Short-term multimodal psychotherapy
direction of behavioral psychotherapy proposed by Arnold Lazarus. It is based on the idea that human beings are biological beings who think, feel, act, feel, imagine, and interact, and that psychotherapeutic treatment should address each of these modalities. To make it easier to memorize the described modalities, he proposed the acronym BASIC ID (behavior, affect, sensation, imagination, cognition, interpersonal interactions, and physiological/somatic component). After the initial interview and the patient’s completion of the Multimodal Life History Questionnaire, a so-called modal profile is compiled, which contains the problem and the proposed treatment for each modality, while relying on the patient’s “strong” modalities. A. Lazarus cites the limitations of the use of c.m.p. (patients with addictions, suicidal risk, etc.)