Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) in Ibero-America: Review of current status and some proposals.

Abstract

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) has been making an important rise in Ibero-America in recent years. This paper presents a review of different contributions, problems and some proposals Three principal topics are reviewed: (a) general characteristics and theoretical bases of FAP, (b) the uses of FAP and its relationship with other therapies, and (c) FAP´s empirical research. A number RI PDMRU SDSHUV ZHUH IRXQG RQ WKH ƂUVW DQG VHFRQG WRSLF EXW WKHUH ZHUH IHZ DUWLFOHV UHODWHG WR WKH WKLUG WKHPH ,Q JHQHUDO DXWKRUV in Ibero-America emphasize epistemological and conceptual aspects of FAP and its relationship with other interventions from Third Wave Behavior Therapies, especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). With regard to the third topic, FAP is an effective therapeutic perspective, but it is important to increase the research in this area.

Comparação dos efeitos do treinamento de habilidades sociais e da terapia analítica funcional nas habilidades sociais de um paciente com fobia social

“…Apesar de a literatura apresentar o THS como o principal tratamento para lidar com a fobia social (Angélico et al, 2006;Caballo, 2003;Rocha et al, 2012;Savoia & Barros Neto, 2000;Wagner et al, 2015), há poucos estudos que comparam a efetividade de diferentes técnicas (D'El Rey, Beidel, et al, 2006;Mululo, Menezes, Fontenelle & Versiani, 2009;Muñoz-Martínez, Novoa-Gómez, & Gutiérrez, 2012;Shaw, 1979). Além disso, não foram encontrados estudos que compararam FAP e THS no tratamento desse transtorno.…”

Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and single-case designs on the efficacy of functional analytic psychotherapy.

“…In terms of its clinical application, FAP has been used as a stand-alone intervention approach or in combination with other treatments, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) (FACT; Callaghan et al, 2004), behavioral activation (Kanter et al, 2008), and cognitive–behavioral therapy (Kohlenberg et al, 2002). Several narrative reviews have summarized the existing evidence of its clinical utility (Ferro-García, 2008; Kanter et al, 2017; Mangabeira et al, 2012; Muñoz-Martínez et al, 2012). The most recent review by Kanter et al (2017) found 19 single-case designs (SCDs) and six controlled and uncontrolled group trials.…”

“…In addition, they concluded that the FAP literature could be improved with more rigorous design and outcome assessment methods and that studies may be limited by designs that provide weak causal inference, uncertain construct validity, and questionable generalizability (Singh & O’Brien, 2018). However, previously published reviews used evidence accumulated until 2017 (Kanter et al, 2017; Singh & O’Brien, 2018), most of them in a narrative rather than quantitative manner (Ferro-García, 2008; Mangabeira et al, 2012; Muñoz-Martínez et al, 2012), or focused on one type of experimental design (Singh & O’Brien, 2018), ignoring evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or other group studies.…”