Jealousy: A case of application of functional analytic psychotherapy

Abstract

Jealousy is defined nowaday for some authors in clinical behavioral psychology, like an atypical presentation of obssessive-compulsive disorder. Treatment for this disorder usually includes in vivo exposure and response prevention. However, they are also some empirical and conceptual alternatives in the field of jealousy, such as functional contextualism. In order to demonstrate this conceptual and pragmatic alternatives, a case study sucessfully discharged using Kohlenberg and Tsai's (1991) functional analytic psychotherapy is presented. After two years since discharge, results are still mantained.