Effectiveness of Existential Psychotherapy on Spiritual Health of Infertile Women

Background and objectives: infertility, particularly female infertility, can threat women's psychological health. spiritual health can play a significant role in increasing people's abilities especially in tough conditions. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of psychotherapy on existential health in infertile women.methods: the study population of this experimental controlled study with pretest-post-test consisted of infertile women referring to the gynecology and infertility clinic of dehdasht from late june 2015 to late september 2015. first, the samples were selected by convenience sampling; after the spirituality component of the lifestyle questionnaire, they were randomized to two groups of 12 each: experimental and control. the experimental group attended eight sessions of existential psychotherapy and control group attended no intervention. data analysis was conducted by covariance analysis in spss 18.results: existential psychotherapy caused promotion of spiritual health in the infertile women.conclusion: this study indicated that existential psychotherapy is important to infertile women's spiritual health. it is therefore recommended to use existential psychotherapy to promote spiritual health in such women.