In this 6th installment in a Therapist's Guide to EFT we explore the psychology of the withdrawer
A Therapist’s Guide to Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: The Psychology of Withdrawers (Lesson 6)
A Therapist’s Guide to Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: The Psychology of Pursuers (Lesson 5)
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: Enactments (Lesson 4)
Working with Enactments In today's lesson we will looking at the concept of enactments, which are one of the main ways EFT therapists try to effect change in the way couples interact with each other. Lesson 4: What You will Learn in Today's EFT Lesson: Understanding the concept of enactments and how they can help…
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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: Steps and Stages (Lesson 2)
Steps and Stages of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy In today's lesson we will be looking at the sequence couples have to go through to complete a full course of emotionally focused couples therapy. As we saw in part 1, EFT provides an attachment understanding of why couples end up having relationship problems. With this in…
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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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