Personnalité dépendante et dépendance affective : stratégies psychothérapeutiques

The evaluation of the type of dependence helps the therapeutic approach. It is necessary to look for the comorbidity and its appearance over time with regard to the dependence. So, in primary dependence, the therapy focuses on the increase of self-esteem. In the secondary dependence, the therapy focuses on the adaptation to this event, the treatment of the mental illness, and then to the accompaniment in restoring and autonomy. If the patient doesn't have insight, it is necessary either to enhance it, or to work in an indirect way.