Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Therapist Pregnancy: Systematic Case Study

Autor: Fernanda Munhoz Driemeier Schmidt, Marina Bento Gastaud, Vera Regina Röhnelt Ramires
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), Vol 28, Iss 0 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1982-4327
DOI: 10.1590/1982-4327e2836
Popis: Abstract The present study aimed to describe the characteristics of the psychodynamic psychotherapeutic process of a child with a pregnant therapist and to identify possible repercussions of this pregnancy in the treatment. A descriptive, longitudinal study was conducted, based on systematic single case study procedure. The participants were an eight-year-old girl and her therapist who became pregnant during treatment. Forty psychotherapeutic sessions were analyzed through Child Psychotherapy Q-Set procedure. The therapeutic process was divided into four periods related to the therapist’s pregnancy: (1) the therapist was not pregnant; (2) therapist knew of her pregnancy but the topic had not been verbalized; (3) the pregnancy was treated in the therapeutic setting; (4) return of maternity leave. The results demonstrated that the therapist has adopted a less neutral stance, used less limits, and breaks and pauses in treatment were increasingly discussed. It was concluded that the therapist´s pregnancy influences the therapeutic setting in a marked way.
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