Álvaro Quiñones

Álvaro Quiñones
University of Tarapacá | UTA · Departamento de Ciencias Sociales

Doctor of Psychology

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Introduction
Álvaro Quiñones is a research professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Tarapacá, Iquique.
Additional affiliations
March 2012 - July 2015
San Sebastian University
Position
  • Researcher
Education
March 2004 - December 2013
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Field of study
  • Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

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Publications (64)
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El presente texto surge de un programa de investigación en procesos de psicoterapia cuyo principal objetivo es contribuir a comprender y cambiar el significado intersubjetivo que implica malestar y/o desregulación psicológica, y que denominamos Tema Intersubjetivo Disfuncional. Concretamente, abordamos lo siguiente: a) se plantea un modelo de formu...
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This book presents the Evolutionary Case Formulation model, a new proposal of case formulation protocol developed with the aim of providing psychotherapists with a common language to identify and treat psychological problems of varying complexity. This new case formulation model was developed based on the analysis of textual data in complete psycho...
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In the final considerations, some global reflections are presented on the content of the book “Evolutionary Case Formulation: Developing a Unified Language for the Practice of Psychotherapy.”
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This chapter discusses corporeality in the context of case formulation from an evolutionary perspective. It is developed as a domain of intersubjective knowledge to be considered in the understanding and possible interventions in various psychological problems, through two axes of analysis: Altered Experience and Dysfunctional Body Attitude. Furthe...
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This chapter discusses imagination in the context of case formulation from an evolutionary perspective. It is developed as an intersubjective knowledge domain to consider in understanding and possible interventions in various psychological problems, through two axes of analysis: Imagination interferes with experiential coherence and Imagination int...
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This chapter deals with emotion in the context of case formulation from an evolutionary perspective. It is developed as a domain of intersubjective knowledge to consider in understanding and possible interventions in various psychological problems, through two distinctions: alteration of emotional awareness and emotional dysregulation. In addition,...
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This chapter describes a therapeutic process of 29 sessions. It shows step by step how a case formulation was carried out from an evolutionary perspective in a clinical case.
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This chapter discusses religiosity/spirituality in the context of case formulation from an evolutionary perspective. It is developed as an intersubjective domain of knowledge to consider in understanding and possible interventions in various psychological problems through two axes of analysis: Existential Tension and Dysfunctional Religious Attachm...
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This chapter deals with interpersonal relationships in the context of case formulation from an evolutionary perspective. It is developed as a domain of intersubjective knowledge to consider in understanding and possible interventions in various psychological problems, based on two axes of analysis: alteration in personal relationships and alteratio...
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This chapter deals with the thematization and identification of the dysfunctional intersubjective theme and the possible information/meaning processing profiles associated with different psychological problems.
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This chapter deals with sexuality in the context of case formulation from an evolutionary perspective. It is developed as a domain of intersubjective knowledge to consider in understanding and possible interventions in various psychological problems, through two axes: Sexual Disconnection with the partner and Disconnection with others. In addition,...
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This chapter aims to highlight certain aspects of what is understood as narratives and narrative scaling for the case formulation model with an evolutionary stamp.
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This chapter deals with cognition in the field of case formulation from an evolutionary perspective. It develops as an intersubjective knowledge domain to consider in understanding and possible interventions in various psychological problems, through three axes of analysis: cognitive alterations, metacognitive alterations, and alterations in execut...
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This chapter briefly describes the case formulation protocol from an evolutionary perspective and provides guidelines for its application. In addition, the case formulation protocol from an evolutionary perspective is attached to this chapter.
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This chapter deals with the foundations of understanding the self as a system. The Self System (Sense of Agency/Efficacy, Self-narrative/Coherence, Sense of Time/Balance, Self-esteem/Self-deception, and Self-care/Health) is developed in the context of case formulation from an evolutionary perspective [ECF] with a series of indicators. In addition,...
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El libro Formulación de Caso: Hacia una psicoterapia de precisión, que el lector tiene en sus manos, surge de la necesidad de un texto con diversidad de mo- delos y sensibilidad cultural para el público de habla hispana . En tal sentido, es una obra internacional de psicoterapeutas investigadores de diferentes naciona- lidades: España, Portugal, Es...
