Cognitive Therapy in Patients Failing ART

Participants in the TBCT intervention arm will have 14 (fourteen) psychotherapy sessions over a period of 7 (seven) months. The frequency of the intervention is biweekly with a duration of approximately 90 minutes per session. We will have10 groups with 5 participants each. All participants will practice the learned techniques during the meetings, have a manual with a description summary of the sessions and the activities to practice at home. The main TBCT techniques that will be used are case conceptualization, intrapersonal thought record, consensual role-play, action plan, trial-based thought record and trial-based metacognitive awareness.

"Participants with therapeutic failure, receiving the standard healthcare in the HIV / AIDS Program, which includes at least a half-yearly psychology and pharmaceutical chemist consultations (approximately half an hour each).~The purpose of these consultations is to approach the importance of adherence and psychoeducation on HIV"