Guest guest Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Here's a link explaining the approach. http://www.apa.org/VIDEOS/4310844a.html >> http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/apc.2007.0250> AIDS Patient Care and STDs> Effects of Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy on Distress Among HIV- > Seropositive Men Who Have Sex with Men> To cite this paper:> Pobuda, Crothers, Goldblum, W. Dilley, Cheryl > Koopman. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. ahead of print. doi:10.1089/apc. > 2007.0250.> > > Pobuda, Psy.D.> Pacific Graduate School of Psychology-Stanford Consortium, Palo Alto, > California.> Crothers, Ph.D.> Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, California.> Goldblum, Ph.D.> Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, California.> W. Dilley, M.D.> University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.> Cheryl Koopman, Ph.D.> Stanford University, Stanford, California.> > Abstract> > The current study seeks to examine changes in distress associated > with receiving time-limited dynamic psychotherapy (TLDP) among men > who have sex with men (MSM) who are also living with HIV and AIDS. > Participants included 79 HIV-seropositive MSM who were seeking > psychotherapy at a community mental health clinic between January > 2000 and June 2005. Participants' had a mean age of 42 and were > predominantly European American (77%), although Latinos (13%), > African Americans (5%), and Asian Americans (4%) were also included. > Each participant completed a pretest on a self-report measure of > subjective distress, the Outcome Questionnaire 45.2 (OQ-45.2), > received 20 sessions of TLDP over the course of 20 weeks, and then > completed a posttest on the OQ-45.2 to examine changes associated > with TLDP. Participants' self-reported distress showed statistically > significant decreases after 20 sessions of TLDP. Furthermore, the > overall effects were strong, suggesting that decreases in distress > were clinically meaningful as well as statistically significant. > These results are particularly significant in light of the AIDS > Health Project's (AHP's) policy of assigning higher functioning > clients to TLDP therapists at intake, indicating that the > participants in this study began treatment with lower pretest scores > than mental health clients in the general population. These results > suggest that HIV-seropositive MSM who receive TLDP may experience > significantly decreased distress. Future research using a randomized > study design is needed to compare such benefits to those of more > standard psychological interventions for this population. Strengths > and limitations of the study are discussed in detail.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 bernard raxlen md [ ] Psychotherapy Can anyone recomend a good psychotherapist that I could talk to....that has maybe had Lyme or much experience with it? I would maybe like to do some phone consults if such a person exists. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 You can try GrandaCounseling@... - I never met with her due to finances but she has experience with Lyme and will do phone consultations. God Bless, Jenna www.LymeDiseaseResource.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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