EFFECTIVENESS OF LACANIAN TALKING THERAPY ON INTEGRATIVE SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND COGNITIVE EMOTION REGULATION IN WOMEN WITH SEXUAL ADDICTION (CASE-STUDY)

Background and Aim : Sexual addiction from side of affecting on life is totally similar to drug addiction and individual with this addiction can experience different problems in behavioral, cognitive and emotional fields. Therefore, present study aimed to investigate Effectiveness of Lacanian Talking Therapy on integrative self-knowledge and cognitive emotion regulation in women with sexual addiction.Methods : This study was performed as an experiential design by using multiple baseline design in 10-12 sessions for four women with sexual addiction and by applying structural diagnostic and clinical interviews and purposive sampling in one month following. Other methods were Integrative Self-Knowledge scale (ISK) and Garnefski Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ). Data were analyzed by Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA). Results : Lacanian Talking Therapy caused meaningful and significant changes in increasing integrative self-knowledge and improving cognitive emotion regulation in women with sexual addiction.Conclusion : Results showed that Lacanian Talking Therapy used as an effective therapeutic method for increasing integrative self-knowledge and improving cognitive emotion regulation in women with sexual addiction.

کلیدواژه ها:

Lacanian Talking Therapy ، integrative self-knowledge ، cognitive emotion regulation ، sexual addiction.