Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples in the Treatment of Depression: A Pilot Study

Dessaulles, André; Johnson, Susan M.; Denton, Wayne H.

doi:10.1080/01926180390232266

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“…Furthermore, in the literature review for the treatment of depression in couples, the similar treatment of emotion-focused cognitive therapy such as emotion-focused therapy is mentioned. Dessaulles and Johnson [29] examined the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples in the Treatment of Depression. In this study, Emotion-Focused Therapy for couples was compared to pharmacotherapy in the treatment of a major depressive disorder.…”

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“…Whisman [6] conducted a meta-analysis on 26 studies, where both depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction were assessed and found that "... the weighted mean effect size (correlation) between depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction [7]. Many studies have shown the relationship between depression and marital problems and have identified a significant relationship between marital distress and depression symptoms in married people [8; 9; 10].…”

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The Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Cognitive Therapy in Decreasing Depression due to Marital Relationship Problems

Hashemi¹,

Kimiaei²

2017

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Marital distress and marital relationship problems are effective in generation and acceleration of depression. Depression is a significant contributor to the global burden of disease and affects people in all communities across the world. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of emotion-focused cognitive therapy in decreasing depression caused due to marital relationship problems. The design of this study was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. The research population consisted of all couples referred to the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Clinic of Psychology. 10 couples with marital problems were selected by convenience sampling, and randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group received emotion-focused cognitive therapy while the control group received no treatment. The research measurement instruments consisted of BDI-II and CPQ. ANCOVA models were used to test the study hypothesis. The results showed that EFCT had been effective in decreasing depression due to marital relationship problems (P < 0.001). The results of our study not only demonstrated that the importance of cognition and emotion in marital relationship but also product useful information about effectiveness of EFCT on depression caused due to marital relationship problems for researchers, counselors and psychotherapists.

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The Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Cognitive Therapy in Decreasing Depression due to Marital Relationship Problems

Hashemi¹,

Kimiaei²

2017

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“…Talvez na queixa da esposa da Família 2 estivesse implícito também que estava sendo muito difícil para os dois se adaptarem à nova situação de ser efetivamente uma família, com um bebê que dependia muito do cuidado deles. (Dessaulles et al, 2003;Linares & Campo, 2000;Mayor, 2004 …”

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Depressão pós-parto: evidências a partir de dois casos clínicos

Frizzo

Prado

Linares

et al. 2010

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ResumoO presente estudo examinou a conjugalidade em duas famílias em que a esposa apresentava depressão pós-parto, com base no Inventário Beck de Depressão e em uma entrevista diagnóstica. Os maridos não apresentavam depressão. Foi utilizado delineamento de estudo de casos para investigar como a conjugalidade era vivenciada nesse contexto. As entrevistas foram realizadas individualmente com ambos membros do casal, tendo sido gravadas e posteriormente transcritas. Os resultados revelaram que a conjugalidade estava sendo experienciadas com dificuldades em ambas as famílias, mas de maneira particular em cada caso, especialmente com relação à comunicação entre o casal e conseqüente estrutura da relação conjugal. Os resultados corroboraram a literatura, que associa a depressão com dificuldades na conjugalidade, mas indicam que há diferentes aspectos que podem ser afetados em cada família. Palavras-chave: Depressão pós-parto; Conjugalidade; Relacionamento conjugal. AbstractThe present study investigated the conjugality in two families in which the wife had postpartum depression, according to the Beck Depression Inventory and a diagnostic interview. The husbands did not have depression. A case-study design was used in order to analyze how conjugality was being experienced in this context. The interviews were individually conducted with both members of the couple. They were audiotaped and transcribed. The results revealed that the conjugality was being experienced with difficulties in both families, but in a particular way in each case, especially regarding the communication between the couple and the structure of the matrimonial relationship. The results corroborated with the literature, which associates the depression with difficulties in the conjugality, but they indicate that there are different aspects that may be affected in each family. Keywords: Postpartum depression; Conjugality; Marital relationship. O objetivo do presente estudo foi compreender a conjugalidade em famílias cuja esposa apresentava depressão pós-parto. Existem muitos estudos que investigaram a maternidade nesse contexto (Field, 1995;Schwengber, 2007;Schwengber & Piccinini, 2005), mas poucos têm examinado a conjugalidade. De forma geral, os estudos que investigaram a conjugalidade nesse contexto (Cramer & Palácio-Espasa, 1993;Cummings, Keller, & Davies, 2005;Linares & Campo, 2000;Mayor, 2004;Prado, 1996;Trad, 1997), indicaram uma associação entre depressão e problemas conjugais. Há um certo consenso na literatura de que, independente de eventuais quadros clínicos, existe um efeito de contaminação de problemas conjugais na parentalidade (Frizzo, Kreutz, Schmidt, Piccinini, & Bosa, 2005;Kitzmann, 2000;Minuchin 1974Minuchin /1982, assim, a compreensão da conjugalidade nesse momento pode também ajudar num melhor exercício da parentalidade, em um momento quando as primeiras relações com o bebê estão se estabelecendo.A depressão pós-parto é um diagnóstico relativamente recente na literatura (Nonacs & Cohen, 2005). No entanto, os autores têm sido consis...

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“…EFT is also used with couples suffering from trauma (Johnson, 2002), depression (Dessaulles, Johnson, & Denton, 2003;Whiffen & Johnson, 1998), and chronic illness such as heart disease (Kowal, Johnson, & Lee, 2003). It is used with older (Bradley & Palmer, 2003), and gay couples (Josephson, 2003).…”

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