The Effect of Psychotherapy on Emotional Regulation (Move on) in Men and Women Who Experience Heartbreak Due to Failed Love

Abstract

The feeling of love has a very important role in human life, because love is the foundation of marriage, forming a family and also raising children. Love is present in close relationships in social life and intimate human relationships. All forms of feelings of love are expressed in the form of relationship behavior colored with love. The Big Indonesian Dictionary defines a love relationship as two young men and women who are adults who have a relationship based on love. Then tied with an inner relationship, to become a fiancé or lover. Based on compassion and true love. In almost all places, regions and every time there is a love relationship. Psychotherapy is the application of special methods or techniques for healing mental illness in daily adjustment difficulties. The purpose of this research was to knowing the difference in the level of emotional regulation (moving on) in men and women who have experienced heartbreak due to love failure after being given psychotherapy.This study used a pre-experimental design, namely conducting treatment in one group without control. differences in the level of emotional regulation between before and after psychotherapy. The emotional regulation score level of respondents who experienced heartbreak due to love failure before being given psychotherapy averaged 75.21 ± 7.72. After being given psychotherapy the average was 49.99 ± 7.12. As conclusion, the provision of psychotherapy can improve the emotional regulation of respondents in responding to heartbreak due to failed love.

Keywords: psychotherapy; emotion regulation; broken heart