This case study discusses the problems inherent in the experience of a 55 year old man, evidenced by a pattern of distress faced with the past and intolerance toward the present. A permanent anxiety was evident that translated into a latent awareness of the conflict between the self and his real experience. The knowledge of his actual experience indicated a schizoid personality organization with significant depressivity and frequent suicidal ideation. The psychotherapeutic intervention was designed with the aim of facilitating personal growth and integrating personal transformation, social demands and the future expectations of the patient. The Methodological procedures used were directed toward the free expression of his feelings from the perspective of an intervention based on the Person Centered Aproach. The results reveal a growing process of personal liberation evidenced by the expression of feelings and greater self-acceptance. Throughout the psycotherapeutic process higher psychossocial adaptation of the patient was evidenced.
Social support; Depression; Schizoid personality disorder; Depressive disorder