Online Therapy
The second stage of the process is the Therapeutic Phase, where the changes will be applied under the supervision of the therapist. This part can also be done in Face-to-Face or Online.
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Sessions are available in Spanish, English, Italian, French, Dutch and Catalan. They are conducted using the Skype videoconferencing program, which can be downloaded free of charge on any computer, tablet or mobile phone.
Sessions last 60 minutes, and we initially recommend holding them on a weekly basis. Subsequently, as the level of anxiety associated with the issue decreases and the patient gains greater autonomy in managing the changes resulting from therapy, the sessions will be gradually spaced out over time (every two weeks, then monthly, every two months, etc.).
The first session is conducted by a member of IPITIA’s management team, who will provide a clear diagnosis, carry out an initial analysis of the factors that cause and maintain the problem, and indicate the most appropriate therapeutic pathway for beginning to resolve it. These recommendations include selecting, in agreement with the patient, the most suitable psychologist from the IPITIA team to manage the specific case and assessing whether pharmacological support may be necessary.
Why Online Therapy?
The uniqueness and specificity of the methodology we use at IPITIA, together with the results we continue to achieve, have led an increasing number of patients from more than 30 countries around the world to place their trust in our clinical work. Online therapy enables anyone from any country to begin working on OCD and anxiety disorders using a different and effective methodology, even if they do not live in Barcelona.
In terms of the results achieved, online therapy does not differ from in-person therapy, provided that the patient’s commitment to the recovery process reaches the level required for any effective therapeutic process.
Our patients are proof that, even with this remote form of therapy, a strong and stable relationship can be developed with the psychologist and that a sense of closeness can be felt from the very first session.
Our Specific Methodology
The methodology we use at IPITIA has been researched and specifically developed to achieve significant results in the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders. It is an approach exclusive to our Centre, which we have called Analytical–Experiential due to the constant integration of the analysis of the factors that cause and maintain the disorder with the necessary experience of those Vital Experiences that are essential for the biology of the nervous system to express itself spontaneously once again. The activation and focusing of vital drives and instincts that have been repressed by fear throughout a person’s life enable the normal regulation of the patient’s anxiety levels, leading to a gradual reduction in obsessive and compulsive symptoms. (For complete information about our methodology, click here.)
Immersive Experience
Due to our extensive experience in treating OCD and anxiety disorders, we understand the level of distress patients often experience, as well as the changes required for this distress to begin decreasing significantly. Recovering from OCD does not mean learning to manage obsessive symptoms when they appear, but rather developing a different way of living and facing the world so that these symptoms cease to appear. For this profound change to occur progressively, the therapy itself must provide its foundation by offering patients opportunities to become fully immersed in the recovery process. For this reason:
– During the sessions, patients explore, analyse, plan and learn in depth. They are also given specific exercises designed to unblock the nervous system to complete throughout the week.
– The therapist and patient agree on one or more activities to be carried out outside the therapeutic setting to reinforce and support the process, always with the aim of activating those aspects of the personality that have remained repressed beneath layers of anxiety and obsessions.
IMPORTANT: IPITIA simply offers options that we believe may help increase the effectiveness of the therapy. However, the patient’s participation in each and every one of them is entirely voluntary, and the patient is completely free to decide whether, how and when to take advantage of them.
Objectives and Expected Results
Our objective is not merely to manage obsessive-compulsive or anxiety symptoms when they appear, but to achieve a significant reduction in their intensity and frequency, in many cases until they disappear completely.
OCD is an anxiety disorder and, therefore, anxiety is what sustains obsessions and compulsions. Without anxiety, whether conscious or unconscious, there is no OCD.
As demonstrated by the research presented at the European Congress of Psychology in Moscow in July 2019, at IPITIA we focus on and achieve significant results in the reduction of trait anxiety — the level of anxiety with which a person faces life in general — rather than focusing solely on state anxiety — the level of anxiety experienced at a specific moment.
A genuine improvement in the patient’s quality of life necessarily involves an improvement in their mood, the strength with which they face life and the level of enthusiasm with which they approach everyday life and the future. All of this is only possible by addressing trait anxiety levels, which implicitly leads to the reduction or disappearance of obsessive symptoms.
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