[Emotion-focused couples therapy--treatment approach--evaluating effectiveness and process research]

Emotionally-Focused Couple/Marital Therapy will be examined and discussed in terms of methods of treatment, its effectiveness and underlying therapy processes. Four different evaluation studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of Emotionally-Focused Couple/Marital Therapy when used to resolve difficulties between couples with slight to moderately severe problems relatively in regard to pertinent treatment alternatives and absolutely in comparision to nontreatment. In addition, its clinical relevance has been demonstrated. Moreover, five studies on the investigation of procedures have reached conclusions which concur with the theory of treatment postulated.