Changes in Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy According to the Parents' View/Mudancas na psicoterapia psicodinamica de criancas na visao de pais e maes/Cambios en la psicoterapia psicodinamica de niños en la vision de padres y madres

In child psychodynamic psychotherapy research, a remaining question is how to systematically evaluate changes and which ones are regarded as fundamental. Qualitative analyzes that contemplate the parents' view of such changes have not been undertaken. The aim of this study was to investigate the parents' perception of possible changes in school-age children during their psychotherapies. The study had a qualitative, descriptive, longitudinal design. The participants were the parents of four school-aged children, assisted in private clinic by three psychotherapists trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. They periodically answered to an open-ended questionnaire that focused on perceived changes during the therapeutic process. The results showed that fathers and mothers identified changes in the course of their children's psychotherapies, which were not linear and were not restricted to symptomatic improvements. Changes in children mental functioning and in their adjustment to reality, interpersonal relationships, have also been identified. The importance of parental participation in children's psychotherapy and the follow-up of their perceptions about the therapeutic process was discussed. They can provide important feedbacks that contribute to the progress of treatment. Keywords: Psychoanalytic psychotherapy, change, children. No campo da pesquisa em psicoterapia psicodinamica das criancas, uma questao aberta e como avaliar sistematicamente as mudancas e quais se consideram fundamentais. Nao se tem levado a cabo analises qualitativas acerca da visao de pais e maes. O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a percepcao de pais e maes sobre as possiveis mudancas em suas criancas durante suas psicoterapias. O estudo teve enfoque qualitativo, descritivo, longitudinal. Os participantes foram pais e maes de quatro criancas, assistidos na clinica privada por tres psicoterapeutas treinados em psicoterapia psicanalitica. Eles responderam regularmente ao questionario de pergunta aberta que se centrou nas mudancas percebidas no curso do processo terapeutico. Os resultados mostraram que os pais tem identificado mudancas no curso da psicoterapia de seus filhos, que elas nao eram lineares e nao se limitaram a melhoria sintomatica. Tambem se identificaram mudancas no funcionamento mental das criancas e sua adaptacao a realidade, e nas relacoes interpessoais. Se discutiu a importancia da participacao dos pais na psicoterapia das criancas e o seguimento de sua visao acerca do