This casebook describes impact techniques in individual and group settings. The efficient multisensory, emotion-activating elements of various therapeutic methods are used with humor to sustainably reach patients on an emotional level. The work is done with whatever is available: the room, chairs, paper, cups, glasses, inner images, metaphors, movement, and objects. In this book, Katrin Vader provides numerous examples to facilitate the transfer to one's own practice.

Keywords from the case examples: Patient does not achieve their goal. Patient stagnates in the state they arrived in or at a certain point in therapy. Patient does not understand their communication patterns. Patient is unaware of their secondary gains from illness. Therapist can gain a better overview of the patient's problem areas. Therapist can better differentiate themselves from the patient and their issues.

About the author: Dipl.-Psych. Katrin Vader is a licensed psychotherapist for adults (focusing on cognitive behavioral therapy) in her own practice in Jena. She serves as a training practice owner, supervisor, facilitator for self-experience groups, and lecturer for various psychotherapeutic training institutes in Thuringia and Saxony, at conferences, and for psyCultus® continuing education.