Bilingüismo y Psicoterapia
Abstract
La literatura sobre el proceso psicoterapéutico en individuos bilingües sugiere que el bilingüismo de una persona puede afectar el proceso y/o el resultado del mismo. El incremento de la migración mundial ha dado como consecuencia la presencia de miles de individuos en países donde no se habla su lengua nativa y considerando que muchos de ellos pueden llegar a necesitar servicios psicológicos, este artículo explora ciertos fenómenos asociados con el bilingüismo que tienen importantes implicaciones para la tarea psicoterapéutica. Nuestro objetivo es establecer con claridad las razones por las cuales consideramos de gran importancia que el terapeuta trabajando con pacientes bilingües esté familiarizado con dichos fenómenos y con su posible influencia en la evaluación diagnóstica y en el tratamiento de los mismos. Además, deseamos contribuir a ampliar la exploración de la influencia del bilingüismo en psicoterapia, formulando algunas preguntas de posible consideración en futuros estudios sobre este tema.
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