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Depression and Psychotherapy

Depression and Psychotherapy Christian Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. Abstract – Depression has become highly treatable and this article explores some ways of treating it with the use of psychotherapy. The approach presented is communication-focused psychotherapy which has been developed and described by the author before. Psychotherapy alone may not be sufficient in more severe cases, where

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Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for PTSD

Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for PTSD Dr. Christian Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a relatively common disorder resulting from very different traumatic events or situations. A trauma represents information which cannot be processed by the organism in a way that is fully self-healing in the short term. It causes a disturbance to internal

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Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for OCD

Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for OCD Dr. Christian Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) is a psychotherapy developed by the author, which can be applied to a number of mental health conditions, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The flows of internal and external communication maintain the functioning and the development of the individual in the world. If

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Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for Borderline Personality Disorder (2)

Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for Borderline Personality DIsorder Dr. Christian Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a condition that comes with emotional instability, particularly after interpersonal events.  Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) is a psychotherapy developed by the author, which can be applied to several mental health conditions, including borderline personality disorder. The focus is on

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Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for Anxiety and Panic Attacks (3)

Communication-Focused Therapy® (CFT) for Anxiety and Panic Attacks Christian Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) is a psychotherapy developed by the author, which can be applied to a number of mental health conditions, including anxiety disorder and panic attacks. It focuses on creating greater awareness and insight into internal and external communication patterns and making

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Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for PTSD (2)

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a relatively common disorder resulting from very different traumatic events or situations. A trauma represents information which cannot be processed by the organism in a way that is fully self-healing in the short-term. It causes a disturbance to internal communication systems which affects the internal and communication patterns a person

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Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) for Borderline Personality Disorder (2)

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a condition that comes with emotional instability, particularly after interpersonal events. Communication-Focused Therapy (CFT) is a psychotherapy developed by the author, which can be applied to several mental health conditions, including borderline personality disorder. The focus is on a change in internal and external communication patterns through observing, awareness, experimentation

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Depression and Psychotherapy (6)

Abstract – Depression has become highly treatable and this article explores some ways of treating it with the use of psychotherapy. The approach presented is a communication focused psychotherapy which has been developed and described by the author before. Psychotherapy alone may not be sufficient in more severe cases, where medication is usually added to

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