Cognitive Behavior Family Therapy of Psychosomatic Disorders with an Emphasis on Positive Psychotherapy.docVIP

Psychology 2012. Vol.3, No.12A, 1104-1109 Published Online December 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/psych) /10.4236/psych.2012.312A163 Cognitive Behavior Family Therapy of Psychosomatic Disorders with an Emphasis on Positive Psychotherapy Mohammad Khodayarifard, Saeed Akbari Zardkhaneh Psychotherapy Child Clinical Psychologist, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Email: khodayar@ut.ac.ir, akbari76ir@ Received August 15 , 2012; revised September 17 , 2012; accepted October 14 , 2012 th th th Objective: The purpose of the present study is to examine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral fam- ily therapy with an emphasis on positive psychotherapy in treating psychosomatic disorders. Method: A single subject design was applied. Three patients suffering from chronic lower back and neck pain were selected as a sample group and participated in 16 sessions of family therapy, two hours per week. Exami- nation by a physician, X-ray and clinical interview based on DSM IV-TR along with MMPI and SCL- 90-R tests were used as instruments. Result: Almost all the subscales of MMPI and SCL-90-R and other instruments showed significant decrease after therapy as compared with the pretest results. Discussion: The results indicated the effectiveness of cognitive behavior family therapy based on positive psycho- therapy. Some possible reasons could be solving conflicts and interpersonal problems by means of train- ing certain skills such as problem solving, developing relationships with others, effective coping, asser- tiveness and positive thinking. Keywords: Positive Psychotherapy; Psychosomatic Disorders; Family Therapy; Cognitive Behavior Therapy Introduction the immune system and increase the vulnerability of an organ- ism to dis