P. Salehpour, G. Ahghar, S. Navabinezhad
The relationship between man and woman in a family is not just for satisfying immediate attitudes, and the future life of the children and mental health of the generations is dependant on the mental health of the family (Eskafi and Turkman, 2015). On the other hand, given that common life requires understanding of individual differences and adaptation to everyday situations, marital life itself may be viewed as a form of tension that requires the use of rational and efficient thinking methods as well as appropriate expressions Emotion will appear. The purpose of the current study is to "compare the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mind-aware and emotional-couple therapy couple on reducing irrational beliefs and emotional divorce in married women referred to counseling centers". The statistical community of this study included all married women in Tehran (eastern region) in 2017 that referred to counseling centers and psychotherapists. Also, according to the sample size and research design formula, a sample size of 45 people was calculated and the sampling was done in an accessible way. The data gathering tool was a questionnaire and the required data were analyzed by SPSS Software. The results indicate that cognitive therapy based on mind-aware and emotional-couple therapy is effective on irrational beliefs and has a good sustainability over time. Emotion-based cognitive therapy has been effective on emotional divorce, but this effect has not been sustained over time. Also, according to the results, the difference between cognitive therapy based on mind-awareness and emotional-therapeutic couple therapy in emotional divorce was not accepted.