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The dyadic regulation of affect.

D Fosha1

  • 1Adelphi University, USA. dfosha@aol.com

Journal of Clinical Psychology
|February 17, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Accelerated Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) uses authentic emotional experiences in therapy to improve emotion regulation. This approach helps patients build secure, open, and intimate relationships by fostering emotional tolerance and communication.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Compromised emotion regulation often stems from early attachment experiences where certain affects were excluded.
  • Authentic affective experience and its regulation are central to psychotherapeutic transformation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the mechanisms of Accelerated Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP).
  • To highlight the role of therapist affect and patient's experience of it in repairing affect regulation difficulties.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of experiential, relational, and psychodynamic psychotherapy principles.
  • Focus on deep authentic affective experience and emotional interchanges.
  • Clinical vignette illustrating therapist affect utilization.

Main Results:

  • Emotionally resonant therapeutic relationships enhance patients' capacity to tolerate and express affective states.
  • Improved affect regulation in therapy fosters greater security, openness, and intimacy in other relationships.
  • Therapist's affect, when focused on with the patient, aids in repairing affect regulatory deficits.

Conclusions:

  • AEDP facilitates emotional transformation through authentic affective engagement.
  • Therapeutic relationships are crucial for repairing affect regulation difficulties.
  • Utilizing therapist affect is a key component in AEDP for fostering emotional resilience.

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