The Use of Emotional Freedom Technique and Psychosocial Care in Infertile Women

Year 2024, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 316 - 320, 22.05.2024

Merve Coşkun , Ergül Aslan

https://doi.org/10.33631/sabd.1282629

Abstract

Infertility is a complex crisis period in women's life. Individuals experience different physical and mental difficulties at every stage of infertility treatment. During the treatment process, individuals may show cognitive, emotional and behavioral reactions. It is ensured that they optimize the infertility process with psychosocial care in coping with the problems experienced during the infertility treatment process and manage the psychological and social effects of infertility treatment. The way to reduce stress, depression, anxiety levels, increase pregnancy rates and quality of life in women during the infertility treatment process is to benefit from alternative psychosocial interventions. Emotional freedom technique can be used for pain, addiction, sleep problems, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma etc. It is important in terms of positive psychosocial effects in the solution of physiological and psychological problems. For this purpose, this review is discussed emotional freedom technique and psychosocial care in women's infertility treatment process.

Keywords

infertility, emotional freedom technique, psychosocial care

İnfertil Kadınlarda Duygusal Özgürleşme Tekniğinin Kullanımı ve Psikososyal Bakım

Abstract

İnfertilite kadın yaşamında karmaşık bir kriz dönemidir. İnfertilite tedavisinin her aşamasında bireyler farklı fiziksel ve ruhsal zorluklar yaşamaktadır. Tedavi sürecinde bireyler bilişsel, emosyonel ve davranışsal tepkiler gösterebilirler. İnfertilite tedavi sürecinde yaşanan sorunlarla baş etmede psikososyal bakım ile infertilite sürecini optimize etmeleri ve infertilite tedavisinin psikolojik ve sosyal etkilerini yönetmeleri sağlanır. İnfertilite tedavi sürecinde kadınların stres, depresyon, kaygı düzeylerini azaltma, gebelik oranlarını ve yaşam kalitelerini artırmanın bir yolu da tedaviye alternatif psikososyal müdahalelerden yararlanmaktır. Duygusal Özgürleşme Tekniği ağrı, bağımlılık, uyku sorunları, stres, kaygı, depresyon, travma vb. fizyolojik ve psikolojik sorunların çözümünde olumlu psikososyal etkiler açısından önem taşımaktadır. Bu amaçla derlemede kadınlarda infertilite tedavi sürecinde duygusal özgürleşme tekniği ve psikososyal bakım ele alınmıştır.

Keywords

infertilite, duygusal özgürleşme tekniği, psikososyal bakım

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