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Ps. Alemka Tomicic, Ph.D.
Education
2001 Psychologist, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile.
2004 Training and certification in Systemic Psychotherapy for Family, Couple and Single
modality. Family Therapy Institute of Santiago, Chile.
2011 Doctor, Psychology Doctoral Program. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
University Teaching
Teaching in undergraduate and master's degree, in the areas: Psychotherapy research,
methodologies of qualitative research, and social psychology.
Lines of Research
Change processes in psychotherapy
Interaction and mutual regulation in psychotherapy
Non verbal behaviors within the psychotherapeutic interactions
Psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder
Development of specific techniques for psychotherapeutic process research
Research
2012-2013 I am the principal research at the study “Manifestation of depression in the
psychotherapeutic process: A case study”. Internal Funds for Research Development,
Universidad del Desarrollo Santiago, Chile.
2012-2015 I am an associate researcher of the study “Development and validation of a
tool to identify learning strategies used by medicine student in their transition from basic to
clinical cycle” Project FONDECYT N° 1120534, Santiago de Chile. Principal Researcher:
Dr. Marcela Bitrán.
2011-2014 I coordinate the study “Depression and Psychotherapy”, and I am postdoctoral
student at the study of “Neurophysiologic Correlates of Depression”. Núcleo Científico:
Intervención Psicológica y Cambio en Depresión. (2011-2014). Programa Iniciativa
Científica Milenio, Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo, Chile.

2011-2013 I am co-researcher of the study “Verbal and nonverbal mutual regulation in
relevant episodes of psychotherapy and their relation to the change process”. Project
FONDECYT N° 1110361, Santiago de Chile. Principal Researcher: Dr. Claudio Martínez.
2010-2011 I participated in the research "Study about learning strategies used by
Medicine and Odontology students, and their evolution through the carreer". Medicine
Education Center, Medicine Faculty, P. Universidad Católica de Chile. Principal
Researcher: Dr. Marcela Bitrán.
2008-2011 Doctoral Thesis Student in FONDECYT No 1080136 Project, "Interaction
therapeutic, expression of emotions and therapeutic alliance: Study of the essential
ingredients for the change in psychotherapy ", Principal Researcher: Mariane Krause, M.,
Co-researchers: De la Parra, G., & Vilches, O. Santiago, Chile.
2008-2009 Co-researcher at P. Universidad Católica de Chile-VRAID No 1080136
Project. "Therapeutic Dialog: Coordination vocal and its relationship with the change in
psychotherapy", Principal Researcher and Co-researchers: Alejandro Reinoso, Alemka
Tomicic, Claudio Martinez, Susanne Bauer, Eugenio Rodríguez & Marco Guzmán.
Santiago, Chile.
2006-2007 Research assistant at FONDECYT No 1060768 Project "Facilitating the
change in psychotherapy: effective and ineffective communicative interactions in different
psychotherapeutic modalities". Principal Researchers: Mariane Krause, Roberto Arístegui,
Guillermo De La Parra y Katherine Strasser. Santiago, Chile.
2003-2005 Research assistant at FONDECYT No 1030482 Project "Toward an effective
practice in psychotherapy: Study of episodes of exchange relevant, in different types of
psychotherapy, and its effects on therapeutic results". Principal Researchers: Mariane
Krause, Roberto Arístegui y Guillermo de la Parra. Santiago, Chile.
2005 I participated in the qualitative phase of the investigation "Life experience and
drugs abuse: qualitative study with people in rehabilitation treatment in CREDHO
Foundation", Foundation CREDHO and Alberto Hurtado University. Coordinator of the
qualitative phase of the study: José Antonio Román. Santiago, Chile.
2004 I participated in the investigation "The solidarity from the life of Chilean people and
from the calls to the solidarity action", Alberto Hurtado University funds for research,
Principal Researcher: José Antonio Román. Santiago, Chile.
