Psychotherapy for eating disorders
In general, psychotherapy is a form of therapy recognized by health insurance companies, which can be very helpful in many different psychiatric illnesses. In psycho-oncology, psychotherapy can help patients to better understand their cancer and, above all, to cope with the disease. It also helps a person to understand that the cancer will change his or her life a lot and in some cases end it.
Psychotherapy in psycho-oncology is not so much aimed at analyzing what might have happened to the patient during childhood, but rather at helping the patient to live with his or her tumor disease and to cope with the fact that the tumor is now part of their life and has a major impact on their lives. For example, behavioral therapy can help patients learn to face their fears of cancer. In general, psychotherapy in psycho-oncology is primarily intended to support the patient and to offer the patient various options so that he or she can not only understand the disease but also knows how best to live with the diagnosis of cancer, which is shocking for many patients.
