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In the process of psychotherapy of psychosomatic disorders requires adjustment of already known methods of intervention of clients with a similar picture. Given the fact that the spread of diseases changes over time, the field of mental health should, as a rule, be treated in depth: with a focus on the experience and the possibility of its processing. The initial shock of contacting a psychotherapist is often the cause of a client's resistance reaction. The report examines typical resistances used by clients with psychosomatic symptoms and proposes a model for working with the resistance reactions themselves, instead of "fighting" to remove them from the process. Anyone who has decided to accept the help of a psychotherapist has started from the presumption that he can no longer cope with his experiences in a given life situation. In the mind of the seeker in most cases, "to cope" means the disappearance of unbearable illness or unwanted emotional states. Formally, the client wants relief from the symptom of suffering, ie. from outwardly apparent disease or maladaptive behavior. With the natural need of a socially functioning individual, the client carries in his imagination the picture "no symptom - no suffering - there is coping and successful social functioning". Psychotherapy considers another dynamic for achieving successful social adaptation. It is based on the statement: For the symptom to disappear, it is necessary to activate the individual's resources. Activation of these resources, which for one reason or another the individual has not been able to move on their own, are a guarantee for change, for a new successful adaptation. Achieving this requires a long way of accompanying the client in his independent study of their psychological issues and in building possible for the individual ways to deal with the problem. The chance for change occurs when a client and a therapist can see the whole psychological issue in the same way. Recognizing the client's internal resources and finding their place in his new behavior becomes possible only when leaving the picture of the facts of events and moving to the picture of experiences. This path is traced by many moments of psychological resistance, by conflicting feelings, desires, and intentions of the client, which the psychotherapist must deal with if the intervention is to be successful. At this time, the psychotherapist carries the psychological, mainly emotional "burdens" of the client, along with his own. This reason, as well as the fact that only systematic and long-term contact guarantees success, requires the psychotherapist to take the long way of building his professional competence accompanied by an already established specialist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
