en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <strong>Background</strong>: Emotional Divorce (ED) is associated with decreased levels of Emotion Regulation (ER), adaptation, and mental health; subsequently, all such pressures raise stress in various dimensions among the affected individuals. Emotional Schema Therapy (EST), as a socio-cognitive model of ER, may improve marital intimacy and reduce couples&rsquo; psychological distress. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of EST and differentiation training on the odds of ED among women.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest and a control group design. The study population comprised all women referring to the Education Counseling Center, District 6 of Tehran Municipality in Tehran City, Iran, in 2018. In total, 45 women were recruited by convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned into two experimental groups and a control group (n=15/group). The research questionnaire was the Emotional Divorce Scale (EDS). &nbsp; The first experimental group underwent eight 90-minute weekly sessions of SET and the second experimental group received eight 90-minute weekly sessions of differentiation training; however, the controls received no intervention. Data analysis was performed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) in SPSS. The significance level was considered as P=0.05.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: The mean values of ED significantly decreased in both experimental groups, compared to the control group (P<0.05). A significant difference was also observed between the effects of the two interventions on decreasing the ED rate; thus, the effectiveness of EST was greater than that of differentiation training in this respect (P<0.05).<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: EST and differentiation training reduced ED among the study participants. These approaches can be adopted as an effective intervention to solve the couples&rsquo; problems and improve their marital relationship to reduce the odds of emotional divorce. Emotions, Divorce, Women, Cognitive behavior therapies 65 74 http://jccnc.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-357-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Tahmineh Kamalian takamalian@yahoo.com 10031947532846006217 10031947532846006217 No Department of Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran. Hassan Mirzahosseini mirzahoseni.hasan@gmail.com 10031947532846006218 10031947532846006218 Yes Department of Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran. Nader Monirpoor ‫nmonirpoor@gmail.com‬ 10031947532846006219 10031947532846006219 No Department of Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.