Mr Yusef Ranjbar Sudejani, Dr Kabir Sharifi, Miss Soroor Sadat Sayyah, Miss Zohreh Malek Mohamadi Galeh,
Volume 16, Issue 62 (7-2017)
Purpose: The purpose of this research was to analyze the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) on correcting irrational beliefs and reducing cognitive avoidance of people with obsessive compulsive disorder. Methods: This research was performed using the semi-experimental method by using pretest/ posttest and a control group. Among all the people who referred to the counseling centers in city ofShahrekord in 2015, thirty two people were selected in the form of voluntary purposive sampling. and through an interview, before randomly being assigned into two experimental and control groups. Obsessive compulsive questionnaire of Yile -Brown (T-Bocs), Jones irrational belief test (IBT), and Sexton and Dugas cognitive avoidance questionnaire (CAQ) were used in the pretest and posttest for collecting information, and data were analyzed using the descriptive indicators and covariance analysis test. The intervention of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy in the experimental group was performed twice a week in 20 sixty minute sessions, but the control group did not receive any interventions. Results: The results of covariance analysis on the scores of pre-treatment, treatment, and followup whowed that after adjusting the pre-test scores between the experiment and control groups for the variables of irrational beliefs (P<0.01) and cognitive avoidance (P<0.05), a meaningful difference was seen. Conclusion: Based on the results of this research, it is concluded that the intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy is a convenient method for correcting irrational beliefs and reducing cognitive avoidance of people with obsessive compulsive disorder.
