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EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY: AN OUTCOME STUDY*

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1985
In a within‐subjects design in which couples acted as their own controls, assessment was completed at four times: at the time of intial contact, after an eight‐week waiting period, after eight sessions of Emotionally Focused Marital Therapy, and at an eight‐week follow‐up.
Susan M. Johnson, Leslie S. Greenberg
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Predicting Key Change Events in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2014
In emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT), the blamer‐softening event helps individuals express and respond to partners’ unmet attachment needs. This study examined the impact of this event in relation to attachment at intake and changes in marital satisfaction from pre‐ to posttherapy.
Tracy L, Dalgleish, Susan M, Johnson, Melissa, Burgess Moser, Stephanie A, Wiebe, Giorgio A, Tasca   +4 more
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Integrating Sex and Attachment in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2009
In this article, sexual functioning is placed in the context of love as an attachment bond. Attachment theory offers the most coherent and empirically validated theory of adult love and is summarized together with the implications of this theory for the practice of couple therapy in which sexual issues are often addressed. Recent research on attachment
Susan, Johnson, Dino, Zuccarini
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Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Couples Facing Terminal Illness

Contemporary Family Therapy, 2013
Research on effective therapeutic interventions for couples dealing with terminal illness is scant. Changes in daily routine, added responsibilities, role changes, and the grief process are all contributors to the enormous stress and emotional strain felt by these couples.
Sarah Tie, Shruti Poulsen
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Learning Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Four Clinicians' Perspectives

Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 2017
ABSTRACTThis study examined the experiences of four clinicians learning emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT). Two group interviews, separated by 6 years, explored topics that included emotion, gender, model differences, personal practitioner impact, and the long-term influence of EFT training on clinical work. Emotion emerged as a major theme, with
Chance A. Bell, Wayne H. Denton, Gloria Martin, Adam D. Coffey, Clyde O. Hanks, Connie S. Cornwell, Jacob B. Priest   +6 more
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Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples and Attachment Theory

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 2005
Emotionally focused therapy for couples (EFTC) is an important framework for couples therapy. It provides an integrative model, drawing upon experiential, systems and attachment theory to understand the dynamics of the couple relationship and to describe the therapeutic process.
Jim Crawley, Jan Grant
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CHRONIC ILLNESS IN COUPLES: A CASE FOR EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2003
The onset of chronic illness is one of the most pervasive health problems facing North Americans today. Only recently have researchers and clinicans seriously examined chronic physical conditions in the context of close relationships. This article briefly reviews the literature on chronic illness in adult couples.
John, Kowal, Susan M, Johnson, Alison, Lee   +2 more
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Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy With Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Pilot Study

The American Journal of Family Therapy, 2016
ABSTRACTThis research wants to verify the effectiveness of couple's treatment, when a neurodegenerative disease affects one of the two partners. The disease affects not only the ailing individual, but also the dynamics within the couple. Fourteen patients affected by neurodegenerative diseases participated in an emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT)
Ghedin, S., Semi, A., CACCAMO, FLORIANA, Caldironi, L., MAROGNA, CRISTINA, Piccione, F., Stabile, R., Lorio, R., VIDOTTO, GIULIO   +8 more
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Predicting Change in Marital Satisfaction Throughout Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2014
Emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT) is an empirically validated approach to couple therapy that uses attachment theory to understand the needs and emotions of romantic partners. EFT is recognized as one of the most effective approaches to couple therapy, but to guide therapists in their use of EFT, a theoretically based model to predict change is ...
Tracy L, Dalgleish, Susan M, Johnson, Melissa, Burgess Moser, Marie-France, Lafontaine, Stephanie A, Wiebe, Giorgio A, Tasca   +5 more
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Changes in Relationship‐Specific Attachment in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2015
Emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT; Johnson, The practice of emotionally focused couple therapy (1st/2nd edition). Brunner‐Routledge, New York, 2004) is an effective treatment of relationship distress (Johnson et al., Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 1999; 6, 67).
Melissa, Burgess Moser, Susan M, Johnson, Tracy L, Dalgleish, Marie-France, Lafontaine, Stephanie A, Wiebe, Giorgio A, Tasca   +5 more
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