{
  "creator": [
    "Bodenmann, Guy",
    "Kessler, Mirjam",
    "Kuhn, Rebekka",
    "Hocker, Lauren",
    "Randall, Ashley K."
  ],
  "date": [
    "2020-09-30"
  ],
  "description": [
    "Background: Couples and families often seek therapy to deal with relational distress, which is a result of external or internal factors of the relationship. Two approaches are acknowledged to be most effective in dealing with relationship distress or psychological disorders in couples: (a) cognitive behavioral couple therapy with new directions (CBCT) and (b) emotion-focused couple therapy (EFCT). In this article we investigate how much CBCT and EFCT really differ with regard to working with emotions, which is claimed to be a major focus of EFCT, and whether there exist significant differences in efficacy between these two approaches.Method: This article critically reviews the theoretical background, process, techniques and outcomes associated with CBCT and EFCT in an effort to challenge the assumptions noted above.Results: There is no evidence that EFCT is more emotion-focused than CBCT. Both approaches were repeatedly examined with RCT studies with follow-ups. In sum, no significant differences in effect size were found between CBCT and EFCT.Conclusion: CBCT and EFCT are both effective in reducing couples’ distress."
  ],
  "format": [
    "application/pdf",
    "text/html",
    "text/xml"
  ],
  "identifier": [
    "https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/2741",
    "10.32872/cpe.v2i3.2741"
  ],
  "language": [
    "eng"
  ],
  "publisher": [
    "PsychOpen GOLD / Leibniz Institut for Psychology (ZPID)"
  ],
  "relation": [
    "https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/2741/2741.pdf",
    "https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/2741/2741.html",
    "https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/2741/2741.xml"
  ],
  "rights": [
    "Copyright (c) 2020 Guy Bodenmann, Mirjam Kessler, Rebekka Kuhn, Lauren Hocker, Ashley K. Randall",
    "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
  ],
  "source": [
    "Clinical Psychology in Europe; Vol. 2 No. 3 (2020); 1-12",
    "2625-3410",
    "10.32872/cpe.v2i3"
  ],
  "subject": [
    "couple therapy",
    "cognitive behavioral couple therapy",
    "emotion-focused couple therapy",
    "efficacy"
  ],
  "title": [
    "Cognitive-Behavioral and Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy: Similarities and Differences"
  ],
  "type": [
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/article",
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"
  ]
}