Resumen de Assessment of a psycotherapy protocol for women with a history of intimate partner violence: Study of clinical cases

Mariana Gomes Ferreira Petersen, Julia Carvalho Zamora, Isadora Silveira Ligório, Rodrigo Machado Rodrigues, Fernanda Barcellos Serralta, Luisa Fernanda Habigzang

• Violence against women is a complex phenomenon that negatively impacts mental health (WHO, 2016). This study aimed to assess the process of a psychotherapy protocol for women with a history of intimate partner violence. A clinical case study design was used and the sample consisted of three participants. The process was analyzed using the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI-O) and Psychotherapy Process Q-Set (PQS), which assess therapeutic alliance and the most and least characteristic items of psychotherapy, respectively. The findings demonstrated good therapeutic alliance and good connection between the sessions, indicating that the protocol is correlated with the expected prototype for cognitive-behavioral therapy. Additionally, symptoms declined in all the women treated. The results provide initial evidence of the effectiveness of the intervention.