The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection

by Johnson, Susan M.

• ISBN13: 9780415945684
• ISBN10: 0415945682
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-27
• Publisher: TAYLOR

Summary

Since its original publication in 1996, this volume has been a helpful guide to therapists in the practice of emotionally focused therapy. This second edition will address the many changes in the field of couples therapy, including updated research results linked to clinical intervention and new information on using EFT to address depression and PTSD. A new section covers the growth of couples therapy as a field and its overall relevance to the mental health field, accompanied by coverage of how recent research into the nature of marital distress is consonant with EFT. Other new features are a section on EFT and feminism, as well as a section on cultural competence for the EFT therapist. Written by a leading authority on emotionally focused couples and marital therapy, this second edition will be an up-to-date reference on all aspects of EFT and its uses for mental health professionals.

Author Biography

Sue Johnson is one of the originators and the main proponent of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition by Alan S. Gurman, Ph.D	ix
Foreword from the First Edition by Alan S. Gurman, Ph.D	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	xix
1. THE FIELD OF COUPLE THERAPY AND EFT	1	(22)
2. AN ATTACHMENT VIEW OF LOVE: THE EFT PHILOSOPHY	23	(18)
3. THE EFT THEORY OF CHANGE: WITHIN AND BETWEEN	41	(12)
4. THE BASICS OF EFT: TASKS AND INTERVENTIONS	53	(60)
Expanding Experience and Shaping Dances
5. ASSESSMENT: DEFINING THE DANCE AND LISTENING TO MUSIC	113	(18)
EFT: Steps 1 and 2
6. CHANGING THE MUSIC: TOWARD DE-ESCALATION	131	(16)
EFT: Steps 3 and 4
7. DEEPENING ENGAGEMENT	147	(24)
EFT: Steps 5 and 6
8. EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT: ENACTMENTS AND BONDING	171	(16)
EFT: Step 7 and Change Events
9. THE CONSOLIDATION OF A SECURE BASE	187	(14)
EFT: Steps 8 and 9
10. KEY CLINICAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS	201	(42)
Becoming an EFT Therapist
11. EFFT: EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED FAMILY THERAPY	243	(24)
Restructuring Attachment
12. RELATIONSHIP TRAUMAS: ADDRESSING ATTACHMENT INJURIES	267	(8)
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
13. THE PEANUT BUTTER INCIDENT: AN EFT SESSION	275	(22)
14. A STAGE 2 EFT SESSION	297	(22)
Epilogue	319	(4)
References	323	(16)
Additional Readings	339	(8)
Index	347