Learn about the psychology and internal experience of what EFT calls the pursuer in a relationship
A Therapist’s Guide to Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: The Psychology of Pursuers (Lesson 5)
A Therapist’s Guide to Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Working with Emotions in EFT (Lesson 3)
Tracking Negative Cycles and Working with Emotions in EFT In today's lesson we will be looking at how the emotionally focused couples therapist helps couples through step 1-4 of the therapy process. This process involves identifying negative cycles and understanding how they are generated. Once this understanding has been accomplished couples are helped to expand…
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A Therapist’s Guide to Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Attachment (Lesson 1)
Attachment Theory as the Foundation for Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy In my work as a couples therapist in both my private practice and at the University of Houston I have often been in a teaching role to newer therapists wanting to learn more about becoming a couples therapist. As a certified emotionally-focused couples therapist this has…
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How To Turn a Negative Relationship Around
Many couples struggle daily with conflicts, negativity, or unmet needs. Learn how to get unstuck from the negative pattern and turn your relationship around
Approaches to Couples Counseling: Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy
Learn about Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) and find out if EFT is the couples therapy approach for you.
How to Choose the Right Couples Therapist
You may have noticed that you aren't that happy in your relationship, or may find that you and your partner keep on getting stuck in the same old arguments. You want to fight for your relationship, but don't really know how to move out of the rut you are in. You have heard of couples…
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Why I Like Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) is an approach to working with couples, which we adopt at Better Couples Therapy as our primary approach to strengthening relationship bonds between partners. The approach was invented by Susan Johnson and Les Greenberg, two prominent psychologists and researchers in Canada, who argued that emotions are our most fundamental way…
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