Análise bioenergética: um recurso psicoterapêutico no processo de luto

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: Pandolfi, Aghata
• Orientador(a): Franco, Maria Helena Pereira
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Psicologia: Psicologia Clínica
• Departamento: Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e da Saúde
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Terapia do luto; Psicoterapia bioenergética; Análise bioenergética
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Grief therapy; Bioenergetic psychotherapy; Bioenergetic analysis
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21111

Bioenergetic Body Therapy, created by Lowen and Pierrakos, has been used since the 1950s to help people express pain, traumatic experience, emotional conflict and pleasure. It defends the idea that the human being is not only their body but also their thoughts, emotions, sensations and actions. This research is a study of mixed methods, making use of a research approach that associates the quantitative and qualitative forms with multiple case studies, in the light of Bowlby's Attachment Theory and Bioenergetic Analysis that descends from the discoveries and theories of Wilhelm Reich and Freud's Psychoanalysis. The objective of this research, therefore, is to investigate the effects of the psychotherapeutic action obtained by means of the Bioenergetic Analysis with bereaved people; to analyze the results of the psychotherapeutic action, considering the factors of protection and the factors of risk present in the grieving process. The participants were eight adults of varying ages who were in bereavement for having lost their beloved ones due to various causes. The participants were divided into two groups: Experimental Group – EG, which took part of 14 sessions of psychotherapy for six months, and the Control Group – CG, which remained on the waitlist for six months. The research instruments employed were: clinical interview (before and after the interventions), the Hogan Grief Reaction Checklist measuring instrument – HGRC (before and after the interventions), exercises and body experiences. Case studies were carried out, articulating the data observed during the body work to the results obtained through the HGRC and the interviews. The results of the Hogan Grief Reaction Checklist measuring instrument – HGRC showed statistically significant improvements in the EG in the six subscales: despair, panic, personal growth, guilt and anger, detachment and disorganization. The CG showed improvements only in personal growth. The results indicate that the effects of the psychotherapeutic action obtained through Bioenergetic Analysis favored the participants of this research in their grieving process