Skip to main content

Clinical reasoning in Haptotherapy: Use of the SCEBS and Questions about Affectivity

18 July 2023 | Letter to the editor |Letter to the editor 2023 |

Klabbers G. A.
Keywords| affectivity| Anamnesis| haptonomy| Haptotherapy| SCEBS| SCEGS


Abstract

Introduction

The website of the International Journal of Haptonomy and Haptotherapy (IJHH) lists thirty-two papers (IJHH, 2013-2023), including various case descriptions, a review, some vision articles and several research articles. The research papers report the use of more than twenty different validated questionnaires, such as the Haptotherapeutic Well-being Scale (HWS) (Klabbers & Hagg, 2021; Klabbers & Vingerhoets, 2022) and the Four-Dimensional Symptoms Questionnaire (4DSQ) (Terluin, Marwijk, Adèr, et al., 2006). Anamnesis, however, is only mentioned once in one article – without any further explanation (Klabbers, Wijma, Paarlberg, Emons & Vingerhoets, 2014). Nevertheless, the anamnesis is an essential part of haptotherapy. With this letter to the editors of the IJHH, I would like to draw attention to the anamnesis in haptotherapy and call on colleagues to write and publish about it. A plea is also made for the use of the SCEBS model, which is explained below, and for extending this model with some specific questions regarding affectivity.

References
  1. Hoedeman, R., Wijers, J. H. L., Beek, E. J. van der, Koppele, A. te (2006). Toepassing van het SCEGS-model in de begeleiding van somatiserende werknemers. Tijdschrift voor Bedrijfs- en Verzekeringsgeneeskunde. 14: p. 441-444. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03074454
  2. IJHH (2013-2023). International Journal of Haptonomy and Haptotherapy. Available via: https://www.ijhh.org
  3. Klabbers, G. A. (2013). Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ) in the Primary Healthcare Practice of Therapists. International Journal of Haptonomy and Haptotherapy. 1, 1-16.
  4. Klabbers, G. A. (2020). Impaired ability to feel: indication for haptotherapy. International Journal of Haptonomy and Haptotherapy. 3, 12-14. https://doi.org/10.61370/ujba7447
  5. Klabbers, G. A., Bouwman, P. M., Dekker, M., Hagg, J. W., Harte-Sluman, R. R., Spil, C., & de Vos, R. H. (2023). Impaired ability to feel in cases of pelvic floor issues: two case descriptions of haptotherapy treatment. International Journal of Haptonomy and Haptotherapy. 1: p. 1-8.
  6. Klabbers, G. A., Hagg, J. W. (2021). Haptotherapeutische Welbevinden Schaal (HWS). Digital Dutch version; available via: https://www.gertklabbers.nl/vragenlijst
  7. Klabbers, G. A., Vingerhoets A. J. J. M. (2021). Satisfaction and specific and non-specific therapy factors: haptotherapy from a patient perspective. International Journal of Haptonomy and Haptotherapy. 3: p. 20-29. https://doi.org/10.61370/llsi4445
  8. Klabbers, G. A., Vingerhoets, A. J. J. M. (2022). Measuring patient well-being: an exploratory study of the Haptotherapeutic Well-being Scale (HWS). International Journal of Haptonomy and Haptotherapy. 1: p. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.61370/vnby4466
  9. Klabbers, G. A., Wijma, K., Paarlberg, K. M., Emons, W. H. M., & Vingerhoets, A. J. J. M. (2014). Treatment of severe fear of childbirth with haptotherapy, a multicentre randomized controlled trial. BMC, Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 14, p. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-14-385
  10. Plooij, E. (2005). Haptotherapie, Praktijk en theorie, Amsterdam, the Nederlands:
  11. Harcourt.Terluin, B., Marwijk, H. W. van, Adèr, H. J., Vet, H. C. de, Penninx, B. W., Hermens, M. L., Boeijen C. A. van, Balkom A. J. L. M. van, Klink J. J. L. van der & Stalman, W. A. (2006). The Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ): a validation study of a multidimensional self-report questionnaire to assess distress, depression, anxiety, and somatization. BMC Psychiatry, 6(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-6-34
  12. Veldman, F. (2007). Levenslust en Levenskunst. Zin, inhoud en betekenisverlening aan het persoonlijk leven binnen de menselijke samenleving. Van der Veer Media.
  13. VVH (2023). Vereniging van Haptotherapeuten. Available via: https://www.haptotherapeuten-vvh.nl

Volume 11

No. 2
2023
  • Publication date:
    July 18, 2023
  • Volume:
  • No.:
    2
  • Page:
    9-11
How to cite (apa)
Klabbers, G. A. (2023). Clinical reasoning in Haptotherapy: Use of the SCEBS and Questions about Affectivity. In International Journal of Haptonomy and Haptotherapy (Vol. 11, Issue 2, pp. 9-11). https://doi.org/10.61370/idvx9733
Related Articles