The Effectiveness of Narrative Couple Therapy on Improving the Psychological Well-Being of Incompatible Couples

The present study was conducted aimed to investigate the effectiveness of narrative couple therapy on improving psychological well-being of incompatible couples in a semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and control group. The population of the present study consisted of all incompatible couples referred to counseling centers in Ahvaz city, Iran. 30 couples select using voluntary sampling method randomly and were assigned to experiment (15 couples) and control (15 couples) groups. Experimental group received 8 sessions of narrative couple therapy and control group did not receive any treatment. Then both groups were assessed psychological well-being during the pre-test and post-test stages. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. The results showed that there are a statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groups in components of psychological well-being (p  ≥0. 001). Therefore, narrative couple therapy can be used as an effective treatment to improve the psychological well-being of incompatible couples.