Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy With Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Pilot Study

Ghedin, Simona; Semi, Alberto; Caccamo, Floriana; Caldironi, Luca; Marogna, Cristina; Piccione, Francesco; Stabile, Rosaria; Lorio, Rita; Vidotto, Giulio

doi:10.1080/01926187.2016.1223562

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“…The presence of nursing staff has an important value for patients because it has allowed the connection between the psychic and the body since the nurses are the operators present with greater continuity in the various stages of rehabilitation and who can process the affects through the experience of the group (Caccamo, Ghedin, & Marogna, 2017 ).…”

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“…The goal is changing patients’ perception of life and their approach to it (Da Vico et al, 2014 ; Molinari, Compare, & Parati, 2007 ). The group psychotherapist tries to support the patients and help them manage their perceived feelings and emotions, caused by their heart disease condition (Dis, 2003 ; Ghedin et al, 2017 ), through support interventions. For example, to the following thoughts of a patient – What happens with the passage of time in an uninhabited house?…”

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The perception of the illness and the self-efficacy in the management of emotions in cardiac patients

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Caccamo

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Cardiac rehabilitation is the sum of psychological, physical and social treatments that are offered to cardiac patients to maintain or regain an active position in society. This study wants to evaluate changes in the perception of the illness and in the self-efficacy of the management of positive and negative emotions in patients who went through cardiac rehabilitation. Sixty-seven patients (20 females, 47 males) were selected within the cardiac rehabilitation unit in the Hospital of Cittadella (Italy). Illness Perception Questionnaire - revised version and the Scale for the self-efficacy of the management of positive and negative emotions were submitted at the beginning and at the end of the rehabilitation program. One-way analyses-of-variance were performed to evaluate different answers in questionnaires between pre- and post-evaluation, and to explore gender differences. A significant change was found in the perception of duration of illness, perceived as permanent and longer after the cardiac rehabilitation program. Furthermore, at the end of the cardiac rehabilitation program men perceived the illness more chronic than women, even if they are less worried and anxious. Intensive cardiac rehabilitation has a great emotional impact on cardiac patients, influencing their perception and management of the illness. Working on emotions, through psychological groups, helps patients change their beliefs by offering them a different perspective to approach the illness.

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The perception of the illness and the self-efficacy in the management of emotions in cardiac patients

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“…Finally, emotionally focused therapy (EFT; Johnson, 2004 ) would be particularly appropriate to help couples become aware of the interrelational dynamics in which they find themselves. This approach would help them express their underlying feelings and needs so that the partners can understand each other better, readjust their behaviors, and thus reduce the feeling of individual and couple distress ( Ghedin et al, 2017 ). Through this process of emotional reconnection, the assisting partner could assume more of this role as a caregiver by providing support to the afflicted partner without being perceived as overbearing.…”

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Relationship Dynamics of Couples Facing Advanced-Stage Parkinson’s Disease: A Dyadic Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

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Background/ObjectiveSeveral studies have examined the impact of Parkinson’s disease (PD) on the quality of couples’ relationships. To date, few studies have explored how couples experience their relationship dynamic by taking into account the disease stage. The objectives of this study were to understand the experience of each partner and to study the mechanisms that underlie their couple organization in the advanced stage of PD.MethodsSemistructured individual interviews conducted with fifteen patients and their partners were the subject of a dyadic interpretative phenomenological analysis.ResultsThree themes were identified from the analysis: the first, “A Closeness That Separates,” allows the identification of different patterns of interactions that lead to emotional distancing between the partners; the second, “The Adversity Is Not Unbearable, But Going It Alone Would Be,” emphasizes the importance of how the assisting partner provides support; and the third, “Be Prepared for Anything and Facing an Uncertain Future,” reveals the extent and modes of the dyadic regulation of the emotions linked to what the future may hold.ConclusionPsychological support is important to help couples express both their feelings and their respective needs in the evolving context of PD.

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“…Compared with other measures of global marital satisfaction it is more sensitive to treatment effects ( Whisman and Jacobson, 1992 ). It has been previously used on similar cohorts ( Łapkiewicz et al, 2008 ; Kieffer-Kristensen and Teasdale, 2011 ; Ghedin et al, 2017 ).…”

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Marriage and Post-stroke Aphasia: The Long-Time Effects of Group Therapy of Fluent and Non-fluent Aphasic Patients and Their Spouses

Rasmus

Orłowska

2020

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Background Studies of therapy influence on after-aphasia marital relations are lacking. Much needs to be learned about the range of factors associated with couples benefiting from therapy. Understanding these issues is key to facilitating optimal post-aphasia outcomes from the perspective of the patient and his caretaking spouse. This paper reports an evaluation of a group therapy intervention conducted with aphasic people and their life partners. Methods The intervention comprised of 10 sessions of approximately 90 min duration and included two groups of couples, with fluent and non-fluent aphasic partner. The therapy program consisted of basic communication activities within the group which encouraged sharing of personal experience but mostly relied on psychoeducation, gaining knowledge about after-stroke aphasia. The respondents were interviewed and completed neuropsychological assessment. Quality of marriage was determined using Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Marital adjustment was measured twice, before intervention and after 6 months. Long-time effects of therapy included a significant mean difference in quality of marriage between therapy attendants and controls. Marital relationship decline seems to be worse amongst control subjects, who were not involved in any kind of psychological support. In spite of initial non-distressed relationship they report deterioration of their bond in half a year’s time. We also showed changes in dynamics of quality of marriage during this time in all investigated groups. The implications of these findings for counseling services are discussed.

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Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy With Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Pilot Study

Cited by 14 publications

References 28 publications

The perception of the illness and the self-efficacy in the management of emotions in cardiac patients

The perception of the illness and the self-efficacy in the management of emotions in cardiac patients

Relationship Dynamics of Couples Facing Advanced-Stage Parkinson’s Disease: A Dyadic Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Marriage and Post-stroke Aphasia: The Long-Time Effects of Group Therapy of Fluent and Non-fluent Aphasic Patients and Their Spouses

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