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Using Control Mastery Therapy to Treat Major Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

University of Michigan

Polly Bloomberg-Fretter

We present the successful application of Control Mastery Therapy, a cognitivepsychodynamichumanistic therapy, to the 16-session treatment of major depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The client was a 41-year-old European American womanwho was the victim ofmultiple traumas including severe neglect, childhood incest, rape during adolescence, and physical and sexual abuse in adulthood. Her major goal for therapy was to get help in achieving her lifelong dream of becoming an artist, a dream that was initially interrupted by rape trauma and that had subsequently been difficult to attain because of psychological factors. The case outlines the pre-therapy assessment, case formulation, treatment (including verbatim transcript material), post-therapy assessment, and follow-up assessments for 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months post-therapy. The client met her major therapy goals and achieved clinically significant reduction in her depression and PTSD symptoms.

Key Words: Control Mastery Theory • depression • posttraumatic stress disorder • case study

Clinical Case Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, 53-70 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1534650103261200


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