Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples: The Client Change Process and Therapist Interventions

作者: Dino Zuccarini , Susan M. Johnson , Tracy L. Dalgleish , Judy A. Makinen

DOI: 10.1111/J.1752-0606.2012.00287.X

关键词: PsychotherapistIntervention (counseling)Emotionally focused therapyInterpersonal communicationContext (language use)Process (engineering)PsychologyDistressForgivenessPsychological intervention

摘要: This article presents psychotherapy process research findings related to the forgiveness and reconciliation model, known as Attachment Injury Resolution Model (AIRM), within context of emotionally focused therapy for couples (EFT). Outcomes EFT an intervention general relationship distress AIRM have been successfully tested. Audiotapes nine resolved nonresolved couple cases were used study client change process, validity AIRM, interventions at each stage model. Study suggest clients engaged deeply with their internal experience more deliberate controlled in processing affiliative interpersonal responses comparison couples. Resolved versus in-session performances discriminated on basis four model components. These associated significant shifts from secondary reactive emotions primary attachment–related emotional injurious incident interactions that focus shaping responsiveness. Key

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