[Contributions and novelties from Functional Analytic Psychotherapy].
Functional Analytic Psychotherapy is based on the principles of radical behaviourism. It emphasises the impact of events occurring during therapeutic sessions, the therapist-client interaction context, functional equivalence of environments, natural reinforcement, and shaping by the therapist. Functional Analytic Psychotherapy makes use of both the basic principles of behaviour analysis: individual functional assessment and application of in vivo treatment. This paper analyses novelties and new contributions of this therapy. New contributions are classified in various categories: integration with other psychotherapies, improvement of therapeutic skills, methods for evaluation and data recording in therapy, its application to several clinical problems, and studies of its efficacy.
Ferro García
Rafael
R
Centro de Psicología Clínica CEDI, Granada, Spain. rferro@cop.es
Valero Aguayo
Luis
L
López Bermúdez
Miguel A
MA
D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*