Imagery Rescripting & Reprocessing Therapy (IRRT) in der Behandlung posttraumatischer Störungen.

Imagery Rescripting & Reprocessing Therapy (IRRT) is the first psychotherapeutic treatment for posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) with imagery rescripting. An IRRT treatment session comprises three phases: In Phase 1 the patient relives, visualizes and verbalizes the traumatic scene; in Phase 2 the patient visualizes his/her Adult Self today entering the traumatic scene at the most upsetting moment to confront and disempower the perpetrator; in Phase 3 the Adult Self today interacts directly with the Child, the goal of which is to comfort and nurture the Child. Further adaptations of IRRT have led to the broadening of its application across a wide spectrum of mental disorders, e. g. prolonged grief disorders and, in particular, IRRT-Inner-Child Work with complex PTSD (c-PTSD). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]