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Alemka Tomicic Javiera Duarte Soto

Qualitative Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy in Latin America

Creativity for Studying Complex Objects in Context

Alemka Tomicic, Javiera Duarte Soto

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Springer International Publishing AG
11 July 2025

Medical research; Clinical psychology; Psychotherapy

This book presents a comprehensive overview of a distinctive tradition of qualitative research in clinical psychology and psychotherapy developed in Latin America. Originating mainly from Chile, Argentina and Peru, this tradition has developed innovative qualitative methods to study indicators of change in psychotherapy, mechanisms of change in the psychotherapeutic process and complex phenomena in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. These three lines of research are richly illustrated by the chapters brought together in this volume, that showcase the work of psychotherapist-researchers who developed a research approach that mirrors the qualitative nature of the psychotherapeutic work.

Qualitative research in psychotherapy has shown significant developments in the context of the Global South. Much of this, in contrast to the strong quantitative tradition based on Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs) developed in North America and Europe, is due to the fact that psychotherapy research societies in Latin America were organized by psychotherapists. This has created the identity of the psychotherapist-researcher, a dual identity that entails the notion that psychotherapy research requires a qualitative dimension to make research a part of clinical practice and clinician identity, regardless of their theoretical-technical orientations. This contributed volume aims to provide the reader an overview of the main qualitative methods developed by these psychotherapist-researchers.

Qualitative Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy in Latin America: Creativity for Studying Complex Objects in Context will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners in the fields of clinical psychology and psychotherapy interested in methodologies that can contribute to the organic incorporation of research into clinical practice and to the study of complex objects in context.

Some chapters in this book were originally written in Spanish and translated into English with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

Edited by: Alemka Tomicic, Javiera Duarte Soto
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
ISBN: 9783031907814
ISBN 10: 3031907817
Pages: 337
Publication Date: 11 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ON PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CHANGE.- 1. Qualitative methods as a road to conceptual innovation.- 2. Qualitative research on psychotherapeutic change in Latin America: In search of capturing complexity.- 3. The systematic case study in psychodynamic focal psychotherapy with abused women. A context-sensitive approach to understanding psychological change.- 4. Depression and personality dysfunctions treated with Cognitive-Integrative Psychotherapy: Researching change throughout Qualitative Case Study Method.- 5. Approaching child and adolescent’s perspectives of the psychotherapeutic change process following sexual abuse through drawings.- 6. Qualitative analysis of drawings of the process of psychotherapeutic change: proposal to promote the participation of children in the research context.- PART 2. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ON PSYCHOTHERAPY PROCESS.- 7. The sequential emergence of new forms of relatedness in moments of meeting: applying Conversation Analysis to psychoanalytic therapy sessions..- 8. Non-Participant Observation as a Method of data Collection within Psychotherapeutic Sessions.- 9. Model of Analysis of Discursive Positioning in Psychotherapy (MAPP) for the Study of the Reorganization of Subjectivity in Change Processes.- 10. The study of mentalization in process studies in psychotherapy with adolescents: Development and application of an observation scale.- 11. Micro-Phenomenology applied to research in Psychotherapy: A first-person approach to the study of subjective experience of the psychotherapy process..- 12. Qualitative research in dyadic interventions using video-feedback.- PART 3. INNOVATIVE QUALITATIVE METHODS FOR STUDYING COMPLEX PHENOMENA IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY.- 13. Discovery Oriented Biographical Analysis (DOBA) as a qualitative method for the study of mental health experience as a complex process.- 14. Body Map for a Phenomenological Exploration of the Bodily Experience of Trans* People (TGNC).- 15. Mixed research models for the evaluation of clinical change in psychotherapy.- 16. Researching Bipolar Disorder: The Case of an Incubator with Qualititative Methodologies.

Alemka Tomicic is a psychologist and Ph.D. of psychology at the Catholic University of Chile. She is a Full professor at the University of Diego Portales Faculty of Psychology and Director of the School of Psychology. She is also a researcher at the Center for Studies in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (CEPPS) at the same university. Likewise, she conducts studies on experience in process-outcome research in psychotherapy and the subjective construction of the knowledge of illness and mental health problems. Furthermore, she has participated as a researcher in mental health and culturally competent psychotherapy projects of LGBT+ people, funded by the National Agency of Research and Development (ANID: Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo in Spanish). Since 2015, she has been an associate researcher at the Millennium Institute for Research on Depression and Personality (MIDAP) of the Millennium Science Initiative in Chile. Since 2025, she is co-director of the same institute. Javiera Duarte Soto is a psychologist who holds a Master's degree in Adult Clinical Psychology and a Ph.D. in Psychotherapy from the University of Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has received specialized training in various mentalization-based treatments and is a certified EMDR therapist. With extensive clinical experience, Javiera primarily focuses on mood disorders, anxiety, and personality disorders. Currently, she works as an associate professor and researcher at Diego Portales University and the Center for Studies in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (CEPPS). Additionally, she is Researcher at the Millennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality (MIDAP). Javiera's research interests focus on the subjective experiences of individuals facing mental health challenges and the complex dynamics involved in the psychotherapy process. Through her work, she aims to enhance understanding and treatment approaches in mental health, emphasizing the importance of tailored interventions for various psychological issues.