Análise das mudanças e do processo terapêutico no primeiro ano da psicoterapia psicanalítica de uma criança

Abstract

This Psychology Master Dissertation has focused on the change´s analysis in the first year of a child psychoanalytic psychotherapy and the psychotherapeutic process. The change´s analysis was performed based on the Rorschach Method and the psychotherapeutic process’ analysis was based on the Child Psychotherapy Q-Set (CPQ). A study guided by the longitudinal descriptive approach was made, adopting the Systematic Case Study procedure. Participants were a 7-year-old boy and his therapist. The boy was treated in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. To evaluate changes Rorschach was applied at the beginning of the psychotherapy, after six months and after one year of treatment. The CPQ was administered in two sessions in beginning the of psychotherapy, in two sessions after three months, in two sessions after six months, in two sessions after nine months and in two sessions after one year of treatment, to evaluate the features of the psychotherapeutic process over time. The main findings showed the effectiveness of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, displaying through the Rorschach Method that were significant changes at different levels and dimensions of the organization and functioning of the personality. The use of the CPQ allowed the therapeutic process characterization, regarding to the child’s attitudes, the therapist’s ones and the interaction between them. It also enabled the monitoring of changes in the patient-therapist’s interaction over time.