A5015001845- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Psychology and Mental Health
- Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Cognitive and psychological constructs research
- Child Therapy and Development
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Social Representations and Identity
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Career Development and Diversity
- Psychological Treatments and Disorders
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Business and Management Studies
University of Minho
2015-2025
CONTEXTO: As dificuldades de regulação emocional estão presentes em vários quadros psicopatológicos, sendo necessário o recurso a um instrumento que as possa medir adequadamente. OBJECTIVOS: Fazer adaptação para português da Escala Dificuldades Regulação Emocional e analisar suas qualidades psicométricas. Um segundo objectivo do estudo era explorar associação entre dimensões DERS sintomas psicopatológicos específicos. MÉTODO: A escala original foi traduzida preenchida por uma amostra 324...
Background. The quality and strength of the therapeutic collaboration, core alliance, is reliably associated with positive therapy outcomes. urgent challenge for clinicians researchers constructing a conceptual framework to integrate dialectical work that fosters model how clients make progress in therapy. Aim. We propose account collaboration becomes therapeutic. In addition, we report on construction coding system – (TCCS) designed analyse track moment-by-moment basis interaction between...
Abstract Aim: We explored therapists' and clients' experiences of alliance rupture events for the first 15 sessions each eight cases; therapists were paired with one client who had a personality disorder. Method: All videotaped rated Rupture Resolution Rating System. Approximately 1 week after rupture, clients individually interviewed about causes how evolved, impact on therapeutic process, during event. The interviews analyzed by five judges using consensual qualitative research (CQR; Hill,...
Objectives: We understand ambivalence as a cyclical movement between two opposing parts of the self. The emergence novel part produces an innovative moment, challenging current maladaptive self-narrative. However, is subsequently attenuated by return to This study focused on analysis therapeutic collaboration in episodes which relatively poor-outcome client narrative therapy expressed ambivalence. Method: For our we used Therapeutic Collaboration Coding System, developed assess whether and...
The notion of intrapsychic conflict has been present in psychopathology for more than a century within different theoretical orientations. However, internal conflicts have not received enough empirical attention, nor their importance depression fully elaborated. This study is based on the cognitive conflict, understood as implicative dilemma (ID), and new way identifying these by means Repertory Grid Technique. Our aim was to explore relevance among depressive patients.Comparison between...
This study compared two methods of detecting ruptures in therapy sessions, a procedure based on self-report measure, the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI), and an observational Rupture Resolution Rating System (3RS). We anticipated that 3RS would detect more than WAI. examined longitudinal data 38 patient-therapist dyads cognitive-behavioral condition. The sample included cases did not complete treatment (dropped cases) as well good-outcome poor-outcome cases. At end each session, patients...
Several studies have proposed that self-narrative transformation occurs through the elaboration of “Innovative Moments” (IMs), which are alternative experiences to problematic self-narrative. This study aimed analyze emergence IMs among 6 complicated grief women undergoing therapy according meaning reconstruction approach and examine associations severity symptomatology, assessed by “Inventory Complicated Grief.” Eighty-three sessions were analyzed using Moments Coding System” (IMCS). A...
The Assimilation of Problematic Experiences Scale (APES) summarizes a developmental continuum along which psychological problems progress in successful psychotherapy. therapeutic zone proximal development (TZPD) is the segment APES within clients can proceed from their current level to next with therapist's assistance. It working for particular problem. As client makes on problem, its TZPD shifts up APES. Theoretically, so long as interventions remain TZPD, feels safe enough work. However,...
Striking the balance between creating challenge through confrontation (drawing attention to discrepancies) encourage change and offering support therapeutic relationship ensure safety for patients represents a central issue psychotherapists. The aim of present study was assess immediate effects confrontations by therapists on alliance.We rated video recordings 77 therapies measure incidences alliance ruptures/resolution attempts as well therapists. Change in therapy outcome were measured...
Portugal is one of the European countries that implemented early protective measures in context COVID-19 pandemic. declared a state emergency on 18 March, and set regional national preventive public health was progressively implemented. Studies psychological impact pandemics show evidence negative mental health. Of particular concern are individuals with previous fragility (e.g. personal, family or occupational) those undergoing life transitions. In this paper, we present telephone-based...
ABSTRACT Aim Prompted by concerns about the quality of therapeutic relationship due to impact COVID‐19's protective measures on communication, we aimed understand how therapists and clients from different cultural backgrounds perceive videoconference (VT) in‐person psychotherapy with face masks (IPTFM) relational processes in psychotherapy. Methods A sample 139 71 participated an online survey. We conducted exploratory analysis using descriptive inferential statistics examine therapists'...
