Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, an experiential modality, views emotion central to therapeutic change. In this exploratory study, we examined therapists' repetition of somatically focused interventions (therapist verbalizing somatic cues, such as facial expressions) and their impact on clients' emotional experiencing in-session. We also assessed difference for withdrawing versus pursuing partners. The sample included 13 EFT therapists who worked with one couple each for a single session. From transcripts we coded therapists' repetition of somatically focused interventions and clients' depth of experiencing pre-and post-intervention. Multilevel modeling demonstrated that a higher number of repetitions of somatically focused interventions predicted greater increase in depth of experiencing, unlike length of time spent repeating interventions. Somatically focused interventions resulted in greater increase in depth of experiencing for withdrawing as compared to pursuing partners. The results of this exploratory study suggest that such interventions may be a specific technique of EFT therapists that enhances emotional experiencing especially among withdrawing partners.

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重复躯体线索对情绪集中夫妻治疗中退缩者和追求者体验深度的影响

以情绪为中心的夫妻疗法是一种体验模式，将情绪视为治疗改变的核心。在这项探索性研究中，我们检查了治疗师重复以躯体为中心的干预措施（治疗师用语言表达躯体线索，例如面部表情）及其对来访者情绪体验的影响。我们还评估了退出与追求合作伙伴的差异。样本包括 13 名 EFT 治疗师，他们每人与一对夫妇一起工作一次。从成绩单中，我们编码了治疗师对躯体集中干预的重复以及客户在干预前后体验的深度。多层次模型表明，以躯体为中心的干预措施的重复次数越多，体验深度的增加就越多，与重复干预所花费的时间长度不同。与追求伴侣相比，以躯体为重点的干预导致退出体验的深度更大。这项探索性研究的结果表明，这种干预可能是 EFT 治疗师的一种特殊技术，可以增强情绪体验，尤其是在退缩的伴侣中。