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This article seeks to understand how the inclusion of art in family therapy contributes to the expression of family histories that are difficult to name. Art, art therapy, and art in therapy were conceptualized. The paper emerged from the research question: How does the inclusion of art contribute to the expression of family stories that are difficult to name for those who participate in the therapeutic process? To this end, three specific objectives were proposed: to describe the artistic languages used as forms of expression in family therapy; to identify the family stories that are difficult to name, for which therapists use art as a means of expression; and to recognize the position of the family therapist in the accompaniment through art. It was a qualitative research that appealed to the knowledge of family therapists, who have used art in their therapies as a means of expression, they were contacted intentionally and with the proposal of migrating to a snowball sampling; they were interviewed based on what they did and how they did it in their contexts, from a phenomenological approach, thus privileging the subject, their subjectivity and meanings. Discourse analysis was carried out, which revealed that the artistic languages used in family therapy are diverse and flexible; those that do not involve the therapist's body, such as drawing, painting, plasticine modeling, stand out; distance is identified on the part of the professional on what includes him/her, on what mobilizes him/her from his/her comfort zone towards uncertainty, towards not knowing what is going to happen. The literary component within the arts is mentioned and a close relationship with narrative approach therapy is identified. Moreover, art in family therapy has multiple ways of being made visible, there are countless artistic languages that are at the service of therapeutic accompaniment. It should also be mentioned that all family stories can be accompanied in therapy through art, not only those that are difficult to name; however, for the latter it is an invaluable resource, because in the process and as a result, other narratives are generated that give way to new meanings and reconfigurations of life. On the other hand, in consultation, family stories are identified that are difficult to name with words, with contents marked by pain, shame and guilt, which require strategies such as art in therapy, as it functions as a fluid means of expression. It should also be mentioned that the position of the family therapist, who includes art in his sessions, is not far from the therapist's own function; that is, he participates in a process of transformation of a family's issues through artistic languages that, although they do not require additional training in art, it would be of great value to have technical concepts that support their accompaniment. Hence, art was perceived as a universal language that mobilizes, generates new narratives and different possibilities of accompaniment; in addition, it showed how art is available at the service of therapy, being used as a tool within all the alternatives available in therapeutic intervention. Now, it is important to specify that art in therapy is not limited to the realization of a drawing or the elaboration of a work of art, it is rather the impulse to give form to that which does not yet have it; it transcends to new narratives that evoke the creative process and the result obtained, equivalent in importance. They are narratives loaded with meaning for those who emit them as well as for those who accompany them, from the de-construction and co-construction of new possibilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The demands placed on professionals working with psychological problems can result in a risk of burnout (Yang & Hayes, 2020). The objective of this study was to analyze the possible role of resilience as a mediator variable in the relationship between self-compassion and compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. Sixty-five clinical psychologists (50 women and 15 men) aged between 23 and 71 years (M = 33.8, SD = 10.8) participated in the study. The therapists completed the Self-Compassion Scale, the 14-Item Resilience Scale, and the Professional Quality of Life Scale. Separate simple mediation models were tested to examine the extent to which each of the Resilience scale variables attenuated the relationship between Selfcompassion and Professional Quality of Life. Serial multiple mediator models were performed to explore whether Resilience variables acted interactively as mediators in the association between Self-compassion and Professional Quality of Life. Simple mediation analyses showed that Personal Competence was a significant partial mediator in the relationship between Self-Compassion and Compassion Satisfaction and Burnout. Personal Competence and Acceptance of Self and Life were not significant mediators of the relationship between Self-Compassion and Secondary Traumatic Stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to explore and obtain a better understanding of therapists’ personal and professional development and their training needs. Seven experienced therapists from different orientations were interviewed. The questions addressed focused on the significant events that had had an impact on their professional development and their perceptions of the profession and themselves. A thematic analysis of their interviews revealed several themes relating to their development as therapists: (1) personal and professional development and its fluctuating relationship to theory, (2) personal and professional development requires continuing education, and (3) personal and professional development and motivation to practice and choose this profession. The results of this study highlight the need to recognize and value personal development as an integral part of psychotherapists’ professional development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Los terapeutas constituyen una comunidad ascética judía, integrada por hombres y mujeres, y establecida junto al lago Mareotis a las afueras de Alejandría. Según afirma Filón en su tratado De vita contemplativa, su existencia estaba centrada en el estudio, la exégesis de textos sagrados y en la meditación y reflexión. También dedican una parte de su tiempo a la confección de textos, himnos y composiciones diversas dedicadas al Ser. Retirados del mundo en su humilde poblado llevando una cotidianidad sencilla y recoleta, componen un modelo de congregación consagrada a la vida contemplativa y al servicio de Dios.

