Emotion-Focused Counselling in Action
Also known as Emotion-Focused Counselling in Action (2021), Emotion-Focused Counselling in Action (Elliott and Greenberg, 2021)
Robert Elliott and Les Greenberg's phase-by-phase introduction to EFT for counsellors
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How it is organized
Foundations, Beginning, Early working phase …
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EFT therapist session form, Person-Centred & Experiential Psychotherapy Scale, Helpful Aspects of Therapy form
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Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy: Coaching Clients to Work Through Their Feelings, Empty chair technique
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Robert Elliott, Leslie Greenberg and 3 others
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- An introduction to emotion-focused counselling in SAGE's Counselling in Action series.
- It starts from the person-centred-experiential roots and EFT's theory of emotion.
- It then walks through a course of counselling from the first session to ending well.
- Each working phase pairs with a task: unfolding and focusing, two-chair work, empty-chair work, compassionate self-soothing.
Why it matters
- For counsellors and trainees who want a compact, practical route into emotion-focused work.
- The appendices give forms a working counsellor can use, such as a session form and rating scales.
Key facts
- Authors
- Robert Elliott, Leslie S. Greenberg1
- Published
- 2021 (first edition)1
- Publisher
- SAGE, Counselling in Action series1
- Pages
- 2081
- Features
- Case studies, transcripts, further reading and reflective exercises in each chapter1
How it is organized
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Foundations1
Chapters 1 to 3: the person-centred-experiential approach, emotion theory, and deepening and transforming emotion.
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Beginning1
Fostering the relationship and beginning the work.
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Early working phase1
Unfolding and focusing, then two-chair work.
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Late working phase1
Empty-chair work for unresolved relational issues; empathic affirmation and compassionate self-soothing.
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Consolidation1
The work of ending well, then next steps: client groups, process research, monitoring practice.
Tools in the appendices
Read next
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Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy
The fuller training text by the same authors and colleagues.
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Emotion-Focused Therapy: Coaching Clients to Work Through Their Feelings
Greenberg's guide with many examples.
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The late-phase task in more depth.
Connections
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