Clients with anxiety disorder experience fear throughout every nook and cranny of their existence. The way they function in their bodies, their inner world, their interpersonal contacts, and their relation to the facts of life is constricted and coagulated. These various coagulations in the process will be illustrated by a case study. Next, some powerful therapeutic lines of approach will be suggested that can be used in working with anxiety problems. When doing so, it is important to use a variety of gateways (experiential, relational, existential, behavioral) in order to unlock the coagulated process. By analyzing the therapeutic track of the client in the case study, it becomes clear how these approaches can be integrated. The analysis is run according to the Leuven Systematic Case Study Protocol, a practice-oriented re¬search tool that combines a range of measurements in process and outcome, in order to find out whether a therapy has been working and which ingredients were most helpful and therapeutic.
anxiety disorder, process coagulations, differentiated therapeutic offer, practice-oriented research
The tPeP (Journal Person-centered experiential Psychotherapy) is the scientific journal for Dutch and Flemish psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, that work from, or are interested in a client-centered perspective.