Intervención psicoterapéutica en caso clínico por duelo

Abstract

Abstract: The present work of psychotherapeutic intervention corresponds to the case of a 64- year-old female patient, who came to psychological consultation with a previous diagnosis of mixed anxiety-depressive disorder, which was ruled out in the evaluation process, through a semi-structured clinical interview and the application of items: Beck Depression Inventory, Hamilton Anxiety Questionnaire and Mayo Test; determining, from this, a diagnosis of normal bereavement / uncomplicated bereavement. Subsequently, an 8-session intervention plan was developed, whose objective was to address the grief process that the patient is going through and to reestablish the emotional balance and the level of functioning, through cognitive-behavioral techniques. At the end of the intervention, it was determined that the psychotherapeutic treatment was successful, due to the changes evidenced in the patient's mood and level of functioning or activity.