Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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The effect of emotionally focused couple therapy (EFCT) on shame and intimacy in couples: a randomized controlled trial (RCT)

Mirzazade, Zahra, Molazade, Javad, Hadianfard, Habib, et al.
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This randomized controlled trial tested Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) with 26 married couples. Couples were randomly assigned to an EFCT group or a control group. The study measured shame and intimacy and found that, compared with the control group, EFCT significantly reduced shame and significantly increased intimacy (p <…

Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Emotions and Moral Behavior Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
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