La incidencia del self del terapeuta en el proceso terapéutico

Abstract

The objective of this work is to stress the incidence of the therapist’ s style in the psychotherapeutic process. We define the concept of the therapist’s style as the particular habitual patterns of each person, that are in relation with the view he has of himself and of the world, his beliefs, life experience, stage of development, socioeconomic position and emotional style. A great similarity between the therapist’ s beliefs system and the patient’ s beliefs system can cause a block in the treatment and a big difference between them can lead the patient to abandon treatment. It is essential for the therapist to have supervision and training to tackle the following issues:1-  To increase his theoretical knowledge, to acquire and strengthen the theoretical frame of reference needed to identify and lead the therapeutic process. 2-  To acquire a wide range of possible techniques to be used in psychotherapy. 3-  To develop internal abilities that allow him to use his personal experience, and challenge the dysfunctional beliefs that act like an obstacle in his work. 4-  The capacity to interact and coordinate his own therapeutic efforts and with those of other professionals - doctors, lawyers, educational psychologists - to get a broader view of the patient. This will give the therapist a larger repertoire of resources and will support the achievement of more flexible and creative behaviours.