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Testing Claims Of Efficacy And Mechanism Of Action For Emotion Focused Couples Therapy: A Dyadic Case Study Using Time-Series Design, Albert Jun-Wei Wong
Testing Claims Of Efficacy And Mechanism Of Action For Emotion Focused Couples Therapy: A Dyadic Case Study Using Time-Series Design, Albert Jun-Wei Wong
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The overall purpose of this study was to test claims regarding both the efficacy and mechanism of change for Emotion Focused Couple Therapy (EFT). Although a number of treatment outcome studies have been conducted on EFT, the vast majority of these studies emanate from the research laboratories associated with the two founders of EFT. Additionally, most EFT research has examined treatment outcome rather than mechanisms of change. This study used a time-series single-case experimental design approach to examine both the efficacy and the mechanisms of change in EFT for couple distress. I systematically tracked the symptoms of couple distress across …