Angststörungen – Handlungsleitlinien zur Behandlung bei Personzentrierter Psychotherapie mit Kindern, Jugendlichen und Bezugspersonen

Abstract

Anxiety disorders — Therapeutic Guidelines for person-centered Psychotherapy with Children, Adolescents and Care Takers. Starting at the basic conditions of person-centered therapy — unconditional positive regard, empathic understanding and congruence — a treatment guideline is presented here with specific process-leading assistance for the therapy of children and young people with anxiety disorders. The study shows that anxiety disorders arise in connection with a conflict history of self-concept development, due to misunderstood and/or not accepted efforts to achieve autonomy against the background of insecure attachment relationships. The disorder specific approach differs in the treatment phases of establishing a relationship, of working on incongruence and of detachment. The therapeutic action is characterized by the attitude of approach, by the strategies of action and the media for intervention.