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El libro Formulación de Caso: Hacia una psicoterapia de precisión, que el lector tiene en sus manos, surge de la necesidad de un texto con diversidad de mo- delos y sensibilidad cultural para el público de habla hispana . En tal sentido, es una obra internacional de psicoterapeutas investigadores de diferentes naciona- lidades: España, Portugal, Es...
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This is the protocol for case formulation from an evolutionary perspective updated in February 2024.
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Objetivo: Identificar los cambios en la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud que experimentan los pacientes trasplantados de corazón. Método: Revisión sistemática de estudios transversales, prospectivos y cualitativos publicados en inglés desde enero 2020 a diciembre 2022 en Cochrane Library, Medline, OVID, PubMed y Web of Science, en concorda...
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Introduction Dysregulated eating (emotional eating, cue-elicited eating, and dietary restraint and restriction) has been linked to being overweight or obese. The present investigation used a random controlled trial (RCT) to test the differential efficacy of remotely delivered Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT) and Behavioral Weigh...
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La formulazione del caso secondo una pro-spettiva evoluzionista. Un linguaggio comune in psicoterapia è il prodotto dello sviluppo di un programma di ricerca sui processi psicote-rapeutici individuali nella psicoterapia di pa-zienti adulti. Il testo si sviluppa sul tentativo di fornire ipo-tesi di risposta alle seguenti domande: 1. Cosa fanno gli p...
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Background: Bariatric surgery is the most effective method for achieving accelerated weight loss. However, in the short- and medium-term, between 20% and 40% of patients regain a significant percentage of the weight lost. Cognitive and attitudinal psychological variables contribute to explaining weight regain. The aim of this study was to analyze...
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Antecedentes El objetivo de este artículo es comparar el Estilo Personal del Terapeuta (EPT) en psicólogos clínicos de dos enfoques teóricos, cognitivo post-racionalista y psicodinámicos, provenientes de dos países: Chile y Argentina. Además, se analizó el efecto de las variables demográficas y profesionales sobre el EPT. Método Se trabajó con una...
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PRÓLOGO Los psicoterapeutas adolecemos de un lenguaje común en psicoterapia y sus diversas implicancias son un problema que no podemos seguir obviando. A modo de ilustración, me recuerdo de una anécdota comentada en un centro de atención psicológica hace casi dos décadas. Y consistió en que una persona adulta consultó a un terapeuta por un problem...
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Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the “new normal”—social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transaction...
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Introducción: La imposición del modelo estético en las sociedades actuales, excesivamente delgado en las mujeres y musculoso para los hombres, lleva a que la representación corporal se vea muy influida por estos estándares externos, generando insatisfacción. Objetivo: Describir la relación entre la insatisfacción con la imagen corporal y el estado...
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The Personal Style of the Therapist (PST) is a multidimensional construction that is present in every therapeutic process. Aim. Study the differences between Italian and Chilean cognitive post-rationalist therapists in the therapist’s personal style. Method. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted to compare therapists in the five dimensions of EP...
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El estilo personal del terapeuta (PST) es una construcción multidimensional que está presente en cada proceso terapéutico. Objetivo. Esta investigación estudia las diferencias entre los terapeutas cognitivos posracionalistas italianos y chilenos. Método. Se realizó un análisis transversal para comparar terapeutas en las cinco dimensiones de EPT. Pa...
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Objetivo: Evaluar la relación entre las variables de la perspectiva temporal y el porcentaje de peso total perdido; su mantención o re-ganancia desde el nadir, en pacientes bariátricos. Material y métodos: Se aplicó a 97 pacientes bariátricos el Inventario de la Perspectiva Temporal de Zimbardo y Boyd, y un cuestionario de estilo de vida construid...
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El Estilo Personal del Terapeuta (EPT) se conceptualiza como un constructo multidimensional que está presente en todo proceso terapéutico. El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar si las variables enfoque teórico, años de experiencia, sexo, grado académico y edad, predicen el EPT en psicoterapeutas y psicólogos en formación. Se administró el Cues...
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Background Approximately 15 to 40% of bariatric patients regain a significant percentage of their weight lost after surgery. Among psychological variables, control and self-efficacy loci are associated with behaviors related to weight loss. Also, family support can be a risk or protection factor for the maintenance of weight loss. Aim To evaluate...
