López Cavada, CarlosJódar, RafaelTimulak, LadislavCorbella, Sergi2025-01-162025López-Cavada, C., Jódar, R., Timulak, L., & Corbella, S. (2025). Emotion-focused treatment for self-criticism in a nonclinical population: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 72(1), 56-68. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou00007680022-01671939-2168http://hdl.handle.net/11268/13497Self-criticism is a transdiagnostic phenomenon associated with different psychopathological manifestations in clinical and non-clinical samples. This fact has led to an increase in research on its measurement and treatment. This study seeks to examine the effects of emotion-focused therapy on self-criticism in a non-clinical population through pre, post and follow-up questionnaires. The study was designed as a randomized control trial (RCT) comparing emotion-focused therapy for self-criticism (n = 24) vs. a wait-list control group (n = 28). The efficacy was evaluated using Inadequate Self and Hated Self scales of Forms of Self-Criticizing/Attacking and Self-Reassuring scale [FSCRS]), as well as measures of depression, general distress, and interpersonal problems. The results showed significant improvements on the inadequate self, depression, general distress, self-compassion, and self-reassuring measures at the end of the treatment for emotion-focused therapy condition in comparison with the control, with most of the changes also being maintained in the follow-up. The results show the promise of emotion-focused therapy as a way of treating self-criticism.engjournal article10.1037/cou0000768embargoed accessEscuelas psicológicasPsicología experimentalRespeto de sí mismoGoal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all agesGoal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainableGoal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss