Intervención psicoterapéutica en caso clínico de una adolescente en acogimiento institucional con trastorno mixto ansioso-depresivo

Abstract

Abstract: This paper describes the evaluation and psychotherapeutic intervention process in a clinical case of a 14-year-old adolescent girl with a diagnosis of mixed anxiety-depressive disorder and a history of sexual violence, who is institutionalized in a foster care center for adolescent mothers. In the first phase, the assessment process was carried out through observation, clinical interview and application of psychological instruments: Beck Depression Inventory, Hamilton Anxiety Scale and Lucy Reidl's Self-Stimulation Scale. Subsequently, an 8-session intervention plan was developed and psychoeducation techniques, cognitive restructuring, modeling, role-playing, breathing, empty chair and social skills training were used to reduce anxious-depressive symptomatology. At the end of the treatment, positive results were obtained in the patient, which are congruent with the available scientific evidence.