El texto de De vita contemplativa fue elaborado por Filón de Alejandría como un escrito encomiástico del pueblo judío, que a su vez estaba inserto en un conjunto de tratados destinados al mismo fin, la denominada Pentalogía mencionada por Eusebio de Cesarea, donde en cinco libros, como su nombre indica, se acreditaban las virtudes inherentes al pueblo hebreo. Esta serie de obras, de la que sólo han quedado tres, la escribió Filón probablemente, al menos en su mayor parte, durante su estancia en Roma con motivo de la embajada que el politeuma hebreo alejandrino realizó ante el princeps Cayo Julio César Augusto Germánico, más conocido como Calígula. En este artículo tratamos de descubrir cuáles fueron esos tratados y en qué orden se compusieron o dieron a conocer.

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La negociación de alianza es la capacidad que tienen paciente y terapeuta para resolver problemas vinculares y desacuerdos en terapia. Si bien este concepto es una noción diádica, con implicancias importantes para el tratamiento, actualmente solo existe un instrumento, desde la perspectiva del paciente, que permite su medición. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar el desarrollo y el estudio de las propiedades psicométricas preliminares de la Escala de Negociación de la Alianza, versión terapeuta (ANS-T). A estos fines, se convocó una muestra de 188 terapeutas de distintas aproximaciones teóricas que completaron un conjunto inicial de ítems tentativos del ANS-T junto con el Inventario de Alianza de Trabajo (WAI, por su sigla en inglés), otra escala para medición de la alianza. Para el análisis de datos se realizó un análisis de componentes principales, se estudiaron medidas de confiabilidad como el alfa de Cronbach y correlaciones ítem-total corregidas, así como también evidencias de validez de criterio a partir de las correlaciones entre el ANS-T y la WAI. Los resultados del análisis de componentes principales sugirieron una solución unidimensional integrada por nueve ítems. Los análisis conducidos sobre la versión final de la ANS-T mostraron una adecuada consistencia interna (a = .82) y homogeneidad de sus ítems (r ítem-total corregidas: entre .34 y .66) junto con evidencias de validez de criterio (r con WAI: .51, p < .001). Las cualidades del instrumento y sus propiedades psicométricas sugieren que la ANS-T es un recurso valioso tanto para la clínica como para la investigación.

Esta investigación se propuso los siguientes objetivos: 1) identificar, tematizar y describir los momentos significativos de un proceso psicoanalítico percibidos por los pacientes como importantes para el cambio psíquico, así como analizar su naturaleza y las relaciones entre estos, y los diferentes aspectos del proceso psicoanalítico; 2) evaluar si la perspectiva de los usuarios sobre los momentos significativos del proceso psicoterapéutico asociados al cambio contribuye a ampliar la comprensión de la acción terapéutica de la psicoterapia psicoanalítica. El proyecto es de enfoque cualitativo, pues se tomó como información un fenómeno subjetivo (Mortl & Gelo, 2015), tal como lo es la percepción y la valoración del usuario sobre aspectos relacionados al proceso psicoanalítico que se relacionan con el cambio psíquico, y la narrativa del proceso vivido. Los resultados muestran 4 ejes temáticos con 18 subtemas en total que describen los momentos percibidos como importantes para el cambio psíquico por parte de los usuarios.

