El método 'Investigaciones Dialógicas de Cambio' para el análisis del Proceso Terapéutico en Terapia de Pareja: traducción y aplicación al contexto Español

This article presents the translation and adaptation ofthe method “Dialogical Investigations of change” (DIC)(Seikkula, Laitila & Rober, 2012). to the Spanish language. This method is embedded in the dialogical approach and the Open Dialogue (OD) (Seikkula &Olson, 2005; Seikkula & Trimble, 2005) practice for the psychotherapeutic treatment. The main concepts of the OD are briefly reviewed and the DIC method is presented. One couple therapy session is analyzed to demonstrate its application and results. Result showeda change in the clients’ positions and voices during the therapeutic process. Moreover, the therapists’ strategies to generate dialogue and promote change in therapy, are shown in the results. Finally, the contributions that this method can generate for the analysis of the dialogical characteristics of cases with good and bad outcome, to detect therapists’ strategies to increase the therapeutic outcome and to explore the dialogical process in moments of change in therapy.