Publicación:

Herramientas para el control de emociones a través de técnicas psicoterapéuticas para evitar las recaídas en los pacientes ambulatorios de la Fundación La Luz

Resumen

The present project aims to confront one of the characteristics of the addictive personality: the control of emotions; since it is presented as an initial consumption or may be a cause of recidivism in an addiction, likewise within the process of relapse of an addict, emotions also interfere as a trigger for substance use and affect the social, family aspects , educational or work, so this intervention process gives patients tools that prevent a relapse process; In order to achieve this objective, a diagnosis was first made where the main emotions that affect in some way the rehabilitation process were identified, consequently psychotherapeutic techniques were used, based on the humanistic - existential approach, from the Gestalt theory of Perls, the Efren Martinez's storybook and Victor Frankl's speech therapy, applying interventive workshops where the emotions found in the diagnosis of needs were addressed, specifically anger, frustration, guilt and euphoria with the outpatients of the Bogota light foundation who are in a range of ages between 14 and 61 years, during the second semester of 2012.