Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy and GottmanCouple Therapy on Marital Satisfaction and Problem Solving Styles in Couples Referringto Counseling Centers in Lamard and Mohr City

Objective: the present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of cognitive behavioralcouple therapy and gottman couple therapy on marital satisfaction and problem solving stylesof couples.methods: the statistical population is all the referrals to the counseling and psychologicalservices center in mohr and lamard cities in fars province, iran. participants were 45 peoplethat randomly selected and randomly assigned to cognitive-behavioral couple therapy group(15 people), gottman couple therapy group (15 people) and control group (15 people). theenrich marital satisfaction (ems) scale was used to measure marital satisfaction andcassidy and long (1996) problem-solving style questionnaire was used to measure problemsolving styles. in order to analyze data, the mean and standard deviation were calculated inthe descriptive statistics part and multivariate covariance analysis method was used in theinferential statistics part.results: according to the results, cognitive behavioral couple therapy had a significant effecton marital satisfaction and problem solving styles. also, results indicated that gottmancouple therapy had a significant effect on marital satisfaction and problem solving styles.conclusions: according to the results there is a significant difference between twointerventions in problem solving styles but there is no significant difference between twoapproaches.