiritual component inside oneself. Due to its role as a centre of desires, the soul component is a driving force behind human bodily acts and behaviours. The purpose of this paper is to provide an explanation of the notion and significance of prayer in a Muslim’s quest to cultivate a positive character. Through research on book literacy, data were analysed using content analysis methodologies. The study's findings revealed that prayer is one of the elements in the Islamic psychotherapy method that corresponds with Iman psychotherapy, ‘Ibadah psychotherapy, and Tasawwuf psychotherapy. Psychospiritual therapy is one of the ways a Muslim can develop his consciousness as a servant while also serving as a reminder of Allah SWT’s limitless power and magnificence. A man might interact with Allah SWT as he prays and gain a sense of serenity in his spirit as a result.

Psychotherapy in Dealing with Crises in the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the article, a theoretical analysis of the study of crisis states and the methodological foundations of crisis psychotherapy, taking into account foreign and domestic experience, is carried out. Based on the results of empirical studies, modern foreign and domestic researchers have established that crisis conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic are accompanied by suicidal reactions, depression, neurotic conditions with post-traumatic stress disorders, exacerbation of psychosomatic diseases, psychopathological disorders.Psychological approaches in psychotherapy together with crisis psycho-psychotherapeutic interventions for working with acute crisis states and crisis psychotherapy of clients in the post-quarantine period are considered.The concepts of a crisis state, the features of the influence of "covid" psychotrauma on the mental and psychological health of a person, and the provision of psychological assistance in crisis situations during the COVID-19 pandemic are described in detail. It is noted that in working with crisis conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, modern foreign and Ukrainian specialists prefer cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy.At the theoretical and methodological level, it has been proved that psychotherapy of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is close to crisis psychotherapy and is aimed at reintegration of mental activity disturbed by the "conductive" psychotrauma and restoration of psychological adaptation to a certain extent.The psychotherapeutic model of psychological crisis intervention in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is based on a biopsychosocial approach and requires a comprehensive and integrated use of crisis psychotherapy methods with the integration of neuropsychotic methods and Internet technologies into the entire therapy process.

Особенности применения методов когнитивно-поведенческой психотерапии в работе психолога с подростками

The article is devoted to the using of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy methods in the work of a psychologist with adolescents. Based on the analysis of literary sources devoted to the development of mental activity, emotional sphere, behavioral characteristics of adolescents, the use of methods of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy is reasoned and justified. The purpose of the study is to determine the psychological and pedagogical conditions for using the method of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy, psychoconditioning and psychocorrective work with adolescents. The following research methods were used in this work: analysis of scientific psychological and pedagogical literature, study of the resources of educational Internet portals, materials of scientific and practical conferences and forums. As a result of the study, the following features of psychosocial development of children in adolescence, their connection with mental activity, emotions and behavior were identified, effective diagnostic methods and techniques, techniques for tracking automatic thoughts and images, techniques for changing dysfunctional beliefs (role-playing, cognitive conceptualization, etc.) were clarified. The methods of work proposed in the article can be used in the organization of preventive, counseling and correctional work with adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders, with low educational motivation, problems in the personal, emotional sphere and socialization. From what has been said, the conclusion suggests that an important condition for psychotherapy and correction of adolescents is the work on changing dis-functional beliefs, automatic thoughts, negative emotional states, destructive behavior in adolescents. In our opinion, it is the methods of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that contribute to the resolution of age-related problems of adolescents: they will help to cope with stress, anxiety, increase self-esteem, improve relationships with peers and adults.

Academies of hope

This article, based on a talk given to The First International Online Seminar on the Person-Centred Approach, October 10–11, 2021, has three main aims. Firstly, to remind us of Rogers’ indefatigable commitment to cultural transformation, humanisation, and peace. I suggest that these are defining aspects of the origin story of the person-centred approach (PCA), which in recent decades has retreated from this focus in favour of increased attention to person-centred and experiential psychotherapies as methods of psychotherapy and counselling. Secondly, I describe how this cultural transformation project is still at work in the 21st century, showing up in a wide range of transformative initiatives which extend the basic ideas embedded in a person-centred philosophy into what some identify as an emerging counterculture. Thirdly, I urge the PCA community to revisit and re-engage the social transformation agenda at the heart of the approach, to collaborate and organise ‘academies of hope’, and to become advocates and activists for the creation of life-centred cultures before it is too late.