What works in the treatment of medically unexplained physical symptoms? The psychotherapist perspective
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00134037" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00134037 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09515070.2022.2123785" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09515070.2022.2123785</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2022.2123785" target="_blank" >10.1080/09515070.2022.2123785</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
What works in the treatment of medically unexplained physical symptoms? The psychotherapist perspective
Original language description
People with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are often referred to psychotherapy, which has been shown to be modestly effective in reducing symptom severity. An investigation of clinical strategies used by experienced psychotherapists in the treatment of clients with MUPS may offer important insights into the treatment process with this challenging group of clients and help further improve the effectiveness of psychotherapy. Individual interviews with 31 psychotherapists experienced in the treatment of adult clients with MUPS were collected. The grounded theory method was used to identify clinical strategies. Clinical strategies were organized into three treatment phases. In the first phase, the psychotherapists’ intention was to draw clients who may resist the psychological view of somatic symptoms into psychotherapy. In the second phase, the psychotherapists aimed to influence the impact of the symptoms on clients’ lives. In the third phase, the psychotherapists focused on reinforcing the clients’ gains from treatment, and they remained open to treatment continuation. The clinical strategies shared by psychotherapists with diverse theoretical orientations point to common mechanisms of change in the treatment of clients with MUPS. Psychotherapists’ responsiveness to client preparedness for psychotherapy appears to be important for specifically challenging clients.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-08512S" target="_blank" >GA18-08512S: Effectiveness of psychotherapy in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms: A multi-site naturalistic study</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Counselling Psychology Quarterly
ISSN
0951-5070
e-ISSN
1469-3674
Volume of the periodical
36
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
22
Pages from-to
503-524
UT code for WoS article
000907251700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85145499928