Emotionally Focused Therapy With Couples Impacted by Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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dc.contributor.authorTillyer, Justin
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-23T20:03:15Z
dc.date.available2024-04-23T20:03:15Z
dc.date.issued2024-04
dc.description.abstractRelationship Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (ROCD) is a relatively-novel and unknown theme of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) marked by obsessions and compulsions focused upon important figures in sufferers' lives as well as their relationships with them. Despite the documented impacts of this condition on sufferers, their romantic partners, and their relationships with one another, recommendations for its treatment have focused almost exclusively on the mitigation of the former’s symptoms. Accordingly, this capstone research project aims to improve therapists' awarenesses and understandings of ROCD and, thus, their abilities to treat this condition by reviewing the literature on its symptoms, epidemiology, etiology, impacts, and treatment. Additionally, it attempts to enhance couples therapists' abilities to support clients impacted by ROCD by providing an overview of the literature on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) as well as recommendations for how this modality might best be conducted with this population. Such recommendations include the use of EFT as an adjunct to individual ROCD treatment and specific ways in which practitioners might leverage knowledge of this disorder as they conduct assessment, establish the therapeutic alliance, and consult on process with clients, as well as mitigate potential issues of symptom contagion and accommodation.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/2434
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectrelationship obsessive-compulsive disorder
dc.subjectrelationship-centered obsessive-compulsive symptoms
dc.subjectpartner-focused obsessive-compulsive symptoms
dc.subjectemotionally focused therapy
dc.subjectrelationship distress
dc.titleEmotionally Focused Therapy With Couples Impacted by Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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