De dans tussen klachten en welbevinden: Een casuïstiekbespreking

Mental health care increasingly focuses on the importance of wellbeing. In doing so, therapy is aimed at core values, personal growth, and resilience. For this purpose, the book Kwetsbaar en krachtig can be used. The case of David offered an opportunity to illustrate this. Previous CBT resulted in a lower frequency of overwhelming panic attacks. Nevertheless, David feared that he was seriously ill, because of the palpitations he experienced. He also feared looking foolish, if he needed medical assistance for this. Such symptoms of social phobia proved to be a broader issue. David wanted tools to help him shift his attention from palpitations to more positive aspects of his life. To achieve this goal, well-being therapy was the first step. This was followed by a second phase comprising exposure to social phobic fear. This combination resulted in a decrease in symptoms and increased well-being.