ABSTRACT
Specific interventions for the prevention of relapses, which entail training in cognitive restructuring, self-directed exposure, goal setting, methods for improving social support, and other techniques of anxiety management, have proved to be useful in about 75 per cent of patients. When the time comes to conclude ‘active’ treatment, the patient may find himself in a condition of total or partial remission. The concluding stage of therapy usually entails an explanation of the work conducted, a summary of the phases of the therapeutic work, and a review of those aspects of the intervention that have had the greatest therapeutic effect. Concluding therapy is a procedure that must take account of the patient’s life condition and some of his personality traits. Where the patient presents a condition of existential deprivation and damaged work and life relationships, it is essential that he be provided with the tools to rehabilitate his areas of deficit.
