Duygu Odaklı Terapiye Genel Bir Bakış

Year 2021, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 77 - 95, 27.12.2021

Özge Enez

Abstract

Duygu odaklı terapi; hümanistik-deneyimsel terapiye dayalı (örneğin; danışan
merkezli terapi, Gestalt terapi, bağlanma teorisi ve aile sistemleri teorisi)
bütünleştirici bir yaklaşımdır. Duygu odaklı terapi, psikoterapide duyguların
önemini vurgular ve duygular, müdahalelerin ana bileşenleri olarak değerlendirilir.
Duygu odaklı terapi duygusal süreçlerle çalışmak için benzersiz bir çerçeve sağlar ve
danışanların duygusal deneyimlerini tetiklemek ve dönüştürmek için hedefe yönelik teknikler
kullanır. Bu derleme makalesi, duygu odaklı terapinin temel ilkeleri, terapi sürecinin aşamaları, duygu
odaklı terapi teknikleri ve duygu odaklı terapinin etkili olduğu psikolojik sorunlar hakkında bilgi vererek
duygu odaklı terapinin temel yönlerini ele almayı ve danışanlar ve klinisyenler için duygu odaklı
terapinin önemini vurgulamayı amaçlamıştır. Duygu odaklı terapinin diğer yaklaşımlara göre nispeten
daha az uygulanan bir yaklaşım olduğu ve literatürde duygu odaklı terapi çalışmalarının nispeten az
olduğu göz önüne alındığında, bu derleme makalesi duygu odaklı terapinin Türkiye’deki kliniklerde
daha sık uygulanan bir yaklaşım haline gelmesini ve duygu odaklı terapi konusundaki araştırmaların
artmasını sağlayabilir.

Keywords

Duygu, Duygu Değerlendirmesi, Duygu Düzenleme, Duygu Şemaları, Duygu Odaklı Terapi

An Overview of Emotion-Focused Therapy

Abstract

Emotion-focused therapy is an integrative approach based on humanisticexperiential therapy such as client-centered therapy and Gestalt therapy, attachment
theory, and family systems theory. Emotion-focused therapy emphasizes the
importance of emotions in psychotherapy and emotions are seen as the main
components of interventions. It provides a unique framework for working with
emotional processes, and use targeted techniques to trigger and transform clients’
emotional experiences. This review paper mainly aimed to address the fundamental
aspects of emotion-focused therapy and emphasize the importance of emotionfocused therapy for clients and clinicians by providing information about the basic
principles of emotion-focused therapy, the stages of the therapy process,
fundamental emotion-focused therapy techniques, and the psychological problems
in which emotion-focused therapy is effective. Considering that emotion-focused
therapy is a relatively less applied approach compared to the other approach and
emotion-focused therapy studies are relatively rare in the literature, this review
paper may enable emotion-focused therapy to become a more frequently applied
approach in clinics in Turkey and increase research on it

Keywords

Emotion, Emotion Assessment, Emotion Regulation, Emotion Schemas, Emotion-Focused Therapy

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