학술논문
The effectiveness of imagery work in schema therapy with couples: a clinical experiment comparing the effects of imagery rescripting and cognitive interventions in brief schema couples therapy.
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Article
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Subject
*COGNITIVE therapy
*COMPARATIVE studies
*CROSSOVER trials
*GROUP psychotherapy
*PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*PSYCHOTHERAPY
*STATISTICAL sampling
*SPOUSES
*VISUALIZATION
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*COUPLES therapy
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ISSN
1468-1994
Abstract
Schema therapy has shown good effectiveness in individual and group settings. Experiential techniques, in particular, seem to contribute to those effects. In a randomized controlled trial with 12 couples, we compared the effects of couple imagery rescripting exercises and a cognitive intervention based on the schema therapy model in a crossover design. We measured the couples' sense of closeness, using daily VAS-scales, and on mood (BDI-II). Imagery rescripting showed significantly stronger effects on the felt closeness and mood of both partners than schema model-based cognitive therapy techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]