Group psychotherapy with adolescents

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Grupna psihoterapija s adolescentima
• Author: Katja Kočnar
• Mentor: Ivan Begovac (mentor)
• Committee member: Ivan Begovac (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marina Šagud (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Dražen Begić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-11-09, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences; Psychiatry

Abstract

Group psychotherapy with adolescents encompasses treatment of several individuals between 12 and 19 years old at one time. The advantages of this modality include convenience, ongoing assessment, psychoeducation, social comparison and support, natural surrounding, engagement, and motivation. Psychodynamic group psychotherapy centres on the idea that behaviour and emotional responses originate in the internal world, and its focus is on intrapsychic problems and the patient’s past. Interpersonal psychotherapy targets problem areas within the patient’s current interpersonal relationships and is focused on the here-and-now. Mentalization-based group psychotherapy facilitates the development of mentalization by evoking reflection and understanding of oneself and their relationships with others. Cognitive behavioural group psychotherapy is based on the idea that thoughts, actions, and feelings are interconnected. The goal of this model is teaching the patients strategies to cope with and restructure distorted thoughts. Many studies support the efficacy of group psychotherapy as comparable to individual psychotherapy. However, there is need for further research on which modalities or combination therapies are the most effective. This paper also presents several vignettes lead as psychodynamic group therapy.

Abstract (croatian)

Grupna psihoterapija s adolescentima obuhvaća liječenje više osoba u dobi od 12 do 19 godina u isto vrijeme. Prednosti ovog modaliteta uključuju praktičnost, stalnu procjenu, psihoedukaciju, socijalnu usporedbu i podršku, prirodno okruženje, angažman i motivaciju. Psihodinamska grupna psihoterapija se usredotočuje na ideju da ponašanje i emocionalne reakcije potječu iz unutarnjeg svijeta, a fokus je na intrapsihičkim problemima i pacijentovoj prošlosti. Interpersonalna psihoterapija cilja na problematična područja unutar pacijentovih trenutnih međuljudskih odnosa i usmjerena je na ovdje-i-sada. Grupna psihoterapija temeljena na mentalizaciji potiče razvoj mentalizacije izazivanjem refleksije i razumijevanja sebe i svojih odnosa s drugima. Kognitivno-bihevioralna grupna psihoterapija temelji se na ideji da su misli, radnje i osjećaji međusobno povezani. Cilj ovog modela je podučavanje pacijenata o strategijama za suočavanje s iskrivljenim mislima i njihovo restrukturiranje. Mnoge studije podupiru učinkovitost grupne psihoterapije kao usporedive s individualnom psihoterapijom. Međutim, postoji potreba za daljnjim istraživanjem o tome koji su modaliteti ili kombinirane terapije najučinkovitije. U radu je također prikazano nekoliko vinjeta vođenih kao psihodinamska grupa.

• Keywords: group psychotherapy; adolescents; psychodynamic group psychotherapy; interpersonal group psychotherapy; cognitive behavioural group psychotherapy; mentalization-based group psychotherapy
• Keywords (croatian): grupna psihoterapija; adolescenti; psihodinamska grupna psihoterapija; interpersonalna grupna psihoterapija; kognitivno-bihevioralna grupna psihoterapija; grupna psihoterapija temeljena na mentalizaciji
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:838304
• Study programme: Title: Medicine (in English language); Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica medicine (doktor/doktorica medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-12-19 12:19:44