Clinical trials: Emotion Focused Therapy
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia
Effectiveness of Group EFT for Transdiagnostic Eating Disorders/Difficulties Within Student Counselling Services.
What is the purpose of the study? Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) is a therapeutic approach that helps individuals identify, explore, and transform difficult emotions to improve emotional wellbeing and resolve psychological issues.
- Conditions
- Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
- Trial name
- NCT06779838
- Testing
- Group Emotion Focused Therapy Intervention, Treatment as Usual (TAU)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Canterbury Christ Church University
Renal Transplantation
The Effect of Emotion-Focused Intervention on Emotion Regulation and Well-Being of Individuals With Transplantation
The study was designed to evaluate the effects of an emotion-focused intervention based on the Human-to-Human Relationship Model on emotion regulation skills and well-being in individuals who have undergone renal transplantation.
- Trial name
- NCT07294183
- Testing
- Emotion-Focused Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Depression, Anxiety
Emotion Focused Therapy for Competitive Athletes
This project will be a pilot study to test the feasibility of using Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) among competitive athletes experiencing mild-to-moderate depression or anxiety.
- Trial name
- NCT05896436
- Testing
- Emotion Focused Therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
OCD, Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder
Effect of Emotion-Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Severity
This study aims to investigate the effect of Emotion-Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) group psychotherapy on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptom severity.
- Trial name
- ACT-OCD (NCT07622654)
- Testing
- Emotion-Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Group Psychotherapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Mehmet Emrah Karadere
Parent Training, Parent Child Relationship
Hold me Tight/Let me Go: Effectiveness of a Course to Enhance Parent-adolescent Relationship
HmT/LmG is a group course for 4-6 parental dyads and consists of 4 group sessions with psycho-education and skills training and 3 individual sessions per family (i.e., 1 session with the adolescent, 1 session with the parents…
- Conditions
- Parent Training, Parent Child Relationship, Parent-child Problem
- Trial name
- NCT06966323
- Testing
- Hold me Tight / Let me Go
- Where
- 5 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Amsterdam
Therapy, Directly Observed
Effects of Emotion-focused Therapy (EFT) on Mood Awareness and Emotional Reactivity in Bipolar Patients Awareness and Emotional Reactivity
4.503 / 5.000 Bipolar disorder is a serious mood disorder that requires lifelong treatment and is characterized by recurring periods of depression, mania, hypomania or mixed episodes without a specific order, completely normal…
- Trial name
- EFT (NCT06721858)
- Testing
- Emotion Focused Therapy application, scale form
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
Depression Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety
EFCT vs. BCT for Depression and Anxiety in Married Couples
This study compares the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) and Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) in reducing depression and anxiety symptoms in married couples.
- Trial name
- EFCT-BCT (NCT06892613)
- Testing
- Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT), Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beykoz University
Cancer
Impact of Group Psychological Interventions on Extracellular Vesicles in People Who Had Cancer
Background: There is some evidence demonstrating the effect of psychological interventions in improvements in health biological parameters.
- Trial name
- MindGAP-P (NCT04298398)
- Testing
- Mindfulness Based-Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Emotion Focused Therapy Group for Cancer Recovery (EFT-CR), Treatment as usual (no intervention)
- Volunteers
- 108 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Portugues de Oncologia, Francisco Gentil, Porto
Pain, Pain Management
Replication Study: Reducing Pain With Focused Music Listening
The goal of this clinical trial is to confirm previous findings that actively tapping along to music can reduce pain more than just listening to music.
- Conditions
- Pain, Pain Management, Pain Threshold, Painful
- Trial name
- PainMusic2 (NCT06960226)
- Testing
- Music Listening, Silence Control, Active Sensorimotor Synchronization
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Depression
Comparing Effect and Change Processes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression
Depression is a common mental illness which is costly for both society and for those affected. There is a need for effective treatments of depression and there is a need to make sure that the treatments that are given are based…
- Trial name
- NCT04690946
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 112 people
- Sponsor
- Institutt for Psykologisk Radgivning
Testicular Cancer
Young Adult Latino Testicular Cancer Survivors: a Pilot Study of Goal-Focused Emotion Regulation Therapy (GET)
Testicular cancer diagnosis and treatment, especially given its threat to sexuality and reproductive health, can be distressing in the formative period of young adulthood.
- Trial name
- NCT07615998
- Testing
- Goal-focused Emotion-regulation Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Conduct Disorders in Adolescence, Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Is Mentalization-based Therapy More Effective Than Treatment-as-usual for Adolescents With Dissocial Disorders?
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate if Mentalization-based therapy (MBT) is superior to enhanced usual care (treatment-as-usual-plus (TAU-plus)) for adolescents with disruptive behavior or dissocial disorders.
- Trial name
- MEDAL (NCT07181928)
- Testing
- Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT), Treatment-as-usual-plus (TAU-plus)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Heidelberg
Physiological Conditions, Distress, Emotional
Hand in Hand: Feasibility of a Compassion-Focused App to Support Parents of Children With Mental Health Problems
Parents of children and adolescents with mental health problems may experience substantial caregiving burden and emotional distress, including persistent stress, self-criticism, shame, and parental burnout.
- Conditions
- Physiological Conditions, Distress, Emotional, Caregiving Stress, Burnout
- Trial name
- NCT07840404
- Testing
- App-based Compassion Program
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Personality Disorders
Biological Effects of Schema Therapy
Background: The major aim of this study is to compare the effects of emotion focused (experiential) and cognitive interventions of schema therapy (ST) on emotion regulation deficits in patients with borderline personality…
- Trial name
- BE-ST (NCT06367907)
- Testing
- schema therapy
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jena University Hospital
Major Depressive Disorder
Supportive-Expressive and Emotion-Focused Treatment for Depression
This study will explore the mechanisms of change that are activated when individuals receive a treatment that targets their weakness and the mechanisms activated when the treatment capitalize on their strength.
- Trial name
- SETEFT (NCT04576182)
- Testing
- Supportive-expressive treatment, Emotions-Focused treatment
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 124 people
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Desensitization and Cognitive Therapy in General Anxiety.
This study will test the feasibility and safety of adding interpersonal and emotional processing techniques to standard cognitive behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00951340
- Testing
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Emotional processing and interpersonal therapy, Listening therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent - Emotional Problem
Unfolding the Wisdom Within: CFT for Adolescents in Residential Care
Residential care youth show extensive mental health intervention needs due to history of maltreatment and embedded characteristics of residential placement, leading to harmful and cumulative effects throughout development, linked…
- Trial name
- CFT_RYC (NCT06219057)
- Testing
- The Wise Adolescent
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Coimbra
Emotion Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Brief Emotion-Focused Therapy for Self-Criticism: A Comparison With a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) is an effective approach in reducing self-criticism in adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07432139
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- Catarina Teixeira
Marital Relationship
Outcome Study of Hold Me Tight Program With Acquired Brian Injury (ABI) Populations
The objectives of this research pilot project are to assess the efficacy of the Hold Me Tight Relationship Enhancement Program with couples where at least one partner has an acquired brain injury.
- Trial name
- NCT01405014
- Testing
- Hold Me Tight
- Where
- Canada
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Depression / Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder (Panic Disorder or GAD)
Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes of Compassion-Focused Group Therapy for Depression and Anxiety
This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and preliminary outcomes of compassion-focused group therapy (CFT) for adults with depression and/or anxiety who continued to experience symptoms despite previous treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT07876453
- Testing
- Compassion-Focused Group Therapy (CFT)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet