Abordaje Clínico de la autoestima de una adulta mayor: aplicación de la terapia integrativa

Abstract

Abstract: This study details the clinical case of an 80-year-old adult with self-esteem problems affecting her psychological well-being due to some triggering events such as a lack of social skills since childhood, the death of her son and husband. During the evaluation process, the patient reports insecurity, negative self-concept, mistrust, guilt, continuous self-evaluation, feelings of loneliness, sadness, and disability. For the intervention process, integrative therapy is applied, which consists of ten sessions with the purpose of improving the patient's self-esteem. Finally, after the sessions that were held each week, the results obtained before and after the treatment are evident, demonstrating the effectiveness of the therapy, achieving the therapeutic objectives set with an increase in self-esteem scores and psychological well-being.