The Effect of Group Counselling Base on Existential Approach on Life Attitude and Spiritual well being of Patients with type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes can affect the patient`s regularity of life and it`s results Has an important psychological consequences such as altarnation of life attitude and spiritual well being. The aim of current research is to investigate the effectiveness of existential group counselling in life attitude and spiritual well being of patients with type 2 diabetes.

In this study 24 members of patients whith type 2 dibetes who were the members of Guilan Diabetes Association were selected randomly and were categorized in control and exprimental groups ( N= 12 per group). Both groups were pretested. The exprimental group participated in 8 sessions of goroup counseling based on existential approach and control group received no intervention. Finally, the post-test was performed; the data analyzed using analysis of convariance.

The result show that there are significant diffrences between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group and Existential Psychotherapy could significantly change the life attitude and increase spiritual well being patients with type 2 diabetes ( P<0/01).

The result show that Existential Psychotherapy group counseling can change the life attitude and increase spiritual well being patientes with type 2 diabetes. Thus interventions based on this approch lead to increase mental health.