Specificity in psychotherapy of psychosomatic disorders

Abstract

The psychotherapy of psychosomatic disorders is distinguished by the special insight that the therapist must possess in order to conduct it. The different therapeutic modalities emphasize their individual methods of intervention. The peculiarities of working with psychosomatics are locked in creating an emotional connection with the mental world and the ability to express each emotion in its “healthy” form. The permission that people give themselves to be as they are is the purpose of the whole psychotherapeutic process. Each setting is based on self-acceptance and in most cases the need to increase the client's self-esteem.