Un caso clinico di ansia sociale

Titolo Rivista QUADERNI DI PSICOTERAPIA COGNITIVA
Autori/Curatori Maria Staiano, Pietro Grimaldi
Anno di pubblicazione 2023 Fascicolo 2022/51
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 24 P. 105-128 Dimensione file 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/qpc51-2022oa15184
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In questo articolo viene presentato il caso clinico di Monica, una donna di 32 anni che richiede una psicoterapia per un Disturbo di ansia sociale che sta mettendo a rischio il suo nuovo lavoro. L’ansia sociale è definita come una sindrome cognitivo-affettiva contraddistinta da apprensione e intensa paura che si manifesta in situazioni sociali in cui la persona è sottoposta alla valutazione oppure allo sguardo degli altri (Grimaldi, 2008; Leary & Kowalski, 1995). Gli approcci cognitivisti hanno studiato e approfondito le tematiche dell’ansia sociale, con la formulazione di diverse teorie e modelli (Beck & Emery, 1985; Clark & Wells, 1995; Hofmann, 2007; Moscovitch, 2009; Orazi & Mancini, 2011; Rapee & Heimberg, 1997; Rapee, 2010; Schlenker & Leary, 1982b; Stopa, 2009). A partire da questi modelli, sono stati implementati trattamenti efficaci per l’ansia sociale, tra cui i protocolli di trattamento della terapia cognitivo-comportamentale che sono ad oggi i più validati e statisticamente più efficaci. Tuttavia, questi modelli si focalizzano sui meccanismi di mantenimento, senza indicare come essi potrebbero svilupparsi, né specificare una base eziologica del disturbo (Wong et al., 2017), con ripercussioni sull’impostazione del trattamento. Il caso di Monica viene di seguito formulato facendo riferimento al Modello Cognitivo Integrato (Grimaldi, 2019) basato appunto sull’integrazione di modelli e ricerche provenienti da diversi ambiti al fine di costruire un modello psicopatologico che spieghi lo sviluppo e il mantenimento dei vari disturbi d’ansia sociale, e sulla base del quale mettere a punto un intervento terapeutico maggiormente efficace.;

Keywords:; ansia sociale; metacognizione; sistemi motivazionali interpersonali; terapia cognitivo-comportamentale

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Maria Staiano, Pietro Grimaldi, Un caso clinico di ansia sociale in "QUADERNI DI PSICOTERAPIA COGNITIVA" 51/2022, pp 105-128, DOI: 10.3280/qpc51-2022oa15184