What is it about?
This study explores how understanding emotions and tolerating emotional distress can reduce depression. Patients in therapy who improved these skills experienced fewer depressive symptoms, highlighting the importance of emotional awareness in treatment.
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Why is it important?
Chronic depression is hard to treat. This study shows that improving emotional clarity and tolerance of emotional distress can reduce depressive symptoms. Research that goes beyond mere associations—incorporating time and directionality—provides vital insights for therapists on where to focus their efforts to drive symptom change. Such studies are rare but essential for advancing effective psychotherapy.
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This research highlights the power of emotional awareness in treating chronic depression. Understanding not just what changes in therapy but how and why it happens is crucial. Studies like this help therapists make informed choices that truly impact recovery.
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This page is a summary of: Emotional clarity and tolerance of emotional distress as mechanisms of change in short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for chronic depression., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, April 2022, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000728.
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