Análisis de las verbalizaciones desadaptativas del cliente y su relación con las verbalizaciones punitivas del terapeuta : un estudio de caso
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En la Psicología en general, y en la Psicología
Clínica en particular, se mantienen todo
un conjunto de creencias inexactas sobre
la aplicación del castigo, que se identifica
únicamente con agresión física, sin tener en
cuenta el potencial punitivo de la conducta
verbal. De hecho, el castigo verbal es una
herramienta ampliamente utilizada por el clínico
para moldear la conducta verbal del cliente.
Con el objetivo de clarificar el papel del castigo
verbal en terapia, se analizó el presente caso.
Se comenzó construyendo un sistema para
categorizar las verbalizaciones desadaptativas
del cliente y analizar su dinámica a lo largo de
la terapia, encontrando una tendencia general
descendente. Después se analizó la relación entre
las verbalizaciones punitivas del terapeuta y las
verbalizaciones del cliente, encontrando que el
castigo apenas se aplicaba a las verbalizaciones
desadaptativas del cliente, dirigiéndose sobre
todo a otro tipo de verbalizaciones y a la propia
conducta verbal.
In psychology in general, and in clinical psychology in particular, there remain a host of inaccurate beliefs about the application of punishment, which is only understood as physical aggression, without taking into account the punitive potential of verbal behavior. In fact, verbal punishment is a widely used tool by the clinician to shape client verbal behavior. In order to clarify the role of verbal punishment in therapy, the present case was analyzed. First, a system for categorizing the client’s maladaptive utterances and analyzing their dynamic throughout therapy was constructed, finding a general downward trend. Subsequently, the relationship between the therapist’s punitive verbalizations and the client’s verbalizations was analyzed, finding that punishment was barely applied to the client’s maladaptive verbalizations, mainly being addressed to other type of verbalizations and to the verbal behavior itself.
In psychology in general, and in clinical psychology in particular, there remain a host of inaccurate beliefs about the application of punishment, which is only understood as physical aggression, without taking into account the punitive potential of verbal behavior. In fact, verbal punishment is a widely used tool by the clinician to shape client verbal behavior. In order to clarify the role of verbal punishment in therapy, the present case was analyzed. First, a system for categorizing the client’s maladaptive utterances and analyzing their dynamic throughout therapy was constructed, finding a general downward trend. Subsequently, the relationship between the therapist’s punitive verbalizations and the client’s verbalizations was analyzed, finding that punishment was barely applied to the client’s maladaptive verbalizations, mainly being addressed to other type of verbalizations and to the verbal behavior itself.







