Equine-assisted psychotherapy with traumatized couples-improvement of relationship quality and psychological symptoms.

摘要: Many traumatised individuals suffering from deployment related PTSD report severe problems in their relationships. Up until now, the therapeutic interventions used by German Armed Forces have rarely targeted these through integration of partners. For this reason, a Program designed specifically for couples was developed. In prospective study equine-assisted psychotherapy applied to soldiers and spouses. The population consisted n = 36 couples, divided 20 therapy group with inpatient intervention 16-couples control group. After intervention, numerous significant improvements occurred areas current, somatic communication problems, depressive symptoms partnership quality but not reduced significantly on sub-scale associated negative thoughts. These results show that is an effective way improve reduce stressors partners afflicted service members face.