This research had the following objectives: 1) to identify, thematize and describe the significant moments of a psychoanalytic process perceived by the patients as important for the psychic change, as well as to analyze their nature and the relations between them, and the different aspects of the psychoanalytic process; 2) to evaluate if the perspective of the users on the significant moments of the psychotherapeutic process associated to the change contributes to extend the understanding of the therapeutic action of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The project has a qualitative approach, since a subjective phenomenon was taken as information (Mortl & Gelo, 2015), such as the user's perception and assessment of aspects related to the psychoanalytic process that are related to psychic change, and the narrative of the lived process. The results show 4 thematic axes with 18 sub-themes in total that describe the moments perceived as important for the psychic change by the users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The therapeutic process comes to life only when it filters through the person of the therapist. This specific process takes a shape by way of the convictions, the states of mind, the history and the system of values of the therapist. What are the aspects inherent to the person of the therapist who are evaluated as most important in the course of psychotherapy? Can our patients help us better understand these aspects? To answer these questions, we conducted a research with the aim of investigate which aspects of the therapist's person emerge in a more incisive way in a group of patients who have completed an individual, couple or family therapy training. To this aim, a questionnaire of 36 multi-choice items was constructed, which was self-submitted to a group of patients who had completed a psychotherapeutic training. The adjectives presented concerned aspects of the therapist's person divided into 6 axes: temperament, communication, respect, competence, warmth, authenticity. Half of the items were adjectives with positive connotations (selfassured, welcoming), and the remaining half with negative connotations (rigid, authoritarian). Patients who found therapy useful outlined very specific aspects of the therapist's person. These aspects seem to be more concerned with the axis of temperament, the one that has more to do with the person of the therapist. These traits could be the basis for the emotional involvement of the patient and therefore of the therapeutic relationship itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mais que rodapés, o edifício inteiro. Mais que psicodramatista, o médico, o psiquiatra, o teórico, o diretor de psicodrama, o terapeuta, o psicanalista, o pensador, o filósofo, o homem em todas as suas facetas, em todos os seus desdobramentos. Por isso mesmo, Wilson Castello de Almeida e este seu último livro, Rodapés psicodramáticos, seu raio X tomográfico, são indefiníveis, são poço de água cristalina que a trena do corriqueiro é incapaz de medir a profundidade.

There is a broad evidence-base for the effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in treating children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The effect of therapist characteristics on patient symptoms has been neglected in psychotraumatology research and necessitates further investigation. This study aims to investigate the impact of therapist characteristics (gender, clinical experience and theoretical background) on posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in a heterogeneous and international sample of traumatized children and adolescents. Data from two RCTs on the effectiveness of TF-CBT in Norway and Germany were included, comprising N = 52 therapists (78.8% female) and N = 153 patients (72.3% female). All therapists underwent thorough training and continuous supervision in TF-CBT. The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents (CAPS-CA) assessed pre- and post-treatment served as the outcome variable in a linear mixed-effects model with therapists' theoretical background, prior clinical experience and gender as independent variables, adjusted for patient gender, measurement time and country. The possibility of an interaction between therapist and patient gender was investigated subsequently. None of the therapist characteristics were significantly related to PTSS. There was no indication of an interaction between patient and therapist gender (p =.878). The lack of evidence for a relationship of therapists' theoretical orientation and clinical experience with outcome suggests that a wider dissemination of TF-CBT may be warranted. More studies with larger therapist and patient sample sizes and including only community practice are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article talks about Balint Groups (with notes on Balint's psychoanalytic theorizing), a training method used by the section of AIPA in Milan for the training in group of its students. Bion's thoughts on the dynamics of small groups and the theory of basic assumptions, which every group leader must have in mind, is also mentioned. Finally, a link is established between Balint's attention to the relational aspects of the therapist/patient relationship and Jung's thought focused on the alchemic metaphor to represent the process that involves analyst and patient together. