Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Therapist Pregnancy: Systematic Case Study
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...
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| author | Fernanda Munhoz Driemeier Schmidt Marina Bento Gastaud Vera Regina Röhnelt Ramires |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-06fd447174d84fe19f4610dbb193c8b22022-12-21T21:18:13ZengUniversidade de São PauloPaidéia (Ribeirão Preto)1982-43272018-12-0128010.1590/1982-4327e2836S0103-863X2018000100210Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Therapist Pregnancy: Systematic Case StudyFernanda Munhoz Driemeier SchmidtMarina Bento GastaudVera Regina Röhnelt RamiresAbstract 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-863X2018000100210&lng=en&tlng=enpsychoanalytic psychotherapychild psychotherapypsychotherapeutic process |
| spellingShingle | Fernanda Munhoz Driemeier Schmidt Marina Bento Gastaud Vera Regina Röhnelt Ramires Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Therapist Pregnancy: Systematic Case Study Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) psychoanalytic psychotherapy child psychotherapy psychotherapeutic process |
| title | Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Therapist Pregnancy: Systematic Case Study |
| title_full | Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Therapist Pregnancy: Systematic Case Study |
| title_fullStr | Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Therapist Pregnancy: Systematic Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Therapist Pregnancy: Systematic Case Study |
| title_short | Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Therapist Pregnancy: Systematic Case Study |
| title_sort | child psychodynamic psychotherapy and therapist pregnancy systematic case study |
| topic | psychoanalytic psychotherapy child psychotherapy psychotherapeutic process |
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