TITLE:
Interview with Dr. Miguel Ángel Roca Perara about Psychological Intervention in Cuba: “Human Beings Are Made of a Complicated Substance”
AUTHORS:
Montse Rovira
KEYWORDS:
Causes of Stress in Cuba, Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Psychotherapy in Cuba, Psychological Approaches, Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.8 No.10,
August
7,
2017
ABSTRACT: The article is based on an interview with Prof. Miguel ángel Roca Perara, University of Havana about psychological intervention in Cuba. Trough out his professional career as a clinician and professor, he discusses the different psychological approaches as well as several types of psychotherapy in order to help improving the well-being of clients in Cuba, highlighting the major psychological problems in the country. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy are specially recognized as the more useful to be used in psychological intervention.