2003-2004 I participated in the investigation "Family and work: construction of borders
and domains in women mapuche and not mapuche, micro-entrepreneurs of Cerro Navia,
and its relationship with the balance and the conflict in roles", Alberto Hurtado University
funds for research, Principal Researcher: José Antonio Román. Santiago, Chile.
1999 I participated in the investigation "Aspirations of the Chileans", Financing Program
of the United Nations for Development, Principal Researchers: Mariane Krause y Jorge
Manzi. Santiago, Chile.

Selected Publications
Martínez, C., Tomicic, A., & Medina, L. (2012). Dialogic discourse analysis of
psychotherapeutic dialog: Microanalysis of relevant psychotherapy episodes. International
Journal for Dialogical Science (IJDS), 6, (1).
Tschacher, W.; Tomicic, A.; Martínez, C. & Ramseyer, F. (In press). Formen der
Synchronie in dyadischer Interaktion [Forms of synchrony in dyadic interaction]. In: J. Witte
& J. Petersen (eds.) 27. Hamburger Symposium Sozialpsychologie (pp. x-xx). Lengerich:
Pabst Science.
Fernández, O.; Herrera, P.; Krause, M.; Pérez, J. C.; Valdés, N.; Vilches, O. & Tomicic, A.
(2012). Episodios de Cambio y Estancamiento en Psicoterapia: Características de la
comunicación verbal entre pacientes y terapeutas [Change and Stuck Episodes in
Psychotherapy: Characteristics of verbal communication between patients and therapists].
Accepted for publication in Terapia Psicológica.
Tomicic, A., Martínez, C., Chacón, L., & Reinoso, A. (2011). Patrones de Cualidad Vocal
en Psicoterapia: Desarrollo y estudio de confiabilidad de un sistema de codificación [Vocal
Quality Patterns in Psychotherapy: Development and reliability study of a coding system].
Psykhé, 20(1), 77-93.
Bauer, S., Tomicic, A., Martinez, C., Reinoso, A., Schäfer, H., Peukert, A., & Frangkouli,
A. (2010). Die Bedeutung von Stimme und Stimmklang im psychotherapeutischen Prozess
aus der Sicht der Patienten und Patientinnen [The meaning of the voice and the tone of
voice for the psychotherapeutic process from the patients' point of view]. Psychoanalyse &
Körper, 17(9), 27-50.
Valdés, N., Tomicic, A., Pérez, J.C., & Krause, M. (2010). Sistema de Codificación de la
Actividad Terapéutica (SCAT-1.0): Dimensiones y categorías de las acciones
comunicacionales de pacientes y psicoterapeutas [Therapeutic Activity Coding System
(TACS-1.0): Dimensions and Categories of Patients' and Psychotherapists'
Communicative Actions]. Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica, XIX, 117-130.
Tomicic, A., Martinez, C., Bauer, S., Reinoso, A., Guzmán, M., Chacón, D. (2010). El
Sonido de la Psicoterapia: Visión General de una Línea de Investigación [The sound of
psychotherapy: General visión of a research line]. Gaceta de Psiquiatría Universitaria, 6,
1, 98-107.
Altimir, C., Krause, M., de la Parra, G., Dagnino, P., Tomicic, A., Valdés, N., Echávarri,
O., Vilches, O., Reyes, L., Ramírez, I., & Arístegui, R. (2010) Clients', therapists' and
observers' perspectives on moments and contents of therapeutic change, Psychotherapy
Research, 20 (4) 472-487.
Valdés, N., Dagnino, P., Krause, M., Pérez, J., Altimir, C., Tomicic, A., Ramírez, I., & de la
Parra, G. (2010). Analysis of Verbalized Emotions in the Psychotherapeutic Dialogue
during Change Episodes. Psychotherapy Research, 20 (2): 136-150.

