A reflection on an integrated perspective in psychotherapy

Abstract

What determines the opinion of the psychotherapist during the psychotherapeutic process? The role of diagnostics in the psychotherapeutic process is questionable in various ways: On the one hand, clinical diagnostics demonstrate a commitment to a pathology- and deficit-oriented medical model from which the indications for therapy are developed. The existence of various forms of therapy, on the other hand, tie the diagnosis of mental disorders to line-specific phenomena for which the medical model has only limited applicability. The question may be provocative but also forward-looking. Depending on the individual level of specialist interest or position one can follow the explanations. My contribution attempts to address some aspects along with the resulting questions and problems, as well as the advantages of medical cooperation in the context of clinical diagnosis and to create an individual space for it in psychotherapy through the use of «disciplinary identity».