Systematic studies on Psychotherapy processes, even of a prevention kind, are scarce in Brazilian clinic-schools. Current proposal focuses Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (BPP) conducted by students in a clinic-school context. Depression, anxiety degrees and neuroticism in first-year volunteer students of the Psychology undergraduate course (N=6) are evaluated at the start, end and six months after BPP ending (follow-up). Depression and Anxiety Beck Scales (BDI/BAI) and the Emotional/Neuroticism Adjustment were employed. The weekly sessions, a total of 10, were recorded in audio and observed in a room provided with unidirectional mirror. As a rule, changes, occurring in analyzed variables, were more evident from the start to the 10th session and when BDI and BAI Scales were used as measurements. Eventual gains at the end have not always been kept in follow-up.
Psychoanalytical psychotherapy; focal psychotherapy; clinic-school
