Abstract
Body dysmorphic disorder is characterized by complex and multifaceted symptoms. Those affected often have a high shame experience and a pronounced self-critical way of dealing with themselves. Both can massively impede the constructive handling of the chronified symptoms and represent centrally maintaining factors of the total problem. Based on a treatment example, the difficulties in the therapeutic course due to depreciating self-criticism and a lack of self-compassion of the female patient are elucidated and suggestions for meaningful supplements for psychotherapy are made.
Translated title of the contribution | Depreciating self-criticism and experience of shame in body dysmorphic disorder: Case report on treatment problems |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 109-112 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Psychotherapeut |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords*
- Compassion
- Depreciation
- Depressive disorder
- Perfectionism
- Somatoform disorders
Field of Science*
- 3.2 Clinical medicine
- 5.1 Psychology
Publication Type*
- 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database