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KMID : 1025820160240010047
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Family and Family Therapy
2016 Volume.24 No. 1 p.47 ~ p.71
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Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples with Attachment Injury
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Seo Mi-A
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused therapy (EFT) on changes in attachment injury and attachment styles by using methodological triangulation.
Methods: A total of nine couples participated in the study. Five to fifteen 90-minute sessions, once a week, were held at a Korean university-based couple-and-family counseling center. Triangulation was used in both collecting and analyzing the data. The Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test was used to test the differences pre- and post-, and content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data.
Results: The quantitative study results indicated that there were significant changes after EFT on attachment injury and attachment style among husbands, wives, and couple interactions, with the exception of avoidance attachment of husbands. The qualitative study results indicated that there were positive changes in perceptions of self, spouse, and couple interactions with EFT. A discovered theme in the study was “recovery from a cut-off relationship.”
Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that EFT can be used effectively for couples with attachment injuries.
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KEYWORD
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attachment injury, Emotion-Focused Therapy
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