Thomas Loew

2 papers in the library · publishing 2007

Papers

Promotion of mindfulness in psychotherapists in training: preliminary study.

European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists November 1, 2007 Ludwig Grepmair, Ferdinand Mitterlehner, Thomas Loew et al.

Patients treated by psychotherapists in training who were currently practicing Zen meditation showed significantly better treatment outcomes than those treated by therapists not practicing meditation. The study compared 196 inpatients over a nine-week period: a historical control group of 55 patients treated by therapists without meditation practice, and a group of 58 patients treated by therapists practicing Zen meditation. Outcomes measured using the Session Questionnaire for General and Differential Individual Psychotherapy, the Questionnaire of Changes in Experience and Behaviour, and the Symptom Checklist indicated superior results for the meditation-facilitated group.

DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2007.02.004 Full text

Promoting mindfulness in psychotherapists in training influences the treatment results of their patients: a randomized, double-blind, controlled study.

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics January 1, 2007 Ludwig Grepmair, Ferdinand Mitterlehner, Thomas Loew et al.

Psychotherapists in training who practiced Zen meditation had patients who reported better therapy outcomes than therapists who did not meditate. Over a 9-week treatment period, 124 inpatients were treated by 18 therapists randomly assigned to either a meditation or no-meditation group. Patients of meditating therapists showed significantly greater improvements on measures of clarification and problem-solving perspectives, overall therapeutic change, and symptom reduction across multiple scales including anxiety, hostility, and paranoid thinking. The findings suggest that training therapists in mindfulness may enhance the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

DOI: 10.1159/000107560 Full text