The analysis of emotional stress group psychotherapy’s effectiveness exemplified by patients suffering from interpersonal dependencies

Abstract

The article suggests a short comparative analysis of the effectiveness of emotionally stressful group psychotherapy. The study was conducted on the basis of four main concepts of this type of therapy. Our own studies of the effectiveness of emotionally stressful group psychotherapy in the treatment of interpersonal dependency or coaddiction are also presented. The text provides examples of positive changes that are observed for patients as a result of application of emotionally stressful group psychotherapy.

Keywords

• emotions
• affect
• stress
• psychotherapy
• effectiveness
• effectiveness criteria
• coaddiction