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Feelings as a recourse for clinical
analysis in therapist-client interaction. Maria Zilah Da Silva Brandão Universidade Estadual de Londrina and PsiC, Brazil Although psychotherapy is meant to help the clients release their painful feelings, this is not always possible or desirable. Indeed, the emotional avoidance can be one of the biggest problem of the clients. The philosophical presuppositions, the techniques and the strategies of behavioral analysis can provide conditions to reduce the suffering of the patient through verbal analysis of his (the client's) speech. In spite of this, FAP (Functional Analytic Psychotherapy) has been showing us that taking the client to experiment small emotional reactions during sessions, in the heat of therapeutic relationship, can be an efficient alternative to lead to emotional acceptance and reduction of suffering. This presentation aim to point out the importance of working with covert behaviors during the psychotherapy process, always considering that promoting the expression (talking about) and demonstration (phisio-psychological reactions) of feelings are complementary behavioral procedures and both are important in evaluation and psychotherapy treatment. Some examples from clinical practice will be presented to make easier the comprehension of this theme. Keywords: behavioral analysis, functional analytic psychotherapy, therapeutic relationship, covert behaviors |
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