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KMID : 0608020120200030403
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Korean Journal of Family Therapy
2012 Volume.20 No. 3 p.403 ~ p.429
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Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples with a Wife Experiencing Hwabyung
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Ahn Hye-Sang
Choi Jung-Sook
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Abstract
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Objectives: Hwabyung is a unique Korean somatization disorder that manifests as one or more physical symptoms in response to emotional distress. The researchers of this study attempted to define the therapeutic efficacy of Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) byapplying the model to a couple experiencing hwabyung.
Methods: Ten 90-minute sessions of EFT were carried out with a couple experiencing hwabyung. On the first and last sessions, the researchers performed tests based on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Kansas Marital Satisfaction scale, and Hwabyung scale to identify the pre- and post-counseling differences. The researchers also conducted post-session interviews with the participants.
Results: The EFT sessions resulted in an improvement of the wife’s hwabyung, therapeutic improvements in the couple’s ratings of depression, an increase in the wife’s marital satisfaction, restructuring of the emotional experience, and restructuring of the couple’s core interactions.
Conclusions: EFT appears to be an effective model for improving symptoms and increasing marital satisfaction in couples with a spouse experiencing hwabyung.
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KEYWORD
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hwabyung, Emotionally Focused Therapy, EFT
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