a community of minnesota counselors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists and social workers trained in
emotionally focused therapy
About Emotionally Focused Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples was developed about 20 years ago by Sue Johnson, Ed.D and Leslie Greenberg, Ph.D.
This short term (8-20 sessions) experiential and systemic couples therapy is now one of the most researched, delineated and empirically-validated approaches in the field of couples therapy. It has demonstrated powerful clinically significant effects with various populations (Johnson, 2003, JMFT 29, 365-385).
EFT presents a comprehensive theory of adult love and attachment and a process for healing distressed relationships. It recognizes that relationship distress results from a perceived threat to basic adult needs for safety, security and closeness in intimate relationships. This experiential/systemic therapy focuses on helping each partner reprocess the emotional experience underlying the rigid negative interactional patterns that keep them stuck. Through a series of well-defined stages the therapist takes the couple from conflict deadlock to creating new bonding interactions.
To learn more about this approach you are encouraged to visit the EFT website, or read the following titles that are available from Amazon.
For more resources and reference sources on EFT click here.
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The MN EFT Community is moderated by Kurt Wical of the Minnesota Renewal Center www.minnesotarenewal.org
