Resumen

ALCAZAR ZAPATA, Diana Lizeth  y  HERNANDEZ-BRUSSOLO, Ricardo. Behavioral-Contextual Intervention for a patient with a life phase problem: breakup romantic relationship. Rev. de psicol. y cienc. del comport. de la Unidad Académica de Cienc. Juríd. y Sociales [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.2, pp.95-108. ISSN 2007-1833.  https://doi.org/10.29365/rpcc.20181207-73.

Behavioral-contextual therapy, based on the Integrative Model of Emotional Regulation of Reyes and Tena (2016), is effective and efficient in dealing with the problem of phase of life: breakup romantic relationship, because it adapts its techniques to improve the quality of life of patients with chronic affective and emotional problems. This work presents an intervention with a male patient 24 years old, who concluded a romantic relationship with whom was his partner for five years. He experienced sadness, pain, anguish and anger, alcohol consumption and changes in appetite. The methodology used is a unique case study design, and a therapeutic intervention consisting of 15 sessions, with the aim of achieving emotional regulation, ability to solve problems, reduce physical manifestations and promote full awareness. Results show that therapy with the Integrative Model of Emotional Regulation achieves a reduction of the symptomatology present in the Life phase problem, so that the effectiveness of the Behavioral-Contextual approach is concluded.

Palabras llave : psychology; clinical; life phase problem; behavioral-contextual intervention; mental health.

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