Becoming an emotionally focused couple therapist : the workbook / Susan M. Johnson, Brent Bradley, Jim Furrow, Alison Lee, Gail Palmer, Doug Tilley, Scott Woolley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Susan M.

Bradley, Brent A.

Furrow, James L.

Lee, Alison.

Palmer, Gail.

Tilley, Doug.

Woolley, Scott.

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marital psychotherapy--Problems, exercises, etc.

Marital psychotherapy.

Focused expressive psychotherapy--Problems, exercises, etc.

Focused expressive psychotherapy.

Emotions--Problems, exercises, etc.

Emotions.

emotion.

Medical Subjects:

Marital psychotherapy.

Focused expressive psychotherapy.

Emotions.

Genre:

exercise books.

Problems and exercises.

Physical Description:

viii, 401 pages ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, ©2005.

Summary:

Becoming an Emotionally Focused Therapist: The Workbook takes the reader on an adventure -- the quest to become a competent, confident, and passionate couple and family therapist. In an accessible resource for training and supervision, seven expert therapists lead the reader through the nine essential steps of EFT with explicit intervention strategies. The workbook provides an easy road-map to mastering the art of EFT with exercises, review sheets and practice models.

Contents:

Section I. Theoretical overview and summary of interventions

Introduction : the nature of EFT

Theoretical background to EFT

Intervention in EFT

Section II. The treatment process

Steps 1 and 2 : assessment and cycles

Steps 3 and 4 : de-escalation

Steps 5 and 6 : expanding and heightening emotion

Step 7 and key change events : re-engagement and softening

Steps 8 and 9 : consolidation

Section III. Special issues and family interventions

Common problems and impasses

Wounds and traumas : forgiveness and healing

Emotionally focused family therapy (EFFT)

Confessions of an EFT therapist.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-394) and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

ISBN:

0415947472

9780415947473

9780203955161

0203955161

OCLC:

65645168

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