Abstract
The following case study demonstrates the potential for an integrated behavioral treatment to improve interpersonal functioning, specifically within a romantic relationship. This integrated treatment utilizes strategies from both Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) and Behavioral Activation (BA), and thus is termed FAP-Enhanced BA (FEBA). This case study represents an initial attempt to apply FEBA to a 22-year-old female undergraduate, Megan, presenting with relationship distress. Megan and her partner both completed a pretreatment and posttreatment assessment that included self-report questionnaires in addition to a conflict-interaction task that was later coded for the presence of specific emotions. After the pretreatment assessment, Megan participated in 8 sessions of FEBA. Session-by-session descriptions and data will be presented, as well as data from the pretreatment and posttreatment assessments.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 122-138 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Clinical Case Studies |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2009 |
Keywords
- Behavioral activation
- Couples
- Emotion
- Functional analytic psychotherapy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health