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alliance negotiation is defined as the patient and therapist's ability to solve relational problems and disagreements (in therapeutic goals and tasks) during therapy. Although this construct is essentially a dyadic notion, with important clinical implication for treatments of different theoretical frameworks, currently there is only one instrument that can measure alliance negotiation and it is only based on the patients' perspective about therapy. The aim of this paper is to develop and examine the preliminary psychometric properties of the Alliance Negotiation Scale, therapist form. In the context of the importance attributed to analyzing relational constructs with a dyadic perspective, this instrument will not only allow to measure the perception of alliance negotiation from therapist's point of view, but also it will provide the necessary information to have a dyadic measurement of alliance negotiation by using both the original Alliance Negotiation Scale and the Alliance Negotiation Scale, therapist form in the same cases. With this purpose, a sample of 188 therapists from different theoretical frameworks completed an initial pool of twenty four preliminary items of the Alliance Negotiation Scale, therapist form. All the items of Alliance Negotiation Scale, therapist form, were developed based on the original Alliance Negotiation Scale, adapted to be completed by the therapist, and scored in a seven point Likert scale ranging from 1 (Never) to 7 (Always). The sample of therapist also completed the Working Alliance Inventory, therapist from, a widely spread standard measure of therapeutic alliance. For both instruments we asked the therapist to answer the measures thinking about a patient they have recently treated. To avoid a bias in patients' selection and ceiling effects in alliance scores, half of the sample of therapists was randomized to use as a reference a patient they considered easy, while the other half was asked to select a difficult patient. For data analyzes we first ran a principal component analysis in order to find the best factorial solution for the items and to establish the construct validity of the scale. Based on that factorial solution we analyzed the internal consistency of the final version of the Alliance Negotiation Scale, therapist form, using Cronbach's alphas coefficients and item's homogeneity using adjusted itemtotal correlations. Finally, to test for criterion validity we explored the associations between the Alliance Negotiation Scale, therapist form, and the Working Alliance Inventory, therapist from, using Pearson's correlations. The principal component analysis suggested a one-dimensional solution integrated by nine items, explaining a 42.16% of the total variance. All the items in this solution had factorial weights above .40. Furthermore, the analysis of reliability on this version of the scale showed an adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's α = .82). The adjusted item-total correlations presented also evidences of homogeneity (r's range: between .34 and .66), suggesting that all the items explores different aspects from a common construct, without being redundant. Finally, the correlations between the Alliance Negotiation Scale, therapist form, and the Working Alliance Inventory, therapist from, presented evidences of criterion validity (r with WAI: .51, p < .001). This result showed an association between the measures but also indicate that they do not measure the exact some construct. The specific characteristics and properties of the Working Alliance Inventory, therapist from, presented in this paper, suggested that this measure represents an important contribution both for clinical practice and research. Future studies will need to further explore and confirm the psychometric properties of the Working Alliance Inventory, therapist from, and analyze its application for dyadic measures of the therapeutic alliance negotiation in psychotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La carencia de un claro argumento que facilite la identidad común profesional del terapeuta, además de una identidad socialmente reconocida, constituye una buena razón para realizar un estudio que permita dar respuesta y entender el surgimiento de la terapia ocupacional. A tales efectos, fue necesario reparar en los acontecimientos históricos, en sus vertientes políticas, económicas y de estructuras sociales, que favorecieron determinadas acciones y el empleo de esta actividad. Con la presente investigación se persiguió describir diferentes criterios filosóficos que han generado modelos en la práctica y la formación en Terapia Ocupacional, los cuales deben ser asumidos como un proceso histórico, que es dinámico y se ajusta a los cambios culturales, legales y sociales del momento

Walk and talk is a therapeutic activity that utilises the interactional effects of physical movement in outdoor settings. This study explored the experiences of therapists who participate in this activity with their clients. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven therapists in the UK. Data were analysed utilising a descriptive phenomenological approach. Emergent themes included: (i) Making use of different therapeutic processes that arise through altered physicality in an outdoor environment; (ii) Realising the potential of the therapist; (iii) Promoting a collaborative stance that invites clients to express and act on their preferences and choices; and, (iv) Taking account of professional issues. The results suggest therapists develop ways of working that correspond with deeply held beliefs and values, and contributes to further understanding of the process of integrating movement and the outdoor environment into routine therapy practice. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Los trastornos del espectro autista (TEA) son entidades que generan discapacidad. Diversas intervenciones psicofarmacológicas y psicosociales modulan algunas de las alteraciones comportamentales asociadas y mejoran la calidad de vida de las personas afectadas y de sus cuidadores. La terapia ABA es una de las intervenciones psicosociales más conocidas y utilizada en población con TEA. Mediante de la formulación de preguntas clave y sus respuestas, este artículo realiza una breve descripción de los aspectos históricos, las principales características y los fundamentos teóricos del ABA. Se discuten los resultados de diversos estudios que señalan las limitaciones metodológicas de las investigaciones sobre la efectividad de esta terapia y sus implicaciones para la práctica clínica.

