Therapeutic Cycles Model (TCM): instrument of evalution of psychotherapeutic process

The objective of this study was to present the Brazilian version of Therapeutic Cycles Model (TCM) from the analysis of a psychoanalytic psychotherapeutical process. TCM is a method of computer analysis of texts by identifying key-moments in the speech of the patient, therapist, or both in interaction. The analysis is performed with the software (Cycles Model), which provides word lists of emotional tone and abstractions, allowing classification of text into two categories: emotional and cognitive content of utterances in the session. We have tried to illustrate a possibility of TCM's use from a psychotherapy session. Exploratory analysis of the contents verbalized by the double patient and psychotherapist demonstrated that this instrument helps in identifying clinically significant moments in speech of the patient in individual sessions. Thus, the TCM can be a tool in comprehending psychotherapeutic processes, helping psychotherapist in practice.