Satisfaction and quality of life in psychotherapy: a pilot study in a school-clinic

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: School clinics are recommended by psychology’s degrees as a service for the experience and practical performance for students. Knowing the importance of psychotherapies as a means of promoting quality of life and satisfaction with life, this study sought to verify the influence of psychotherapy, carried out by academics from the 10th period of psychology, in these constructs. METHOD: The participants scheduled for individual psychotherapy, in their different theories, were evaluated in two stages, at the beginning of an academic semester and at the end. WHOQOL-Bref and The Life Satisfaction Scale were used as measuring instruments. RESULTS: 11 people participated in the two evaluations (60% women, Average = 41 years). The paired t test was performed to compare the averages in the two assessments, with a significant increase in satisfaction with life and in the physical and psychological domains of quality of life, the social and environmental domains showed a tendency to increase, although not statistically significant. DISCUSSION: The predominance of women in the study meets the total number of patients seen by the clinic. The significant increase in these constructs from psychological interventions corroborates intervention studies of the same nature. Complementary studies about the influence of psychotherapy on quality of life and satisfaction with life, in the context of school clinics, can support the realization of new scientific investigations in this context, something challenging in view of the demands inherent to the service.