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Bariatric surgery allows a significant and accelerated weight loss in the short term. The regain of the weight is observed between 15 to 30% of the patients. The psychological factors would explain to a greater extent the recovery of weight in bariatric patients. Aim: To evaluate the predictive capacity of the variables "locus of weight control", "...
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El presente número monográfico de la revista de psicoterapia titulado “TerapiaCognitiva Post-Racionalista: actualizaciones” trata sobre la tradición Guidanista envísperas de entrar a la tercera década del siglo XXI.
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El estilo personal del terapeuta (EPT) es un constructo multidimensional que se presenta en todo proceso terapéutico. El objetivo de la presente revisión bibliográfica fue revisar el estado del arte en la investigación sobre el estilo personal del terapeuta en psicoterapeutas cognitivo post-racionalistas. Se encontraron 2 publicaciones en revistas...
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El Cuestionario de Esquemas de Young CEY-S3 es un instrumento que mide una taxonomía de 18 temas psicológicos centrales denominados esquemas desadaptativos tempranos, los cuales subyacerían a los trastornos de personalidad y a otros trastornos mentales. Esta investigación pretende estudiar las propiedades psicométricas del CEY-S3 en población chile...
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El Estilo Personal del Terapeuta (EPT) es un constructo multidimensional que está presente en todo proceso terapéutico. El objetivo de la investigación consistió en estudiar la influencia de las orientaciones psicoterapéuticas (Cognitiva Post-racionalista y Sistémica) en el EPT. Se administró el cuestionario EPT-C a una muestra de 67 terapeutas ch...
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Para mayor información del número monográfico publicado, puede visitar: http://ojs.revistadepsicoterapia.com/index.php/rdp/issue/view/31
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Background: Lack of adherence to treatment may hamper the management of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Aim: To identify if there is a profile of psychological variables associated with adherence to treatment and complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Material and methods: The psychometric instruments Multidimensional Scale of Locus of...
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Young Schema Questionnaire, CEY-S3, is an instrument that measures a taxonomy of 18 central psychological themes called early maladaptive schemas, which would underlie personality disorders and other mental disorders. The aim of this investigation is analyze psychometric properties of CEY-S3 in a Chilean mixed sample of 85 patients with a diagnosis...
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Aim: The present study is a comparative case study as part of research on the psychotherapeutic process. This research describes the perception of subjective time in two psychotherapeutic processes, one successful and one unsuccessful. Methods: We studied two psychotherapeutic processes of cognitive orientation, which were video recorded and ful...
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SUMMARY. Introduction. Both children affected by nutritional and eating disorders (ED) and adults with bipolar disorder (BD) display symp- toms of deficient emotional self-regulation, which can present in different forms. If we observe the clinical and developmental histories of individ- uals affected by EDs and BD, based on a cognitive systemic po...
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Introduction: Both children affected by nutritional and eating disorders (ED) and adults with bipolar disorder (BD) display symptoms of deficient emotional self-regulation, which can present in different forms. If we observe the clinical and developmental histories of individuals affected by EDs and BD, based on a cognitive systemic post-rationali...
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The post-rationalist psychotherapy academy (non-classic cognitive approach) started at the end of the 80’s with a series of con- sistent hypotheses. It is an academy which stems from contemporary psychotherapy and develops different areas, giving a strong contribu- tion to theoretical and clinical psychotherapy. This academy has presented developme...
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Resumen La presente investigación es un estudio de caso único en el marco de investigación de procesos y resultado en psicoterapia. Esta Investigación describe la percepción del tiempo subjetivo en un proceso de psicoterapia exitoso. Para ello se procedió a estudiar un proceso de psicoterapia de orientación cognitiva, video-grabado, y transcripto e...
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This report presents the process and outcome of a psychotherapy in a single-case study. This research describes the perception of subjective time in a process of successful psychotherapy. To do this, we proceeded to study process cognitively oriented psychotherapy, video-recorded and transcribed in all of their 18 meetings. Initially the encoding w...
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Il modello di Ricostruzione del Caso RMPS nasce ispirandosi alla tradizione cognitivista e viene sostenuto dalla ricerca sui processi psicoterapeutici con l’analisi dei dati testuali. In questo senso si tratta di un riflesso dell’idea di studiare l’indissolubilità tra processi e risultati, alla ricerca di un legame sempre più stretto tra ricerca in...
