The therapy spectrum of the clinic includes all illnesses in which mental and social factors contribute to the trigger or the maintenance of the affection.
This includes:
Pronounced anxiety, depressive disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, work and relationship disturbances in combination with physical symptoms, e.g.:
- Tinnitus
- Vertigo
- Black outs
- Psychogenic paralysis
- Psychogenic attacks in general
Psychosomatic illnesses with functional disturbances, for example:
- Circulatory disorders
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Headaches
- Breathing disorders
- Precipitant urination
- Sleep disorders
- Sexual disorders
- Eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia)
Psychosomatic disorders in a more strict sense, for example:
- Bronchial asthma
- Ulcerative colitis
- Essential hypertension
- Neurodermitis
- Chronic pain syndromes
One focal point in our spectrum lies in the therapy of patients with medical-psychosomatic illnesses and personality disorders with physical symptoms and inappropriate progression of illness.
The diagnostic and psychosomatic treatment of patients with severe physical problems is assured due to the medical competence of our staff and the close cooperation with the other clinics in our house.
We are not able to treat patients with severe organic psychosyndrome, acute psychoses and drug related addictions.
The clinic proceeds along a psychoanalytic and conflict-oriented concept with incorporation of group-dynamic, systemic and behavioral viewpoints. The therapy is centralized around the working through of the individual illness experience, the individual coping strategy and the link between life experience and disease pattern.
Particular therapy forms
- Artistic therapy (click here for a selection of the pictures produced in therapy)
- Music therapy
- Concentrative movement therapy
- Relaxation techniques (autogenic training, progressive muscle relaxation)
- Anxiety coping techniques
- Accompaniment during meals
Structure of the clinic
- 31 beds for inpatient psychosomatic therapy
- 10 day clinic spots
- Consultation and liaison services
In addition to the chief physician, our clinic employs two leading staff physicians for each department, one leading staff physician for the consultation and liaison services, resident physicians, interns, one psychologist, one social worker, one art therapist, one design therapist, a therapist for concentrative movement therapy and specially trained nurses.
Education
The clinic trains doctors for board certification in psychotherapeutic medicine (www.dgpm.de) and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Frankfurt for the subjects of psychosomatic and psychotherapeutic medicine. The elective final year rotation in psychosomatic medicine can be completed in our department. We have cooperation contracts with several psychoanalytic - psychotherapeutic educational institutions for the education of psychology psychotherapists (according to the psychotherapist regulation).
The clinic offers practicum positions for medical student rotations, design therapists, music therapists, movement therapists and psychology students.
