psychiatry

Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for ADHD

Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for ADHD Dr. Christian Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often treated mainly or exclusively with medication. However, psychotherapy should have an important place in the treatment of ADHD and may in lighter forms be the only therapy needed. Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) is a psychotherapy developed by the author,

Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for ADHD Read More »

Feel Yourself (3)

Feel Yourself Christian Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. Feeling oneself may sound easy, but it is what we do not do enough of. It is a communication process with the parts of oneself that define who we are. The most therapy accomplishes is usually to facilitate this flow of information. Our values in the broadest sense, the

Feel Yourself (3) Read More »

Body Work and Exercise for Anxiety Panic Attacks Depression and OCD

Body Work and Exercise for Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression and OCD Christian Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. Working with the body is often neglected in major schools of psychotherapy, such as psychodynamic psychotherapy and CBT. Depression and anxiety disorders are some of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders with close to one in five of adults exhibiting symptoms.

Body Work and Exercise for Anxiety Panic Attacks Depression and OCD Read More »

CBT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

  CBT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy A Comparison Ch. Jonathan Haverkampf Abstract—All psychotherapies go back to the revolutionary concept of the ‘talking cure’ in the late nineteenth century, the use of communication as an instrument of healing. CBT and psychodynamic psychotherapy as descendants from the same concept should be viewed as complimentary rather than as substitutes.

CBT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Read More »