Comparison of the effectiveness of Gottman's Couple Therapy and Reality Therapy on Emotional Divorce, Communication Patterns and Distress Tolerance in women referring to counseling centers in District 3 of Tehran

Abstract The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Gottman's Couple Therapy and Reality Therapy on emotional divorce, communication patterns and distress tolerance in women referred to counseling centers in Tehran's Third District. This quasi-experimental study was carried out as a pre-test-posttest with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all women referring to counseling centers in District 3 of Tehran in 1397, of which 72 were selected as sample size. Twenty-two people in the first experimental group (Gottman'sCouple Therapy), 24 in the second experimental group (Reality Therapy) and 24 in the control group were selected by random sampling method and randomly assigned to the groups. Data collection tools included emotional divorce, communication patterns and distress tolerance. Multivariate covariance test was used to analyze the data. The results of this study showed that there is not a significant difference between Gottman'sCouple Therapy and Reality Therapy on emotional divorce, communication patterns and distress tolerance in women referring to counseling centers in Tehran. However, both treatments alone have no effect on emotional divorce, communication patterns and tolerance Distress in women referring to counseling centers in Tehran's District 3 was effective. According to the findings, it can be concluded that Gutman's paternity therapy and the reality of therapy are effective on emotional divorce, communication patterns and distress tolerance in women.