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Emotion-focused Therapy

Emotion-focused therapy is a therapeutic approach that emphasizes the role of emotions in psychological functioning and change, helping individuals identify, experience, express, and regulate their emotional responses to promote mental health and well-being. Research published in Behavior Therapy And Mental Health h…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 3 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 24× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2474-9273 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Emotion-focused therapy is a therapeutic approach that emphasizes the role of emotions in psychological functioning and change, helping individuals identify, experience, express, and regulate their emotional responses to promote mental health and well-being. Research published in Behavior Therapy And Mental Health has examined emotion-focused dimensions across diverse clinical contexts. Studies have explored how mental health service providers in psychiatric hospital settings experience and cope with compassion fatigue, investigating the emotional toll of clinical work and the adaptive strategies professionals employ to manage their own emotional responses while caring for patients. Additional research has investigated the relationship between childhood somatic complaints and emotional functioning, examining how children's emotional experiences relate to physical symptom presentation and parental factors that may influence these patterns. The journal has also published work on biological interventions targeting stress-related outcomes, including sleep disturbances in animal models of chronic unpredictable stress, contributing to understanding of how emotional and physiological systems interact. These investigations reflect the importance of emotion-focused perspectives in understanding both client presentations and clinician experiences, recognizing that emotional processes are central to mental health treatment outcomes and the sustainability of therapeutic practice.

Research published in this journal

3 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 3 articles above have been cited 24 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Emotion-focused Therapy, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Behavior Therapy And Mental Health (ISSN 2474-9273).

Journal editorial board
Dr. Rabiul Ahasan · Saudi Arabia Shahid Ullah · Australia Roberto Maniglio · Italy

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