Escrito referido al modo como en el seminario Autorreferencia y Estilo Terapéutico del Programa de la Maestría en Psicología Clínica y de Familia de la Universidad de Santo Tomás, se aporta a la formación de terapeutas desde el enfoque sistémico, mediante una experiencia de vida que se refiere al sí mismo en su dimensión intersubjetiva. Se realiza a través de complejos intercambios humanos contextualizados dentro de dinámicas relacionales psico-socio- antropológicas que dan marco a procesos conversacionales, reflexivos y de meta-observación, en la emergencia de significados asociados directamente al conocimiento en la formación y en la terapia. El propósito final se encamina a construir un conocimiento que se ponga al servicio de la transformación del sufrimiento humano a través del terapeuta como gestor consciente del cambio desde una postura ética. De este modo se enfatiza en los componentes experienciales requeridos por los psicoterapeutas para hacer su tránsito hacia la epistemología de segundo orden, propuesta por Von Foerster mediante un ejercicio basado en la autorreferencia.

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Durante muito tempo os efeitos da terapia comportamental foram atribuídos à correta aplicação de técnicas para tratamento de transtornos específicos, sendo colocada em segundo plano a relação entre cliente e terapeuta. Tendências mais recentes vêm enfatizando as implicações diretas dos aspectos interpessoais do contexto terapêutico para a eficácia da terapia. Este trabalho propõe algumas reflexões práticas que permitem discutir o papel da relação terapêutica em duas funções básicas: como facilitadora da intervenção e como instrumento terapêutico em si. É proposta uma compreensão do relacionamento curativo como uma via de mão dupla na qual o terapeuta influencia o cliente por meio do impacto que o cliente tem sobre ele. É um tipo de relação da qual nem cliente nem terapeuta pode sair sem ser transformado.

The paper draws on recent research and the first author’s personal story to show what happens when the language difference between therapist and client is brought to mutual awareness in the therapy room. Individual lived experiences of migrant psychotherapists and counsellors and the issues that arise in therapy practice when the practitioners use their second language as the means of communication with clients are explored. The notion of a third language – a dynamic communication system that is a result of developing a professional identity through a second language – is introduced. Unlike the psychoanalytic third, it is often conscious and may be used either defensively or purposefully as a concrete third point of reference in the intersubjective encounter. The paper explores how the concept of a ‘Third Language’ can be used as a tool to negotiate perceived sameness or difference in therapeutic encounters and to build a common language with a client, both literally and metaphorically. The study featured in the paper has implications for practice, theory and research. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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The objectives of this research study were to validate a Spanish version of The Alliance Negotiation Scale with Mexican patients and contrast relevant variables from the therapy and negotiation of the alliance. The sample was composed of 199 participants of both sexes. Exploratory factor analysis grouped three factors related to the therapeutic alliance negotiation, which are: therapist’s flexibility; therapist’s negotiating stance; and being comfortable expressing negative feelings. This factorial structure differs from the English version. It was found that clients’ sex and age did not influence the negotiation of the alliance, while time in therapy and the reason for attendance did offer differences; it was determined that negotiations depend largely on the therapist being flexible and their negotiating stance during the process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives.This study explored the experiences of therapists who have worked with clients reporting anomalous experiences (AEs) to consider how they addressed such issues in therapy sessions. An AE is defined as ‘an uncommon experience (e.g. synesthesia) or one that, although it may be experienced by a significant number of persons (e.g. psi experiences), is believed to deviate from ordinary experience or from the usually accepted explanations of reality according to Western mainstream science’.Method.Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with eight therapists who had worked with at least one client who had reported an AE in therapy. An inductive thematic analysis was conducted on transcripts.Results.Four themes were derived from participants’ data, which were labelled using short participant extracts: ‘Testing the waters’, ‘Exploration not explanation’, ‘It’s special but it’s not unique’ and ‘Forewarned and forearmed’.Conclusions.Participants felt that clients were apprehensive about disclosure of AEs due to fears about how AEs might be interpreted. Findings highlight the importance of therapists exploring the meaning of AEs with clients, rather than imposing an explanation and having access to accurate and reliable information about AEs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mónica Fuquen da forma a su aporte para la paz de su país, día tras día, facilitando la conexión de cada persona que acude a su consultorio Antakharana, con su voz interior como base para obtener su propia paz. Tal experiencia sustentada en el amor se logra a través de sesiones que ella misma ha calificado como “Encuentros del alma”, que han recibido a cientos de seres humanos en busca de conectarse con ellos mismos. Desde el año 2008 la bogotana Mónica Fuquen, cantante mezzosoprano y abogada de la Universidad de la Sabana, especializada en Responsabilidad Social Empresarial, consagró sus habilidades en la búsqueda espiritual y personal, para así encontrar a través de terapias alternativas como la Armonización con Sonido, Reiki Unitario, PSYCH-K® y PER-K®, un método que busca la alineación del cuerpo mental, emocional y físico.