Tomicic, A. & Martínez Guzmán, C. (2009). La Variable Personalidad en el Estudio de la
Psicoterapia: ¿Medida de Resultado o Proceso? [Personality as a Variable in
Psychotherapy Research: Outcome or Process Measurement?]. Terapia Psicológica,
vol.27, N°1, p.51-60
Tomicic, A., Bauer, S., Martinez, C., Reinoso, A., & Guzmán, M. (2009). La voz como una
herramienta psicoterapéutica: La perspectiva de los terapeutas [The voice as a
psychotherapeutic tool: The perspective of therapists]. Revista Argentina de Clínica
Psicológica, 18 (3), 197-208.
Arístegui, R., Gaete, J., Munoz, G., Salazar, J., Vilches, O., Krause, M., Tomicic, A. &
Ramírez, I. (2008). Diálogos y autorreferencia: Procesos de cambio en psicoterapia desde
la perspectiva de los actos de habla [Dialogs and self-reference: processes of change in
psychotherapy from the perspective of the Speech Acts]. Revista Latinoamericana de
Psicología, 41, 2, 277-289.
Echávarri, O., González, A., Krause, M., Tomicic, A., Pérez, C., Dagnino, P., De la Parra,
G., Valdéz, N., Altimir, C., Vilches, O., Strasser, K., Ramírez, I., Reyes, L. (2009). Cuatro
terapias psicodinámicas breves, exitosas, estudiadas a través de los Indicadores de
Genéricos de Cambio [Four successful and brief psychodynamic therapies studied through
the Generic Change Indicators]. Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica, 18 (1), 5-19.
Tomicic, A., Martínez, C., Altimir, C., Bauer, S., y Reinoso, A. (2009). Coordinación Vocal
Como una Dimensión de la Regulación Mutua en Psicoterapia [Vocal Coordination as a
dimension of the mutual regulation in psychotherapy]. Revista Argentina de Clínica
Psicológica, 18 (1), 31- 41.
Reyes, L.; Arístegui, R.; Krause, M.; Strasser, K.; de la Parra, G.; Tomicic, A.; Dagnino,
O.,; Vilches, O.; & Valdés, N. (2008). Language and Therapeutic Change: A Speech Acts
Analysis. Psychotherapy Research, 18, 355-362.
Krause, M., de la Parra, G., Arístegui, R., Dagnino, P., Tomicic, A., Valdés, N., Echávarri,
O., Vilches, O., Ben-Dov, P., Strasser, K., Reyes, L., Altimir, C., Ramírez, I. (2007). The
evolution of therapeutic change studied through generic change indicators. Psychotherapy
Research, 17, 6, 673 - 689.
Arístegui, R., Reyes, L., Tomicic, A., Vilches, O., Krause, M., De La Parra, G., Ben-Dov,
P., Echavárri, O., Valdés, N (2004). Actos de Habla en la Conversación Terapéutica
[Speech Acts in the therapeutic conversation]. Revista Terapia Psicológica, 22, 131-143.
Krause, M., De la Parra, G., Arístegui, R., Tomicic, A., Dagnino, P., Echávarri, O., Valdés,
N. Vilches, O., Ben-Dov, P., Altimir, C. (2006). Indicadores de cambio genéricos en la
investigación psicoterapéutica [Generic change indicators in the psychotherapeutic
research]. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología, 38, 299-325.
Román, J. A., Avendano, C., Tomicic, A. (2004). Mujer, trabajo y familia [Woman, work
and family].Revista Persona y Sociedad, XVIII, 3, 321-343.
Román, J. A., Avendano, C., Tomicic, A. (2004). Conflicto y equilibrio en la relación
trabajo-familia: un estudio con mujeres trabajadoras por cuenta propia [Conflict and

alance in the relation work-family: a study with women independent workers]. Revista
Persona y Sociedad, XVIII, 1, 51-76.
Román, J. A. & Tomicic, A. (2003). Investigació del Conflicte i Estratégies de Resolució
[Investigation of the conflict and strategies of resolution]. In J. A. Román (coordinator),
Psicologia del Conflicte i la Litigació [Psychology of the conflict and the litigation].
Barcelona: Universidad Oberta de Catalunya.
Contact
Universidad del Desarrollo
Department of Psychology
E-mail: atomicic@udd.cl