Browsing by Author "Echavarri, Orietta"

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    Clients', therapists', and observers' agreement on the amount, temporal location, and content of psychotherapeutic change and its relation to outcome
    (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2010) Altimir, Carolina; Krause, Mariane; de la Parra, Guillermo; Dagnino, Paula; Tomicic, Alemka; Valdes, Nelson; Carola Perez, J.; Echavarri, Orietta; Vilches, Oriana
    Clients', therapists', and observers' identification of change was studied in 27 therapeutic processes, and agreement on the amount, temporal location, and content of change was related to outcome. Results show that clients reported more changes in successful therapies. Client-therapist temporal match of change moments was low irrespective of outcome. Results from all three perspectives were consistent in that manifestation of new behaviors and emotions was the most representative content of change among all therapies. Meanwhile, client-therapist agreement on the frequency of grouped change indicators reported was associated with positive outcome, whereas client-observer agreement was related to negative outcome. Therapists and observers agreed in both successful and nonsuccessful therapies. The relationship between agreement and therapeutic outcome is discussed in relation to each dimension of analysis.
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    Language and therapeutic change: A speech acts analysis
    (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2008) Reyes, Lucia; Aristegui, Roberto; Krause, Mariane; Strasser, Katherine; Tomicic, Alemka; Valdes, Nelson; Altimir, Carolina; Ramirez, Ivonne; De La Parra, Guillermo; Dagnino, Paula; Echavarri, Orietta; Vilches, Oriana; Ben Dov, Perla
    Drawing on the speech acts theory, a linguistic pattern was identified that could be expected to be associated to therapeutic change, characterized by being uttered in the first person singular and present indicative, and by being self-referential in its propositional content. The frequency of the pattern was examined among verbalizations defined as change moments in three therapies with different theoretical orientation. Results show that the majority of change moments have the specified pattern, and that this pattern is significantly more frequent in change moments than in random non-change-related verbalizations, and so, it does not pertain to therapeutic conversation in general. Implications are discussed concerning the possibility of using the linguistic pattern as an additional and complementary criterion in the identification of moments of change in the therapeutic process.
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    Patients hospitalized with suicidal risk: How do they perceive the help received?
    (FUNDACION AIGLE, 2015) Morales, Susana; Echavarri, Orietta; Barros, Jorge; Fischman, Ronit; Zuloaga, Fabiola; Taylor, Tracy; Penaloza, Fernanda
    We present the perception of 10 patients hospitalized for attempted suicide/suicidal ideation, about the aid received during the period of their hospitalization. We used a qualitative technique through an interview performed one week after the medical discharge. The results show that patients evaluate favorably the aid received. They distinguish the technical and the relational aspects in the interactions both with professionals as well as with the other patients.
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    SELF-PERCEPTION OF SUICIDE RISK: QUALITATIVE STUDY OF INPATIENTS ADMITTED FOR SUICIDE IDEATION OR ATTEMPT
    (FUNDACION AIGLE, 2016) Morales, Susana; Echavarri, Orietta; Barros, Jorge; Zuloaga y Tracy Taylor, Fabiola
    To build a conceptual model to understand how patients perceived their suicide risk, a qualitative study was conducted. A clinical sample consisting of 20 patients, who were admitted to a psychiatric unit for suicide ideation or a suicide attempt, were interviewed. Interviews were analyzed through Grounded Theory Technique. The results highlight the individual perception of the own suicide risk as a process linking last year events to a more recent triggering event. Protective factors emphasizing quality bonds were also identified. The interview was perceived by the patients, as an intervention by itself in a moment of crisis, allowing them to elaborate on the psychological underpinnings of the suicide ideation. These findings might help to develop new hypothesis of suicide behavior, as well as guidance for quantitative studies.
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    The evolution of therapeutic change studied through generic change indicators
    (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2007) Krause, Mariane; De la Parra, Guillermo; Aristegui, Roberto; Dagnino, Paula; Tomicic, Alemka; Valdes, Nelson; Echavarri, Orietta; Strasser, Katherine; Reyes, Lucia; Altimir, Carolina; Ramirez, Ivonne; Vilches, Oriana; Ben Dov, Perla
    Ongoing change and therapeutic outcome were studied in five psychotherapeutic processes: three brief psychodynamic therapies, one social constructionist family therapy, and one group therapy of a comprehensive nature for drug abuse patients. Using qualitative methodology, in-session and extrasession change moments were identified and classified in a hierarchy of generic change indicators. Additionally, all patients were administered Lambert's Outcome Questionnaire. Results show that (a) extrasession change moments are more frequent toward the end of therapy, (b) therapy types differ in the frequency of some change indicators but not others, and (c) change indicators observed at the beginning of therapy are of lower level than those occurring at the end.