Emotionally focused therapy and emotion-focused therapy (EFT) are related humanistic approaches to psychotherapy that aim to resolve emotional and relationship issues with individuals, couples and families. They combine experiential therapy techniques, including person-centered and Gestalt therapies, with systemic therapy and attachment theory, on the central premise that emotions influence cognition, motivate behavior and are strongly linked to needs. Treatment goals include transforming maladaptive behaviors such as emotional avoidance and developing awareness, acceptance, expression and regulation of emotion along with understanding of relationships; EFT is usually a short-term treatment of eight to twenty sessions. Emotion-focused therapy for individuals was originally known as process-experiential therapy and is still referred to by that name in some contexts, and it is distinct from emotion-focused coping, a separate concept describing coping strategies for managing emotions, though EFT has been used to improve clients' emotion-focused coping abilities.
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What does emotionally focused therapy mean in Sue Johnson's model?
Sue Johnson's term names a relationship therapy model built on attachment theory.
In Sue Johnson's use of the term, emotionally focused therapy refers to a specific model of relationship therapy. It explicitly integrates systems and experiential approaches and places prominence on attachment theory as a theory of emotion regulation.
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EFT was originally formulated and tested by Sue Johnson and Les Greenberg in 1985, and the first manual for emotionally focused couples therapy was published in 1988.
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Emotionally focused therapy and emotion-focused therapy (EFT) are related humanistic approaches to psychotherapy that aim to resolve emotional and relationship issues with individuals, couples, and families.
Treats: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Article text, use for Avoidant Personality Disorder
Studies have suggested that it is effective in the treatment of depression, interpersonal problems, trauma, and avoidant personality disorder.
Treats: Depression, Article text, use for Depression
Studies have suggested that it is effective in the treatment of depression, interpersonal problems, trauma, and avoidant personality disorder.
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