Assessing the Effectiveness of Tion-Emo Therapy and Technique as a New Treatment Option for Depression and Anxiety

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Tion-Emo therapy and technique (TET) in treating depression and anxiety. Some relevant factors such as social comparison, objects, and the emotional system have received little scholarly attention because of the lack of suitable methods to optimize their functionality in therapy. Comparisons are considered important in the emotional, social, and cognitive life of an individual but how to regulate them remains unclear. Further, numerous researchers suggest the importance of objects in our lives but this is rarely considered in therapy. Similarly, the emotional system needs its own logic. TET tries to answer these questions. To assess its effectiveness, this study used a quasi-experimental research design of a pre-post nature with control and experimental groups. Nineteen participants were assigned to these groups and asked to complete the Beck Anxiety Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory-II. The experimental group, who received TET, answered an additional questionnaire evaluating the effectiveness of TET. The experimental group had significantly lower anxiety and depression scores than the control group. Further, the experimental group’s post-test scores for both anxiety and depression were significantly lower than their pre-test scores. In the questionnaire evaluating the effectiveness of TET, the participants had a mean score of 9.8 out of 10 for the question on the existence of core emotions. The mean scores of anxiety and depression were 9.2 and 9, respectively. These results demonstrate the potential of TET as a promising treatment for depression and anxiety that could benefit millions of people worldwide.