La Persona del Terapeuta: Conceptualización, Estilo Personal e Investigación

The therapist, together with the patient, is one of the essential elements of the therapeutic relationship that makes up any form of psychotherapy. Currently, the accumulated knowledge allows us to identify some characteristics of the most effective therapists facilitating the understanding of the elements involved in the psychotherapeutic process and its effective outcome. In this paper, a conceptualization of the person of the therapist is formulated with the goal to support a framework for understanding their role in the psychotherapeutic process. In addition, it delves into the research on the Personal Style of the Therapist carried out in Ibero-America and reflection is given on the possible developments in the field.