Volume 24, Issue 1
Theoretical orientation and clinical practice: The psychotherapist of Buenos Aires
Abstract
The aim of this article is to provide information about the relationship between theoretical orientation and clinical practice in Buenos Aires. Data was gathered from a sample of 314 psychotherapists in hospitals of the City of Buenos Aires and Gran Buenos Aires. The psychoanalytic model emerged as the predominant model, representing 52.9% of the sample. Integrative models, with 41.7% of the sample, were the second largest group. Within the group of integrationists, 61% of psychotherapists reported using psychoanalytic theory as the main theory, followed by a cognitive theory, reported by 19.1%. These results reveal both the importance of psychoanalysis in Buenos Aires, and the trend towards integrationism.
Keywords
theoretical orientation, clinical practice, psychotherapy, Buenos Aires