Attention processes play a central role in the development and maintenance of somatoform symptoms. With the help of behavioral experiments and metaphors, the function of our attention system and the effect of attention control and its influence on bodily perceptions are made clear to the patient during the first two sessions of this module. Guided discovery plays a particularly important role in these sessions. The module is rounded off with a third session on the development of individual distraction strategies. In this context, it makes sense to work in a particularly resource-oriented way and to take up the concept of “enjoyment and enjoyment strategies”. Enjoyment strategies can be “misappropriated” and used as distraction strategies at the same time. At the same time, it is a good idea to introduce physical activity as a distraction option and thus lay the foundation for the subsequent reduction of avoidance behavior.

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Module 3: Attention Refocusing

  • Maria Kleinstäuber,
  • Petra Thomas,
  • Michael Witthöft,
  • Wolfgang Hiller

摘要

Attention processes play a central role in the development and maintenance of somatoform symptoms. With the help of behavioral experiments and metaphors, the function of our attention system and the effect of attention control and its influence on bodily perceptions are made clear to the patient during the first two sessions of this module. Guided discovery plays a particularly important role in these sessions. The module is rounded off with a third session on the development of individual distraction strategies. In this context, it makes sense to work in a particularly resource-oriented way and to take up the concept of “enjoyment and enjoyment strategies”. Enjoyment strategies can be “misappropriated” and used as distraction strategies at the same time. At the same time, it is a good idea to introduce physical activity as a distraction option and thus lay the foundation for the subsequent reduction of avoidance behavior.