Symbolic meaning of bodily symptoms. Treatment of psychogenic movement diseases with concentrative Movement Therapy (KBT)

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  • Karin Schreiber-Willnow

Abstract

Treatment of patients with psychogenic movement disorders in inpatient units needs a multimodal approach. Here the part of Concentrative Movement Therapy (KBT) in the treatment is described. Symptoms of the body are conceptualized as symbolic expression of unconscious conflicts, structural restraints or post traumatic symptoms. The mixture and overlay ofthese three patho-genic factors is shown in a detailed case study concerning a patient with a psychogenic walking disorder. An individual-oriented con-cept of body-psychotherapeutic treatment is introduced.

Keywords Psychogenic movement disorders; concentrative movement therapy; symbolisation

Author Biography

Karin Schreiber-Willnow

Dr. rer. medic. Karin Schreiber-Willnow, Diplom-Mathematikerin, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin und Therapeutin für Konzent-rative Bewegungstherapie an der Rhein-Klinik Bad Honnef; Forschungsschwerpunkte: stationäre Gruppentherapie, KBT; Mitglied im DKPM, DAKBT

Korrespondenz: Dr. rer. medic. Karin Schreiber-Willnow, Rhein-Klinik, Krankenhaus für psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Luisenstraße 3, 53604 Bad Honnef, Deutschland

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Published

2009-07-01

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Schreiber-Willnow, K. (2009). Symbolic meaning of bodily symptoms. Treatment of psychogenic movement diseases with concentrative Movement Therapy (KBT). Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (3), 125–130. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/46

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No. 3 (2009): Psychotherapie Forum 17/3 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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