Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals, Couples, and Families
Also known as Attachment Theory in Practice, Attachment Theory in Practice (2019), Attachment Theory in Practice (Johnson, 2019)
Sue Johnson extends emotionally focused therapy from couples to individuals and families
At a glance
What it argues
Connection heals, One theory across modalities, Follow the emotion
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Emotion builds corrective experiences, Individual EFT, Safe and sound …
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Paired case chapters
Read next
The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection, Attachment theory, Common factors
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Sue Johnson, Attachment theory and 2 others
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- Sue Johnson's clinical book that carries emotionally focused therapy beyond couples.
- She argues therapy works best when it focuses on the healing power of emotional connection.
- Attachment science gives a single theory of how people function and change, across disorders.
- The book covers individual, couple and family therapy in paired chapters: key concepts, then a full case.
Why it matters
- For therapists of any modality who want an attachment-based way to work, not only couples therapists.
- It also serves as an overview of EFT as a whole.
Key facts
- Author
- Susan M. Johnson1
- Published
- 20191
- Publisher
- Guilford Press1
- Pages
- 2781
- ISBN
- 97814625382491
- Used for
- Anxiety, depression and relationship problems1
- Features
- End-of-chapter exercises and reflection questions1
What it argues
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Connection heals1
Psychotherapy is most effective when it focuses on the healing power of emotional connection.
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One theory across modalities1
Attachment science is offered as a model of therapeutic change for individual, couple and family therapy alike.
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Follow the emotion1
One reviewer sums up the lesson for clinicians: follow the emotion.
Key ideas
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Emotion builds corrective experiences1
Chapter 3: working with and using emotion to construct corrective experiences and interactions.
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Individual EFT1
Expanding the sense of self within the attachment frame.
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Safe and sound1
Couple therapy aims at a secure bond.
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Restoring family bonds1
Emotionally focused family therapy.
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General factors1
An appendix on general factors and principles in therapy, and on other tested attachment-based models.
Examples from the book
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Paired case chapters1
Each modality gets an 'in action' chapter with an in-depth case: individual, couple and family.
Read next
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The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection
The full couples manual.
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The theory itself.
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Why shared ingredients such as the relationship matter across therapies.
Connections
Links
Sources
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