The Effectiveness of Cognitive - Behavioral Family Therapy Based on an Islamic Approach on Marital Intimacy and Interpersonal Forgiveness of Women Referring to the Counseling Centers

This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral family therapy based on an Islamic approach on marital intimacy and interpersonal forgiveness of women referring to the counseling centers and it was conducted with a quasi-experimental method and pretest-posttest design among women referring to the counseling centers of Arak. Regarding the conditions of this research and the need for cooperation for several months, 15 women were selected for each group by the convenience sampling and they were randomly placed in the groups. The variables were measured by the questionnaires of marital intimacy and interpersonal forgiveness, and the data were analyzed using the analysis of covariance. According to the results, there is a significant difference between marital intimacy and interpersonal forgiveness in two test and control groups; thus, it can be said that cognitive-behavioral family therapy based on an Islamic approach is an effective method for increasing marital intimacy and interpersonal forgiveness.