Differential effects of emotion-focused therapy and psychoeducation in facilitating forgiveness and letting go of emotional injuries.

• DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.55.2.185
• Publication Date: 2008-04-14T18:41:39Z
• Authors: Leslie J. Greenberg; Serine H. Warwar; Wanda M. Malcolm
• Keywords: Psychoeducation; Forgiveness; Hostility

This study compared the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy (EFT) involving gestalt empty-chair dialogue in treatment individuals who were emotionally injured by a significant other with psychoeducation group designed to deal these injuries. In addition, this examined aspects emotional process forgiveness resolving interpersonal injuries and investigated relationship between letting go distressing feelings forgiveness. A total 46 clients assessed as having unresolved, interpersonal, randomly assigned an individual EFT or group. Clients at pretreatment, posttreatment, 3-month follow-up on measures forgiveness, go, depression, global symptoms, key target complaints. Results indicated that using showed significantly more improvement than all well symptoms