Comparing the effectiveness of group counseling with cognitive behavioral approach and reality therapy on reducing emotional divorce and irrational beliefs of couples referring to counseling centers in Parsabad

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of group counseling with cognitive - behavioral approach and reality therapy on reducing emotional divorce and irrational beliefs of couples referring to Parsabad counseling centers. The research method was quasi-experimenta l pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population included couples referring to counseling centers in Parsabad city, the number of couples in the last quarter of 1400 is equal to 250 couples. From the statistical population, 148 couples were selected randomly based on Morgan table. Then, the 45 couples who received the highest scores by answering the Jones Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire and the Guttman Emotional Divorce Questionnaire were randomly divided into 3 groups of 15 couples (two experimental groups and one control group). In order to analyze the obtained data, multivariate analysis of covariance and SPSS22 software were used. The results showed that teaching cognitive-behavioral approach and reality therapy has a different and significant effect on reducing emotional divorce and irrational beliefs of couples (P <0.05). Findings of the present study indicate that cognitive-behavioral approach and reality therapy have been effective in reducing emotional divorce and irrational beliefs of couples and in counseling centers these therapeutic approaches can be used to improve marital life and reduce emotional divorce and irrational beliefs between couples.