Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couple

TheWorkbookwhich will accompany the revised second edition ofThe Practice of Emotionally Focused Marital Therapy,is designed to facilitate the learning and implementation of EFT by providing explicit exercises that can be utilized by students as well as clinicians looking to increase their treatment efficacy. The inclusion of therapy session transcripts, multiple choices questions and an EFT Supervision model make this an especially attractive text for couples therapy coursework.

Preface

vii

SECTION I: THEORETICAL OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF INTERVENTIONS

1

(102)

Introduction: The Nature of EFT

3

(10)

Theoretical Background to EFT

13

(28)

Intervention in EFT

41

(62)

SECTION II: THE TREATMENT PROCESS

103

(154)

Steps 1 and 2: Assessment and Cycles

105

(36)

Steps 3 and 4: De-Escalation

141

(24)

Steps 5 and 6: Expanding and Heightening Emotion

165

(28)

Step 7 and Key Change Events: Re-Engagement and Softening

193

(46)

Steps 8 and 9: Consolidation

239

(18)

SECTION III: SPECIAL ISSUES AND FAMILY INTERVENTIONS

257

(70)

Common Problems and Impasses

259

(18)

Wounds and Traumas: Forgiveness and Healing

277

(16)

Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)

293

(18)

Confessions of An EFT Therapist

311

(16)

Appendix A: EFT Resources

327

(6)

Appendix B: Helping Yourself Learn EFT for Couples

333

(2)

Appendix C: Beginning An EFT Couple Session: A Checklist

335

(2)

Appendix D1: Understanding Your Negative Cycle

337

(2)

Appendix D2: When We're Not Getting Along: Feelings, Thoughts, and Behaviors

339

(2)

Appendix E: EFT Assessment Form

341

(2)

Appendix F: Homework for Couples

343

(2)

Appendix G: EFT Training Note Form

345

(2)

Answer Section

347

(46)

References

393

(2)

About the Authors

395

(2)

Index

397

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Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist : The Workbook

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