The effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Therapy on silencing the self and emotional intimacy in divorce seeking women

Divorce is a risk factor for many forms of dysfunction and psychological pathology in families. Silencing Self and the inability to establish emotional intimacy between couples can lead to problems and the demand for divorce. The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on silencing the self-repression and emotional intimacy in divorce seeking women. It was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest, posttest, and control group design. The statistical population of the study included all seeking  divorce women in Behbahan in 2020. The samples of this study consisted of 30 divorce seeking women (15 experimental and 15 control groups) who were selected through available sampling and according to inclusion criteria. The experimental group received eight ninety-minute sessions during two months while the control group didn’t receive this intervention during conducting the study. The questionnaires in the study included The Silencing the Self Scale (STSS) and the Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships (PAIR). The results showed that compassion-focused therapy has been effective in Silencing the self and emotional intimacy. According to the findings of the present study, compassion-focused therapy can be suggested as an efficient method to increase emotional intimacy and decrease Silencing the self in divorce seeking women.