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Objectives:</bold> As the world struggled with COVID-19 pandemic, adopting preventive measures, such as wearing face masks and videoconferencing, became ubiquitous in various settings, including psychotherapy. Identifying challenges, benefits, recommendations may support effective delivery of psychotherapeutic care similar conditions future. Recent literature has highlighted mostly therapists’ perspectives on those recommendations. Since therapists clients seem...
<title>Abstract</title> University students are at risk for the development of psychological problems, and their attitudes/intentions toward seeking help have been studied concerning personality traits socio-demographics. This study utilized a convergent parallel mixed methods design, with 400 Portuguese participating. Quantitatively, it assessed how traits, gender, socioeconomic status influence attitudes, also considered year study, scientific area, students' intentions. The five (NEO-FFI)...
Previous empirical psychotherapy studies have been analyzing patient-therapist physiological synchrony as an important marker of adaptive interpersonal co-regulation process between patient and therapist, therefore a essential for developing the therapeutic alliance. Yet, research on electrodermal activity its relationship with alliance is still scarce, inconsistent findings. The present study aimed to analyze association synchrony, signature coordinated sympathetic activation, quality...
The relationship between war exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been largely investigated but the impact of combat experience on physical health only recently merited attention. authors psychological among 350 Portuguese colonial veterans. role current PTSD symptoms as a mediator these relationships was also investigated. results showed that 39% veterans met criteria for diagnosis distress present in half sample. Pain, fatigue, sleep problems were most reported mental...
Aim: We understand ambivalence as a cycle of opposing expressions by two internal voices. The emergence suppressed voice produces an innovative moment (IM), challenging the dominant voice, which represents client’s problematic self-narrative. IM is opposed leading to return This study analyzed therapist and client responses each other in episodes ambivalence. Method: therapeutic collaboration coding system (TCCS) assesses whether how dyad working within zone proximal development (TZPD)...
Objective: The Assimilation model argues that therapists should work responsively within the client's therapeutic zone of proximal development (TZPD). This study analyzed association between collaborative processes assessed by Therapeutic Collaboration Coding System (TCCS) and advances in assimilation, as Problematic Experiences Scale (APES). Method: Sessions 1, 4, 8, 12, 16 two contrasting cases, Julia Afonso (pseudonyms), drawn from a clinical trial 16-sessions emotion-focused therapy...
Objectives: This study evaluated the development of therapeutic alliance and emergence ruptures, in a sample patients with different diagnosis outcome. Design: We examined longitudinal data 38 dyads receiving cognitive-behavioural therapy, including dropouts as well successful unsuccessful cases. The included cases Axis I II disorders. Method: At end each session, using Working Alliance Inventory (WAI). Six judges trained observation rupture markers an observational system rated 201...
Depression is one of the more severe and serious health problems because its morbidity, disabling effects for societal economic burden. Despite variety existing pharmacological psychological treatments, most cases evolve with only partial remission, relapse recurrence. Cognitive models have contributed significantly to understanding unipolar depression treatment. However, success many authors affirm need improve those also treatment programs derived from them. One issues that requires...
Emergency service workers continuously face situations where they are in charge of the lives others, and this can be a risk factor for their mental health. This study aims to determine psychological impact exposure current death physical injury events context motor vehicle accidents among emergency personnel which variables better predict posttraumatic stress disorder. Participants were National Institute Medical (nurses medical doctors; n= 59) north Portugal. They filled out trauma disorder...
Several studies have suggested that the process of narrative change in psychotherapy occurs through emergence and expansion moments novelty, known as innovative (IMs), allow changes problematic self-narrative responsible for client's suffering. However, these IMs challenge typical (and problematic) ways acting, feeling, thinking, they may also generate discrepancy or uncertainty. Clients reduce uncertainty by returning to immediately after an IM, thus ensuring homeostasis previous meaning...
Segundo a terapia narrativa de White, mudança ocorre partir da identificação e expansão dos resultados únicos, entendidos como excepções à problemática. O Sistema Codificação Momentos Inovação (SCMI) foi desenvolvido para identificar estas novidades narrativas – que denominamos momentos inovação (MIs) nas sessões psicoterapia. Este sistema permite 5 tipos MIs: acção, reflexão, protesto, reconceptualização desempenho mudança. Pretendemos compreender é os diferentes MIs emergem ao longo do...
Purpose A better therapeutic alliance at the beginning of treatment for addictive behaviours has been found to prevent dropout. The purpose this paper is evaluate how development dimensions was associated with dropout prevention. Design/methodology/approach total 23 participants presented a substance use disorder related heroin or cocaine and were in three distinct phases community. Each participant filled measures once week after mini-groups. naturalistic prospective research design used...