Objective:Attachment anxiety has been depicted as an undesirable therapist characteristic based on findings that preoccupied therapists, relative to those with other attachment styles, report more ruptures in the therapeutic alliance. What has not been considered, however, is the extent to which attachment dynamics are related to theoretical orientations and how attachment styles and theoretical orientations combine to predict therapists' perceptions of the quality of their alliances.Method:The present surveyed 290 licensed psychologists nationally.Results:Results revealed that even within a sample of primarily secure psychologists, higher 15 levels of attachment anxiety correlated positively with the endorsement of psychodynamic orientations, and negatively with the endorsement of cognitive-behavioral orientations and self-reported alliance quality. Endorsement of cognitive-behavioral orientations, in turn, correlated positively with therapist-reported alliance quality.Conclusion: The results are discussed in terms of the extent to which attachment dimensions should be considered in therapists' understandings of their therapeutic alliances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Synchronicity experiences (SEs) are defined as psychologically meaningful connections between inner events (e.g. thought, dream or vision) and one or more external events occurring simultaneously or at a future point in time. There has been limited systematic research that has investigated the phenomenology of SEs in therapy. This study aimed to redress this by exploring the process and nature of such experiences from the perspective of the practitioner. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of nine practitioners who reported SEs in their therapeutic sessions (three counsellors, three psychologists and three psychotherapists), and focused on how participants make sense of their experiences of synchronicity in therapy. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to identify three superordinate themes: sense of connectedness, therapeutic process, and professional issues. Findings suggest that SEs can serve to strengthen the therapeutic relationship and are perceived as useful harbingers of information about the therapeutic process, as well as being a means of overcoming communication difficulties, as they are seen to provide insights into the client’s experiencing of themselves and others, regardless of whether or not the SE is acknowledged by the client or disclosed by the therapist. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this paper I employ critical theory and disability studies perspective to analyse the actions of therapeutic professions. Towards this end, I provide a brief outline of the medical and social model of disability. Then I point to a connection between therapy and the medical model. I render disability relative by showing examples that falsify its objective nature and by introducing the divide between disability and impairment. I argue that therapists exercise power over their patients, which may lead to the objectification of the latter group. I also introduce the notion of ableism, describing the causes behind the prejudices against various social groups, including the disabled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The lack of a clear argument which facilitates the therapist's professional common identity, besides a socially grateful identity, constitutes a good reason to carry out a study which allows to give answer and to understand the emergence of the occupational therapy. To such effects, it was necessary to take historical events into account, in their political, economic spheres with social structures, favouring certain actions as well as the use of this activity. The aim of the present investigation was to describe different philosophical criteria which have generated models in the practice and training for Occupational Therapy, what should be assumed as a historical dynamical process, adjusted to the cultural, legal and social changes of the moment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on a historical-methodological approach, this study investigated the historical trajectory of occupational therapy in order to enhance and expand the vision of the occupation. Knowing the professional profile that has sought to consolidate over time. This perspective makes it possible to develop a linear dimension on the various historical moments that have made relevant to this profession and thus allowed us to know the peculiarities of the principles and fundamentals that govern this professional to use to human activities and