Proceso Psicoeducativo Orientado a la Gestión Emocional en Adolescentes de 13 a 17 años en un Centro de Salud Pública

Abstract

This work focuses on systematizing the experience of the psychoeducational process developed with adolescents aged 13 to 17 at a public health center in the city of Guayaquil. It is generally known that adolescence is a complex life cycle stage where individuals experience a great diversity of changes at physical, emotional, and psychosocial levels. For this reason, it is crucial to provide young people with tools on emotional management and intelligence, skills that are vital at this stage. The goal is to help and support adolescents as they navigate this process, while they attempt to understand the emotions they experience, the circumstances that cause them, and how to act accordingly. This systematization is approached from a qualitative perspective, focusing on describing the psychoeducational process of adolescents during the project. A broader perspective was achieved regarding the pathologies and problems that an adolescent may face. However, throughout this process, limitations were encountered, such as the fact that the area was high-risk or that initially, the parents were not fully committed. Despite this, the techniques and socialization sessions showed progressive advances in each of the participants. The results indicated an improvement in the adolescents' self-awareness, denoting progress in emotional management through the workshops conducted in each session, the parents' observations regarding better behavior in their children, and the adolescents' own narrated experiences.