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A tentativa de validação empírica da eficácia da psicoterapia tem gerado
controvérsias, decorrente de diferentes entendimentos epistemológicos e metodológicos
sobre a temática. A complexidade associada a esta prática clínica envolve a necessidade
de a objetivar e medir, recorrendo a critérios uniformemente aceites, com o objetivo de
identificar as variáveis que atuam ao longo do processo terapêutico e que conduzem a
mudanças na estrutura psíquica do sujeito. A partir da literatura revista conclui-se que,
apesar do reconhecimento da existência de mudança a um nível mais estrutural e da
identificação das variáveis deste processo, não se verifica uma visão clara da
contribuição das relações entre as variáveis.
ABSTRACT: The effort regarding the empirical validation of the effectiveness of psychotherapy has caused controversy, due from different epistemological and methodological understanding on the subject. The complexity allied with this clinical practice involves the need to objectify and measure using criteria uniformly accepted, in order to identify the variables that operate throughout the therapeutic process and leading to changes in the intrapsychic structure. This literature review concluded that, despite the recognition of structural change and the identification of variables through the process, it is not clear the contribution of the relationship between the variables.
ABSTRACT: The effort regarding the empirical validation of the effectiveness of psychotherapy has caused controversy, due from different epistemological and methodological understanding on the subject. The complexity allied with this clinical practice involves the need to objectify and measure using criteria uniformly accepted, in order to identify the variables that operate throughout the therapeutic process and leading to changes in the intrapsychic structure. This literature review concluded that, despite the recognition of structural change and the identification of variables through the process, it is not clear the contribution of the relationship between the variables.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Psicologia Clínica, apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário
Keywords
Estrutura psíquica Mudanças estruturais Competências psicológicas Psychic structure Structural change Psychological capacities