occupations as primary objectives of intervention. Encompassing the physical, emotional, social, cognitive and communicative objective of facilitating increased performance in all occupations and life contexts. In the month of January to May 2013, were carried out searches in electronic databases. To identify the national literature was consulted database Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Regional Medical Library (BIREME) and the library of the School of the Amazon (Esamaz). We realize that occupational therapy is finding its place after passing through various conflicts, arising from the search for an identity in this field. However, there has been a wide horizon in this area, whereas the theoretical and practice have been expanded. The knowledge needs to be incorporated into different realities and these include your work history, your workplace, the characteristic of its clientele and resources available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Mexico, patients who seek psychological therapy attend on average only three sessions, which are not enough to truly benefit from therapy. One variable that might be related with dropping out is the patient's expectations. When the patient attends the first session and does not find what he expected he might not return for additional sessions. Unfortunately, contradictory evidence prevents us from fully understanding the role of patients' expectations in determining whether patients will attend additional sessions after their first interview. In addition, if the patient perceives unfavorable qualities in his therapist he may choose not to return for more sessions. This was the case in some studies but in some others the patients' perceptions of their therapists' qualities were not useful predictors of which patients would return after the first interview. In any case, every time that a patient does not return without warning his therapist the question may remain: why didn't the patient return? Thus, the aims of this study were: 1. To document the expectations subjects had before their first interview, 2. To identify whether these expectations were met, 3. To determine if there is a relationship between having one's expectations met and attending a second session, 4. To document subjects' reasons for attending two or more sessions, and 5. To compare the perceptions of the therapists' personal qualities among patients who did return or not for a second session. Method Thirty-nine subjects who attended a psychotherapy session at any time were contacted. The average age was 32.05 years (range from 20 to 63 years), 26 were single and 13 were married. Since this was an exploratory study, an open questions interview was used. Questions included: what expectations did you have before your therapeutic interview? Were your expectations met? Did you return after your first interview? Why did you attend two or more sessions? What qualities did you perceive in your therapist? All of the answers subjects gave were encoded and frequencies were computed. The responses of subjects who attended two or more sessions were compared with answers of subjects who did not. Results Before the first interview, subjects expected therapists would be attentive, supportive, friendly, and honest. Second, subjects expected concrete results from the first interview: they expected solutions to their problems and doubts, and to feel better in general. They also expected they would be able to confide in their therapists. Last, subjects expected that their pain would be eased, that they would be able to talk about their problems, and that they would not be afraid. When patients' expectations were met they explained that their therapists were attentive listeners. They described their therapists as kind, objective and reliable. They also felt that their therapists were able to help them, often by offering another perspective on their problems. These subjects felt better after the session. On the contrary, when patients' expectations were not met they explained that their therapists did not listen, were critical, acted as if conducting a test, and arrived late to the session. Also, subjects did not feel that they could confide in their therapists and were disappointed that they did not help them to solve their problems. After the first interview, 19 subjects returned for a second session and eight did not. Twelve of these subjects reported having their expectations met on the first interview, while 27 subjects reported that their expectations were not met. Having one's expectations met was significantly correlated with attending a second session (r = +.34, p < .05).… [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cancer disease affects the patient's emotional life, confronting him to his own death and taking him to a life reflection. The grief is the answer to what death take us apart. The therapist helps the patient in grief to elaborate the feelings that happen in this process. That is why it is necessary that the therapist think about his possition of his own death, which revises every day in his patient's death. The present work reviews the bibliography about the relation between the terminal cancer patient and his therapist, from the point of view of what occurs to the specialist on the therapy process. Freud called this phenomenon counter-transference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]