Exploratory analysis of an adult client’s interpretative verbal

Authors

  • Joene Vieira Santos
  • Silvia Canaan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31505/rbtcc.v10i2.188

Keywords:

Interpretação, Comportamento verbal, Terapia comportamental, Autoconhecimento, Interpretation, Verbal behavior, Behavior therapy, Self-knowledge

Abstract

Considering that one of the main behavior therapy purpose is to promote the client’s self-knowledge, the objective of this study was to analyse the verbal responses of an adult client categorized as “interpretative” in the clinical context according to the definitions of a previous study. The method consisted of the analysis and classification of 14 therapeutic sessions. The results showed the occurrence of the following categories in the client’s verbal repertoire: Information, Investigation, Interpretation and Consequencing. It was also found that: a) interpretations occurred in 74,88% of the client’s verbal episodes; b) the client interpreted with the function of explaining something in 78,00% of the interpretations and c) the client focused her own behavior in 73,20% of the interpretations. Such results seem to confirm the hypothesis of that the therapeutical setting is an environment in which the emission of interpretations is favored, thus contributing to the client´s self-knowledge.

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Published

2008-12-19

How to Cite

Santos, J. V., & Canaan, S. (2008). Exploratory analysis of an adult client’s interpretative verbal. Brazilian Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 10(2), 193–208. https://doi.org/10.31505/rbtcc.v10i2.188

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