INTRODUCTION
Anxiety: who has never experienced is not of this world!
E 'can better understand, master, calm down, use the anxiety?
The anxiety is not only a limit or a nuisance, but recognized and analyzed can become an instrument of self-knowledge, and be used as a resource.
E 'a physiological condition, which is useful in many stages of life. It protects us from the risks, serves to maintain alertness and improve performance. In fact we could not survive without a lot of anxiety and emotions would be more faded, less intense and evocative.
However anxiety can also become a condition highly disturbing and distressing. In fact one third of the world population has had or will have an anxiety disorder in their lifetime.
Anxiety is the common thread that unites many psychological problems, sometimes severe.
who can benefit the group "liberation"? E 'for people with anxiety symptoms that produces a significant condition of suffering. For example, phobic syndromes, stress related and somatoform syndromes, personality disorders, in a sufficient and stable psychic compensation, in which the anxiety symptoms is predominantly affective syndromes.
Exclusion criteria . Mental illness or acute decompensation, with significant comorbid psycho-organic syndrome of addiction to drugs.
Goals group sessions :
Know the psycho-physical mechanisms of anxiety and learn to master techniques using cognitive-behavioral and psycho-educational.
Group composition: 6-8
Admission: patient access to outpatient only on prescription from your doctor or outpatient referring psychiatrist. The patient will undergo a preliminary discussion of assessment (if administered rating scales for anxiety or other psychodiagnostic tools).
Duration of each group session : 2 hours and 30 minutes (60 minutes of psycho-body relaxation followed by 90 minutes of group psychotherapy).
When is it? The free group is held every Wednesday, from 13.30 to about 16.
Where is held? The group is held at the day hospital "Rainbow" in the Clinica Santa Croce
coordinates the group freely Dr. Daniela Maroni
coordinates the group relaxation : Mrs. Ross Azzalin (massaggiatrice diplomata)
Strumenti utilizzati
Utilizzo e insegnamento di tecniche ad orientamento cognitivo-comportamentale (“visualizzazione”; "esposizione" e "desensibilizzazione").
Utilizzo di metodi di rilassamento (es.: rilassamento muscolare progressivo; tecnica della respirazione lenta).
Tecniche psico-educative.
Possibilità di utilizzo di mezzi audiovisivi.
Un assaggio dei temi delle sedute di gruppo ...
L’ansia e i suoi meccanismi
L’ansia e la depressione: cenni
Le emozioni: conoscerle meglio e padroneggiarle
Tecniche di assertività
Utilizzo della tecnica della “moviola” (scuola cognitivista di Vittorio Guidano)
Tecniche di “esposizione progressiva”
Tecniche di problem-solving
Riconoscere e prevenire le ricadute
I farmaci per l’ansia: pro e contro
“Giochi” Role
progressive muscle relaxation techniques
slow breathing techniques
The personal diary and self-observation
Some references
New manual of cognitive psychotherapy (Bruno Bara) Bollati Boringhieri
Cognitive Psychotherapy of anxiety, thinking, control and avoidance (Sassaroli S., R. Lorenzini, GM Ruggiero) Routledge
Working with emotions in psychotherapy integration (Greenberg, Paivio) Sovera Publisher
The Treatment of Anxiety Disoders, patient and clinician's guide manual (and Gavin Andrews, Rocco Crino) Cambridge University Press
cognitive treatment of anxiety disorders (Adrian Wells) Mc Graw-Hill
Mindfullness (Zindel V. Segal, John Teasdale) Bollati Boringhieri
Dr. med. Daniela L. Maroni
FMH Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Director of the Hospital Day "Rainbow"
Clinical S. Cross ORSELINA (TI)
