[The eclectic individual psychotherapy of a dysthymic patient--case study].

The article describes the case of eclectic individual psychotherapy of a dysthymic patient. The therapeutic process integrated elements of the following psychotherapeutic approaches: psychodynamic, behavioural-cognitive, systemic, interpersonal, existential and Gestalt. The paper discusses history of treatment, diagnosis of dysthymia, indications for psychotherapy, course of the sessions. Anamnesis, factors contributing to the disorder, triggers and factors sustaining the symptoms, personality factors were also analysed. Therapeutic goals and applied techniques are presented.