Papers by María Cristina Riveros Riveros
Drugs and Addictive Behavior, 2017
This article presents the Research-Intervention performed with the aim of understanding the patte... more This article presents the Research-Intervention performed with the aim of understanding the patterns that are configured in the therapeutic relationship, and the way in which this relation influences in the construction of change, taking as reference the reconfiguration of the identity of the consultants in three interventional processes associated with problematic alcohol consumption, video game addiction, and eating disorders. A complex Systemic perspective is assumed, supported by a qualitative methodology and a holistic analysis of the information, from which it is performed in comparison between the three cases, at three stages of the therapeutic process, that makes possible to establish differences and similarities among the three problems on behalf of its clinical and therapeutic understanding. The results show in all three cases the undeniable importance of the therapeutic relationship on the processes of change, stressing the relevance of a human encounter, and a collaborative and respectful relationship, in which it is possible to talk about the communication itself, and make explicit the affective, emotional and reflective process that are generated through the way in which the relation is constituted as a secure and reliable vehicle for transition to new ways of thinking and experiencing the world, others and himself. This process requires particular adjustments at a level of interactive coordination, communicative contact and emotional attitudes and understandings on the problem between patient and therapist, according to the same pattern of the problem, the framework of the consultants, and self-referential process of the therapist.
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Papers by María Cristina Riveros Riveros