Intervención psicoterapéutica desde un enfoque integrativo en un caso de violencia intrafamiliar

Abstract

Abstract: The present study addresses the case of a 23-year-old patient, victim of violence. intrafamilial with mixed anxious-depressive disorder and presence of low self-esteem since childhood. The patient comes to the consultation after being physically attacked by her husband who in alcoholic state hit her, as a result of the attack the patient was observed during the interview clinic with high levels of stress and anxiety characterized by: restlessness, crying excessive, difficulty speaking, feeling faint, agitation, tachycardia, and difficulty to concentrate. The following psychological reagents were used, such as the Inventory of Beck Depression, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale and the Self-Esteem Scale Rosenberg to assess the patient's condition and the severity of her symptoms. The psychotherapeutic intervention has an integrative approach, consisting of 10 sessions of 45 minutes, in which we worked with different tools of the Cognitive Behavioral approach and Gestalt, for their scientific support in cases of gender violence, thus achieving a significant improvement in self-esteem and reduction in anxiety-depressive symptoms.