Increasing psychological well-being in the clinical setting
Submission type
SymposiumScheduled
Parallel Session IV: Ontvangkamer, 08-06-2018, 15:00 - 16:30Kernwoorden
psychological well-being; clinical settingsOnderzoeksgebied
Novel (therapeutic) approachesBeknopte samenvatting van de totale bijdrage
Clinicians are the most respected source of healthy strategies promotion and well-being. They can also inform and propose psychotherapeutic strategies to enhance or increase psychological well-being, a multifaceted construct comprising the individual balance and integration of psychic forces which encompass both outlook on life and resistance to stress.Auteurs
Fiammetta Cosci
Healthy strategies based on personal functioning: the Well-Being Therapy approach
Cosci, FC (Fiammetta)
Abstract ID
908Submission type
Oral onlyScheduled
Parallel Session III: Blauwe kamer, 08-06-2018, 13:00 - 14:30Introductie
Well-Being Therapy (WBT) is a short-term psychotherapeutic strategy that emphasize self-observation, with the use of a structured diary, interaction between patients and therapists and homework. WBT is based on a model of psychological well-being that was originally developed by Marie Jahoda in 1958. WBT was later developed as a psychotherapeutic intervention by Giovanni Fava and manualized in 2016.Materiaal en methodes
The current indications of WBT will be proposed based on the literature.Resultaten
Current indications include increasing the level of recovery in recurrent depression, treating cyclothymic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder, promoting resilience and psychological well-being in healthy adolescents.Conclusie
WBT is a valuable psychotherapeutic treatment. Emerging perspective of further indications are suggested by clinical case reports and include treatment resistant patients, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anorexia nervosa, withdrawal after reduction or discontinuation of antidepressants_Auteurs
Fiammetta Cosci
Well-Being Therapy in Dutch mental health care
Meulenbeek, PM (Peter)