1. Emotionally Focused Family Therapy 2. Families and Emotion: Sharing the Language of Attachment 3. Exploring the EFFT Process of Change 4. Alliance and Assessment of Family Patterns 5. Working through Relational Blocks 6. Engaging Family Vulnerability 7. Restructuring Attachment and Caregiving Responses 8. Consolidating Security in the Family System 9. Case Example: EFFT and Treating an Internalizing Disorder 10. Case Example: EFFT and Treating an Externalizing Disorder 11. Case Example: EFFT and Working with Stepfamilies 12: Case Example: EFFT and Traumatic Loss
James L. Furrow, Ph.D., is co-author of Becoming an EFT Therapist: The Workbook, Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy for Dummies and co-editor of The EFT Casebook: New Directions in Couple Treatment.
Gail Palmer, MSW, RMFT is Co-Director of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy and Co- Founder of the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute. Gail is co-author of Becoming an Emotionally Focused Therapist: The Workbook and leads trainings in EFT internationally.
Susan M. Johnson, Ed.D., is the leading developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy (or EFT). She is a Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology at the University of Ottawa, Distinguished Research Professor in the Marital & Family Therapy Program at Alliant University in San Diego, and Director of the International Centre for Excellence in EFT.
George Faller, LMFT, is the President of the New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy. He teaches EFT courses at the Ackerman Institute for the Family and is the director of training at the Center for Hope and Renewal in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Lisa Palmer-Olsen, Psy.D., LMFT, is a Certified EFT Trainer and Supervisor for over 15 years and is the co-founder and co-director of the Emotionally Focused Couples Training and Research Institute at Alliant International University, San Diego.
"Emotionally Focused Family Therapy offers an important
breakthrough in the practice of family therapy. In this wonderfully
written book, Furrow, Palmer, Johnson, Faller, and Olsen apply the
wisdom and exceptional clinical skills refined over decades in
emotionally focused couple therapy to family therapy. Grounded in
the same base in attachment and emotion as the couple therapy,
Furrow and colleagues astutely and artfully recreate this therapy
in a form that addresses the unique sorts of issues that arise and
typical problems in focus in family therapy. Filled with rich
clinical vignettes, this is the book and treatment manual to
consult to learn emotionally focused family therapy, as well as
more broadly the use of emotion and attachment in work with
families."
- Jay L. Lebow, Ph.D., Senior Scholar and Senior therapist, Family
Insitute at Northwestern University, and Editor, Family Process
"Long anticipated, Emotionally Focused Family Therapy elegantly
details the family version of emotionally focused couples therapy,
one of the most popular and well respected theories in contemporary
practice. In addition to clearly outlining the model step-by-step,
Johnson and Furrow provide practical guidance for using the
approach not only in common situations such as internalizing and
externalizing childhood disorders but also with more challenging
cases involving trauma and blended families. Without a doubt, this
book will be essential reading in the field of family therapy for
years to come, transforming how we conceptualize and approach work
with children and families."
- Diane R. Gehart, Ph.D., Author, Mastering Competencies in Family
Therapy and Professor, California State University"EFT
revolutionized couple therapy. Now, these groundbreaking pioneers
have extended the approach to work with families. This delightfully
engaging book is overflowing with enlightening clinical examples
and session transcripts that demonstrate the power of emotion in
family therapy. It should be required reading for all family
therapists."- Andrea K. Wittenborn, Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Human Development and Family Studies and Associate Professor of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Michigan State UniversityThis
volume provides a powerful foundation that guides therapists in the
application of EFT principles with families who are entangled in
rigid attachment patterns, that create barriers to recognizing
attachment needs and responding with sensitivity and support.
Emphasizing the precedence of emotion in family communication and
therapy, Dr. Susan Johnson and colleagues elegantly illustrate how
therapists can navigate complex family systems to reduce family
distress; create new opportunities for the clear and safe
expression of attachment needs; and develop new family patterns and
narratives that promote strength and connection. Together with the
recent development of of attachment-based interventions for
couples, parents and families, this signals an important turning
point toward a new era of evidence-based and relationally focused
therapies."- Marlene Moretti, Ph.D., R.Psych, Professor, Canada
Research Chair in Youth Clinical Psychological Science"This book
reflects clinical wisdom in action. The authors address how the
principles of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) can be applied to
families, with a sensitivity to hierarchy, intergenerational
relationships, and developmental stages. The authors make a
compelling case for creating new emotional experiences among family
members to transform negative cycles of behavior into positive
ones, and to help families find security through vulnerability.
They also provide a roadmap of the stages, skills and give-and-take
"music" (the "EFT Tango") of emotionally focused family therapy
(EFFT). They use vivid, engaging, sustained clinical examples to
bring EFFT to life in ways that readers can both understand and
apply."- Fred P. Piercy, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Family
Therapy, Virgina Tech and former editor, Journal of Marital and
Family Therapy"Emotionally Focused Family Therapy articulates
precisely and distinctively its underlying premises within the
attachment theoretical framework, and how they translate into a
model for the treatment of families along with the clinical
examples that show how it actually works. This is a
clear-as-it-gets exposition from A to Z of the application of
attachment theory through a well-thought-through and proven
therapeutic model that succeeds by how it operates in its
particular approach to promoting healthy patterns in the
connections and security of the emotional bonds that constitute
couples and families. Clear, thorough, and practical!- Harry J.
