摘要：Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP, Kohlenberg & Tsai, 1991) is a powerful treatment itself and also an integrative approach with any therapy producing synergistic results. It emphasizes the use of the therapeutic relationship to bring about change in clients by focusing on direct and natural contingencies that occur in session. This contextual therapy has proven to be useful for treating people who have long-term problems, vague in its definition, related to difficulties in relationships of intimacy. This paper exposed the improvement of a hostile therapeutic relationship through FAP. A case of a young woman with mild intellectual disability and a history of suspected mistreatment and family abandonment, which presented difficulties in intimate relationships, is presented. The results of this intervention indicate an improvement in the intimacy of relationships generalizes to other areas of the life of the client.