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El propósito de la presente investigación fue identificar indicadores de procesos en psicoterapia asociados a éxito. Para ello se procedió a estudiar tres procesos de psicoterapia de orientación cognitiva, video-grabados, y transcritos en la totalidad de las sesiones. Dos casos fueron exitosos y uno no exitoso, considerando diversos criterios. En l...
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El propósito del presente artículo es describir la Pauta de Malestar Psicológico [RMPS] y sus posibilidades de aplicabilidad clínica en un caso didáctico. Esta pauta de observación para terapeutas, surge de la investigación de transcripciones de procesos de psicoterapia tanto exitosos como no exitosos. La RMPS se inspira tanto en la experiencia clí...
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This paper describes the development of a research program in psychotherapy whose main objective is to understand and modify the personal meaning in different mental health problems. We describe the Psychological Distress Reconstruction Pattern (revised) which has proved been useful to guide the therapist in understanding and modificating the dysfu...
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Chile is a country where has a recently high rate of Latino immigration in South America. For that reason, the purpose of this work was to analyze some psychosocial predictors of attitudes toward multiculturalism. Six hundred and two Chileans answered items about Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), empathy, distress, national pride, and multicultur...
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En este estudio se examinaron las propiedades psicométricas del Cuestionario Estilo Personal del Terapeuta (EPT-C), en 92 terapeutas chilenos acreditados. Los resultados del análisis factorial exploratorio con una rotación Promax identificaron una estructura de cuatro factores que fueron denominados Expresividad Emocional, Operativo-Atencional, Ins...
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Eating disorders (ED) are a heterogeneous group of problems related to restraint and/or overeating. It is proposed that individual differences in affective reactivity and moods (affective style) might be related to these behaviours. Variations in affective style are expressed by differing levels of sensitivity to the motivation systems of approach...
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The following investigation is based on clinical cases analysis, clinical experience and qualitative research in successful psychotherapy processes. The psychological distress reconstruction format is presented (RMPS). This format is useful to orientate the therapist to elucidate the coherence of a dysfunctional meaning and design a systematic inte...
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The present article is based in clinical cases analysis, clinical experience and qualitative research in successful psychoherapy processes. The Clinical Guide of Cognitive-Affective Behavioral Dynamics is presented (D-CAC) -it is useful to orientate the therapist to dilucidate the coherence of a dysfunctional meaning and design a systematic interve...
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The present article is based in clinical cases analysis, clinical experience and qualitative research in successful psychotherapy processes. The Clinical Guide of Cognitive-Affective-Behavioral Dynamics is presented (D-CAQ-it is useful to orientate the therapist to dilucidate the coherence of a dysfunctional meaning and design a systematic interven...
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El presente artículo está fundamentado en análisis de casos clínicos, experiencia clínica e investigación cualitativa en procesos de psicoterapia exitosos. Se presenta la Guía Clínica de Dinámicas Cognitivas-Afectivas-Conductuales (D-CAC) que es útil para orientar al terapeuta a dilucidar la coherencia de un significado disfuncional y diseñar una e...
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Questo testo è un "libro orale": propone un lungo seminario che Guidano tenne il 19 e il 20 dicembre 1997 in Cile e che fu pensato proprio per essere trascritto e utilizzato dai gruppi di tirocinanti che seguivano i suoi corsi in America Latina. Ma, soprattutto, è un libro che offre nuove riflessioni ed elaborazioni del modello cognitivo postrazion...
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La siguiente investigación es una exploración de caso único centrada en material textual. El objetivo es ilustrar un tipo de análisis cualitativo de escritos del cliente, denominadas tareas narrativas escritas, para valorar el cambio en psicoterapia. Se utilizó un tipo de análisis de contenido llamado “análisis temático secuencial”, que se fue cons...
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El presente artículo trata de un proceso psicoterapéutico de duelo y ruptura afectiva. Se organizó el contexto de comprensión e intervención desde un modelo de orientación cognitivo postracionalista. El eje articulador del proceso psicoterapéutico fue generar un contexto interpersonal que facilitara al cliente una gradual exploración experiencial a...
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In this article I explore the utility of incorporating concepts of the cultural psychology and narrative techniques in the practical post-rationalist. The thesis that guides the development of the present work, is that the itself is a process that is essential part of a structure hermeneutic global called organization of personal meaning, that whic...

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