Inclusion criteria:
Age 18 to 39 years
Having at least one year of cohabitation with a spouse
Having experienced violence from the husband at least during the last year (getting at least one score from the subscales of physical assault, psychological aggression, negotiation, sexual coercion and injury of the aggressive form of the CTS2 questionnaire)
Obtaining a resilience score of <50 from the Connor and Davidson questionnaire
Ability to understand and speak Persian
Having at least a third middle school degree
Having Iranian nationality
Having a permanent marriage and being married at the moment
Absence during pregnancy and postpartum period (up to 6 months after delivery)
Failure to simultaneously participate in counseling courses with the same content as the present intervention
Not experiencing any severe stressors such as divorce, accident and bereavement of relatives in the last 6 months
Exclusion criteria:
Taking psychotropic drugs including anti-anxiety drugs (such as clonazepam, alprozolam, lorazepam), antidepressants (such as fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline), antipsychotic drugs (such as chlorpromazine, fluphenazine, haloperidol), mood stabilizers (such as lithium, carbamazepine, sodium valproate) ) and stimulants (such as amphetamine, dexmethylphenidate, dextroamphetamine) within 6 months before participating in the study and during the study
Having a history of hospitalization in the neurology department
Having any underlying and incurable diseases such as cancer or malignant tumors
Abuse of alcohol and drugs in yourself or your spouse
Having impaired consciousness