Bibliographic citations
Valera, G., (2022). Significados del trabajo terapéutico y cambio psíquico en una paciente durante un proceso de psicoterapia focal [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/22592
Valera, G., Significados del trabajo terapéutico y cambio psíquico en una paciente durante un proceso de psicoterapia focal []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/22592
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title = "Significados del trabajo terapéutico y cambio psíquico en una paciente durante un proceso de psicoterapia focal",
author = "Valera Burrell, Guadalupe",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2022"
}
Through the study of a single case, this dissertation seeks to describe and understand the meanings within therapeutic work for a patient, how these meanings are transformed during the process and how they are related to the psychic change that occurs during therapy. In the twelve (12) transcribed sessions of a focal case, based on Interpersonal Dynamic Therapy (Lemma et al., 2018), references to therapeutic work were identified and a thematic analysis of their meanings was carried out. To observe its variations, three transversal axes were proposed: Therapeutic work as 1) internal work towards improvement and change, 2) a task in time, and 3) a shared duty; and the subtopics presented in each phase were analyzed. Finally, these meanings were put in relation to moments of change in the patient, following Krause's et al. (2006) theory of subjective change. It was found that the meanings of therapeutic work are transformed during the experience of the process, producing new meanings, such as understanding the task as a shared duty with another individual. Similarly, these transformations go hand in hand with subjective changes in the patient, such as facing her emotions and accepting them, or the value of opening up to another individual to express, share, and actually recognize her own mental states of mind. An additional finding is constituted by the use of figurative language as a resource to enable expressive possibilities in the formulation and communication of painful or unexplored emotional experiences. These results are discussed emphasizing the impact of therapeutic processes in focal models for change; the need to continue the study of subjective change; and the value of exploring and working on the meanings of the shared therapeutic work, to favor the process, is underlined.
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