The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness an emotion‐focused couple therapy intervention for resolving emotional injuries. Twenty couples acting as their own waitlist controls were offered a 10–12‐session treatment help resolve unresolved anger and hurt from betrayal, abandonment, or identity insult that they had been unable at least 2 years. Treated fared significantly better on all outcome measures over period compared period. They showed significant improvement in dyadic...

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,...

Early-, middle-, and late-phase client emotional arousal, perceptual processing strategies, working alliance were examined in relation to treatment outcome on 4 measures 32 clients who previously underwent experiential therapy for depression. Hierarchical regression analyses relating these variables indicated that results varied depending the therapeutic process, phase of treatment, measure involved analyses. Mid-therapy arousal predicted improvements self-esteem, whereas mid- late...

In this study, we measured emotional processing and the alliance across 3 phases of therapy (beginning, working, termination) for 74 clients who each received brief experiential psychotherapy depression. Using path analysis, proposed tested a model relationships between these 2 processes how relate to predict improvement in domains depressive general symptoms, self-esteem, interpersonal problems after treatment. Both significantly increased therapy. Controlling both client at beginning...

This exploratory study examined specific emotion processes and cognitive problem-solving in individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD), assessed the relationship of these changes to treatment outcome. Emotion were using Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Linguistic Inquiry Word Count, Derogatis Affect Balance Problem Solving Inventory. Participants who showed greater improvements affect balance, problem solving, ability identify describe emotions on outcome, balance remaining...

Clinically depressed individuals have consistently been shown to demonstrate a bias for overgeneral autobiographical memory (ABM) disclosure, strategy used protect against the access of intense, primary emotions that may accompany specific memories. The present study examined how ABM specificity in client narratives was related expressed emotional arousal brief emotion-focused and client-centred psychotherapy depression. Emotion episodes identified two early-, middle-, late-therapy...

Pascual-Leone and Greenberg's sequential model of emotional processing has been used to explore process in over 24 studies. This line research shows good psychotherapy often follows a order, supporting saw-toothed pattern change within individual sessions (progressing "2-steps-forward, 1-step-back"). However, one cannot assume that local in-session patterns are scalable across an entire course therapy. Thus, the primary objective this exploratory study was consider how identified by...

Experiential empirically supported treatments for depression assume that both arousal and experiencing of emotion are necessary good treatment outcomes. The current study examined the importance emotional to outcome during 32 experiential therapies major depression. theory assumes is important because it facilitates further processing. relative contribution was within phases therapy. Two main hypotheses were explored. (1) We hypothesized would indirectly predict mediated by (2) we therapy...

Abstract Emotion‐focused therapy (EFT) is an empirically supported treatment of depression, and integrative, transdiagnostic approach focusing on transforming emotions that are the cause a person's emotional pain suffering. In‐session experiential work two‐chair interventions consolidated expanded by between‐session homework which viewed as natural extension in‐session work. As focus emotion in EFT necessitates provision safe, attuned, empathic relationship good collaboration tasks goals use...

EFT is an empirically supported treatment of depression for individuals, and also considered to be integrative, transdiagnostic therapy approach focusing on emotions that are the cause a client’s emotional pain suffering. The target facilitate processing change unhealthy emotion schemes underlie current symptoms depression. therapist highly attuned moment-by-moment process promote in-session work emotion, alongside experiential teaching. In-session consolidated expanded by between-session...