“Masal Terapi” Kitabının Duygu Odaklı Terapinin Temel Kavramları Açısından İncelenmesi

Abstract

Duygu Odaklı Terapi (DOT) bireylerde kalıcı bir değişimin sağlanması için öncelikle duygular ile çalışılması gerektiğini savunmaktadır. DOT yaklaşımında danışanların duygusal değişiminin sağlanması için terapistler danışanla güven ve empatiye dayalı bir ilişki kurar. Duygu değişim sürecinin yanında DOT yaklaşımında psikoterapistler, duyguya ulaşmada ve duygusal yeniden yapılanmayı desteklemede duygusal odaklı müdahaleler kullanmaktadır. Bu süreçte duygusal müdahalelerden yararlanılabilmesi için DOT yaklaşımının temelini oluşturan kavramların öğrenilmesi oldukça önemlidir. Buradan yola çıkılarak, bu çalışmada, DOT yaklaşımının temel kavramlarının açıklanması ve bu kavramlar çerçevesinde “Masal Terapi” kitabında yer alan masallar ile bu masalların verdiği mesajların incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla DOT yaklaşımında yer alan temel kavramlar (duygu, duygu koçluğu, duygusal zekâ, duygusal şema, duygu türleri) ve duygu değişim ilkeleri (duygusal farkındalık, duygusal dışavurum, duygusal düzenleme, duygusal yansıtma, duygunun dönüştürülmesi, düzeltici duygusal deneyim) açıklanmış ve “Masal Terapi” kitabından bazı masallar bu konularla ilişkilendirilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, kitapta yer alan masalların DOT kavramlarıyla ilişkili olduğu ve psikoterapistlerin DOT sürecinde anlatılardan faydalanabileceği gözlemlenmiştir.

Keywords

• Duygu
• Duygu Odaklı Terapi
• Masal Terapi
• Kitap İncelemesi

Analysis of "Fairy Tale Therapy" Book in Terms of Basic Concepts of Emotion-Focused Therapy

Abstract

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) proposes that in order to achieve a permanent change in individuals' behavior, it is necessary to work primarily with emotions. In EFT approach, therapists establish a relationship based on trust and empathy with clients in order to promote emotional change. In addition to the emotional change process, in EFT approach, psychotherapists use emotion focused interventions to reach emotion and support emotional restructuring. In this process, in order to benefit from emotional interventions, it is very essential to learn the concepts that form the basis of EFT approach. Accordingly, in this study, it is aimed to explain the basic concepts of EFT approach and to examine the tales in the book "Fairy Tale Therapy" and the messages given by these tales within the framework of these concepts. For this purpose, the basic concepts (emotion, emotion coaching, emotional intelligence, emotional schema, types of emotions) and the principles of emotional change (emotional awareness, emotional expression, emotional regulation, emotional reflection, emotion transformation, relational environment) in EFT approach have been explained and Some tales from the book "Fairy Tale Therapy" are associated with these concepts. As a result, it has been observed that the tales in the book are relevant to the concepts of EFT, and psychotherapists can benefit from narratives in EFT process.

Keywords

• emotion
• emotion focused therapy
• fairy tale therapy

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