The investigation and comparison of the efficacy of emotionally focused couple therapy and solution focused couple therapy on reducing fear of intimacy and increasing couples' sexual satisfaction

This researchwas conducted to aim investigate and compare the training of emotionally focused couple therapy and solution focused couple therapy on reducing fear of intimacy and increasing couples' sexual satisfaction. This research was the type of quasi-experimental of type with pretest, posttest and follow-up with the control group. The population of this study is was consisted 30 couples referred to counseling centers (Grohamrah and Mehravar) in Tehran city. Scale (FIS) and that were assigned randomly to three group emotionally focused therapy couple (10 couples), solution focused therapy couples (10 couples), and control group (10 couples). The exeriment groups participated in 8 sessions of 90-minutes of emotionally focused couple therapy and solution focused couple therapy, and they were assemented in the fear of intimacy and sexual satisfaction variables three stages of pretest, posttest and follow-up (two-month). The data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance (mixed). The results showed that the emotionally focused couple therapy and solution focused couple therapy are effective in decreasing the fear of intimacy and increasing sexual satisfaction, and also the group of emotionally focused couple therapy more affective than the group of solution focused couple therapy. Therefore, the group training of emotionally focused couple therapy and solution focused couple therapy can be used as an effective therapeutic methods to increase intimacy and sexual satisfaction in couples.