title: [Why do people change in therapy? A preliminary study].
abstract: Why do people change in therapy? A preliminary study. This work represents the beginning of a new way to study the processes that can explain the therapeutic change. The method used is the observation and analysis of therapeutic sessions directly recorded and developed inside a behavioural approach. The category system tries to carry out a functional analysis of the therapist-client interaction which enables the identification of learning processes that work in clinical setting and explain success in therapy. Outcomes are provisional but show the utility of this initial trend of investigation to the comprehension of clinical phenomenon. Conclusions also emphasize the importance of associative learning processes on the therapeutic change.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. mxesus.frojan@uam.es
authors.forename: María Xesús
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Froján Parga
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montaño Fidalgo
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calero Elvira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007858:Learning; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014743:Videotape Recording