This research was carried out to study the effectiveness of emotion focused therapy in reduc ing Alexithymia and symptoms of OCD in women suffering from OCD. The patients were 20 women, suffering from OCD, who had gone to Hosseinebneali clinic in Mashhad. After a constructed interview and considering the entrance criteria, they were selected through the available sampling and were put accidentally in two experimental and control group. The questionnaires were filled before and after a 30 session group therapy. The experimental group received the group therapy of 30 sessions. The output was analyzed through covariance analysis. The research results have confirmed the findings of recent researches based upon reduction of Alexithymia. The results related to the application of emotion focused therapy in reducing Alexithymia and OCD symptoms have been discussed. The findings have shown that group therapy focused on emotion have reduced the Alexithymia and OCD in experimental group in comparison with the control group.

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