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The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection (Basic Principles Into Practice Series) | 
| Authors: Susan Johnson, Susan M. Johnson
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
Buy New: $31.45
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 8461
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0415945682
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.891562
EAN: 9780415945684
ASIN: 0415945682
Publication Date: August 1, 2004
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Product Description
Since its original publication in 1996, this volume has been a helpful guide to therapists in the practice of emotionally focused therapy. This second edition will address the many changes in the field of couples therapy, including updated research results linked to clinical intervention and new information on using EFT to address depression and PTSD. A new section covers the growth of couples therapy as a field and its overall relevance to the mental health field, accompanied by coverage of how recent research into the nature of marital distress is consonant with EFT. Other new features are a section of EFT and feminism, as well as a section and cultural competence for the EFT therapist. Written by a leading authority on emotionally focused couples and marital therapy, this second edition will be an up-to-date reference on all aspects of EFT and its uses for mental health professionals.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Excellent overview of approach June 11, 2008
R. Miles (Sacramento)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ms. Johnson offer a clear and concise overview of this approach for couples. Well worth the reading.
Easy to read and understand March 2, 2008
V. Dietz (NYC)
This is my first book by Johnson and I found it to be easy to read and understand. Johnson's approach is based on attachment theory which I have found to be a good anchor in working with couples that want to resolve conflict and/or strengthen their bond.
A Seminal Work in Couples' Therapy January 24, 2008
Sean M. McLaughlin (Lansing, MI USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Susan Johnson's work through Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a great asset to the world of relationship therapies. Her work is in the new direction in therapy - calculated integration versus muddle-headed eclecticism.
Johnson's work carefully integrate structural family therapy (Minuchin) with attachment theory (Bowlby) and the experiential therapies. While mainly citing Rogers, this a misnomer. EFT is more Satir and Whitaker than Rogers as the therapist is active and directive as well as short-term to brief in her or his interventions. Rogers is a long-term personality-altering insight therapy, which offers little for today's reality of shorter time constraints whether through managed-care or government stipulations.
Better yet, EFT is an EBT (evidence-based treatment)! I believe it has a 70-73% efficacy rate for couple improvement and therefore is more ameniable to third-party reimbursement. EFT is also a great approach for PTSD (see Johnson, 2002) as in 33-38 sessions a full-blown PTSD sufferer can have significant improvement. This is because the partner, not the therapist, becomes the soother for the traumatized person and is much more available in the long-term for the PTSD sufferer. I believe the Department of Veteran's Affairs needs to "perk-up" and "pony-up" for EFT as the treatment of choice for our soon-to-be onslaught of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans come home.
We are so not prepared for this avalanche of need!
 Good EFT book January 9, 2007
Jennifer Green
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is very good for people who want to learn more about EFT. it is easy to read and has lots of case examples.
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