Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Approaches and Scope of Behavior Therapy Based on Changes in the Therapeutic Context

Authors

  • Amanda M. Muñoz-Martínez Psicóloga (Universidad el Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia). Magíster en Psicología Clínica Clínica (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
  • Juan Pablo Coletti Licenciado en Psicología, UBA. Docente de Posgrado, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Conducta, Universidad Favaloro

Keywords:

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, Third wave therapies, Therapeutic relationship, Clinical relevant behaviors

Abstract

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) is a therapeutic approach developed in «third wave therapies» context. FAP is characterized
by use therapeutic relationship and the behaviors emit into it to improve clients daily life functioning. This therapeutic model is supported in behavior analysis principles and contextual functionalism philosophy. FAP proposes that clients behavior in session are functional equivalent with those out of session; therefore, when therapists respond to clients behaviors in session contingently, they promote and increase improvements in the natural setting. This article poses main features of FAP, its philosophical roots, achievements and research challenges to establish FAP as an independent treatment based on the evidence.

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Published

2015-03-10

How to Cite

Muñoz-Martínez, A. M., & Coletti, J. P. (2015). Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Approaches and Scope of Behavior Therapy Based on Changes in the Therapeutic Context. Vertex Revista Argentina De Psiquiatría, 26(119, ene.-feb.), 43–48. Retrieved from https://www.revistavertex.com.ar/ojs/index.php/vertex/article/view/1107

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 119, ene.-feb. (2015): Las terapias de "tercera generación"

Section

Dossier

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