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Experiential development assessment of patients with prosthetic eye: focusing technique on psychotherapy

The present study aimed to verify the effectiveness of the focusing therapy applied in brief intervention with patients in context of ocular prosthesis. The design of case-control study included a convenience sample with 10 participants for the experimental group and eight participants for the control group. The data was collected by the Experiential Ability Test (EAT) on the pre-test and pos-test. The experimental group experienced four psychotherapy sessions guided by the focusing technique. The effect size of the difference in average growth in the experimental group and control group was small-moderate (d = 0.38, p = 0.44). Implications for the practice of clinical psychology are discussed.

focusing; ocular prosthesis; Experiential Ability Test (EAT)


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