A Clinician's Guide to Functional Neurological Disorder

This manual for clinicians presents a ground-breaking, accessible and unifying new model for understanding Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) that bridges the gap between theoretical FND specific models and the more practical, but non-FND specific CBT models.

Dr Egberdina-Józefa van der Hulst, PhD, DClinPsy, is an inpatient psychologist with more than ten years of experience in clinical practice and research on functional neurological disorder (FND) and neuropsychology. As a firm believer in a systemic and interpersonal approach to FND, she is passionate about highlighting the power of neuropsychology for FND.

1. The Rationale for Developing the Pressure Cooker Model to understand FND. 2. Evidence-Based data for the Pressure Cooker Model. 3. The Principles of the Pressure Cooker Model. 4. Using the Pressure Cooker Model in the Clinic: Tools, Strategies and Practical Advice. 5. Clinical Applications of the Pressure Cooker Model: Case Studies. 6. Pressure Cooker Model Adaptations for different populations with FND. 7. Pressure Cooker Model Complex Case Discussions. 8. Using the Pressure Cooker Model alongside CBT models. References. Index.