Updates a classic emotion-focused therapy reference with over 20 years of research and theory. The first edition of this book became the standard reference and training work for a generation of emotion-focused therapy (EFT) therapists. This second edition aims to inspire the next generation of EFT therapists by fully updating the first edition's ......
The question of whether emotion-focused skills is an inborn talent or can be acquired through learning is an intriguing one. On Becoming Emotion Focused attempts to answer that question - whether such attunement is a product of nature (implicit learning) or nurture (explicit learning) while also illustrating, through the unraveling of the author's ......
Newly published in paperback, this title presents a comprehensive overview of emotion-focused therapy (EFT)--a treatment that helps clients identify, experience, accept, explore, interpret, transform, and flexibly manage their emotions. This second edition incorporates the latest theory and research on EFT.
Methods described in this book can help clients to 'arrive at', or fully experience, their painful maladaptive emotions, and then 'leave' these emotions by accessing new, adaptive emotions. These methods include helping clients sit with painful feelings, access bodily felt experience, and articulate the meaning of an emotion.
Shows how forgiveness oriented Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps individuals and couples process distressing negative emotions and transform them by accessing internal resources of strength and self compassion. The book offers step-by-step guides for conducting EFT and EFT for couples, along with analyses of extensive clinical case material.
Investigates the role of emotion in the development and maintenance of psychological problems, and in effecting psychological change. The authors examine emotion as it is conceptualized and used in three of the most widely practiced approaches today - psychodynamic, cognitive behaviour, and emotion-focused psychotherapy.
Offers a comprehensive tour of Emotion-Focused Therapy research and applications for all common mental health issues including depression, anxiety, interpersonal trauma, personality disorders, and eating disorders.
Argues that emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is uniquely capable of targeting the maladaptive emotional schemes that underlie generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and helping clients maintain lasting, positive change. In this practical guide, Jeanne Watson and Leslie Greenberg teach mental health practitioners how to employ EFT methods in their work ......