Aponte, MSW, LCSW, LMFT, Clinical Associate Professor, Drexel
University's Couple & Family Therapy Program, author of Bread &
Spirit: Therapy with the New Poor, and co-editor of The Person of
the Therapist Training Model: Mastering the Use of Self"This
expansive book provides an excellent guide for learning the
concepts and skills of EFT. Beginning with Bowlby's attachment
theory, the authors describe a step by step process of change
illustrated with charts and transcripts of sessions that include a
broad range of family problems."- Peggy Papp, Senior Supervisor,
Ackerman Institute for the Family and author, The Process of
Change
"Emotionally Focused Family Therapy offers an important
breakthrough in the practice of family therapy. In this wonderfully
written book, Furrow, Palmer, Johnson, Faller, and Palmer-Olsen
apply the wisdom and exceptional clinical skills refined over
decades in emotionally focused couple therapy to family therapy.
Grounded in the same base in attachment and emotion as the couple
therapy, Furrow and colleagues astutely and artfully recreate this
therapy in a form that addresses the unique sorts of issues that
arise and typical problems in focus in family therapy. Filled with
rich clinical vignettes, this is the book and treatment manual to
consult to learn emotionally focused family therapy, as well as
more broadly the use of emotion and attachment in work with
families."
- Jay L. Lebow, Ph.D., Senior Scholar and Senior therapist, Family
Insitute at Northwestern University, and Editor, Family Process
"Long anticipated, Emotionally Focused Family Therapy elegantly
details the family version of emotionally focused couples therapy,
one of the most popular and well respected theories in contemporary
practice. In addition to clearly outlining the model step-by-step,
Johnson and Furrow provide practical guidance for using the
approach not only in common situations such as internalizing and
externalizing childhood disorders but also with more challenging
cases involving trauma and blended families. Without a doubt, this
book will be essential reading in the field of family therapy for
years to come, transforming how we conceptualize and approach work
with children and families."
- Diane R. Gehart, Ph.D., Author, Mastering Competencies in Family
Therapy and Professor, California State University"EFT
revolutionized couple therapy. Now, these groundbreaking pioneers
have extended the approach to work with families. This delightfully
engaging book is overflowing with enlightening clinical examples
and session transcripts that demonstrate the power of emotion in
family therapy. It should be required reading for all family
therapists."- Andrea K. Wittenborn, Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Human Development and Family Studies and Associate Professor of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Michigan State UniversityThis
volume provides a powerful foundation that guides therapists in the
application of EFT principles with families who are entangled in
rigid attachment patterns, that create barriers to recognizing
attachment needs and responding with sensitivity and support.
Emphasizing the precedence of emotion in family communication and
therapy, Dr. Susan Johnson and colleagues elegantly illustrate how
therapists can navigate complex family systems to reduce family
distress; create new opportunities for the clear and safe
expression of attachment needs; and develop new family patterns and
narratives that promote strength and connection. Together with the
recent development of of attachment-based interventions for
couples, parents and families, this signals an important turning
point toward a new era of evidence-based and relationally focused
therapies."- Marlene Moretti, Ph.D., R.Psych, Professor, Canada
Research Chair in Youth Clinical Psychological Science"This book
reflects clinical wisdom in action. The authors address how the
principles of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) can be applied to
families, with a sensitivity to hierarchy, intergenerational
relationships, and developmental stages. The authors make a
compelling case for creating new emotional experiences among family
members to transform negative cycles of behavior into positive
ones, and to help families find security through vulnerability.
They also provide a roadmap of the stages, skills and give-and-take
"music" (the "EFT Tango") of emotionally focused family therapy
(EFFT). They use vivid, engaging, sustained clinical examples to
bring EFFT to life in ways that readers can both understand and
apply."- Fred P. Piercy, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Family
Therapy, Virgina Tech and former editor, Journal of Marital and
Family Therapy"Emotionally Focused Family Therapy articulates
precisely and distinctively its underlying premises within the
attachment theoretical framework, and how they translate into a
model for the treatment of families along with the clinical
examples that show how it actually works. This is a
clear-as-it-gets exposition from A to Z of the application of
attachment theory through a well-thought-through and proven
therapeutic model that succeeds by how it operates in its
particular approach to promoting healthy patterns in the
connections and security of the emotional bonds that constitute
couples and families. Clear, thorough, and practical!- Harry J.
Aponte, MSW, LCSW, LMFT, Clinical Associate Professor, Drexel
University's Couple & Family Therapy Program, author of Bread &
Spirit: Therapy with the New Poor, and co-editor of The Person of
the Therapist Training Model: Mastering the Use of Self"This
expansive book provides an excellent guide for learning the
concepts and skills of EFT. Beginning with Bowlby's attachment
theory, the authors describe a step by step process of change
illustrated with charts and transcripts of sessions that include a
broad range of family problems."- Peggy Papp, Senior Supervisor,
Ackerman Institute for the Family and author, The Process of Change
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