Patients with alexithymia are a challenge to engage in treatment and require a diverse
range of interventions to realize benefit. A partial hospitalization treatment program, offering …

Objectives. Alexithymia is common among psychiatric outpatients and can complicate
treatment. There has been little research into whether alexithymia can be modified by …

Most psychotherapeutic approaches assume that individuals have some access to their
emotions. Thus, patients who are unable to identify, differentiate, and articulate their …

Alexithymia is a psychic dysfunction in which symbolic thinking and fantasy are reduced,
somatization is common, feelings are poorly communicated, empathy is impaired, and …

Background: About 25% of all patients seeking psychotherapeutic treatment are considered
to be alexithymic. Alexithymia has been assumed to be negatively associated with …

Alexithymia has been associated with poor outcomes in psychotherapy. This association
has been attributed to a difficulty in patients expressing emotions, engaging in emotional …

The literature portrays patients with alexithymia as unusual and difficult to treat; research to
date has not clarified the nature of this condition. This study addressed associations …

The second main finding is that patients who preferred group therapy had higher levels of
alexithymia compared to those who preferred individual therapy. One possible explanation …

Background The aim was to examine the role of alexithymia on therapeutic outcome in a
naturalistic group therapy setting, as well as the effectiveness of cognitive‐behavioural …

Most psychotherapeutic approaches assume that individuals have some access to their
emotions. Thus, patients who are unable to identify, differentiate, and articulate their …