Unhappy couples are usually too defensive and caught up in their own drama to really listen to each other, much less engage in problem-solving or learning communication skills. Using attachment theory as its base, Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), an empirically validated approach, provides a frame for understanding the underlying emotional dynamics of the couple and a step-by-step procedure for helping them reconnect and create a satisfying mutual bond. Through a live demonstration of EFT and discussion of its key features, you'll learn interventions for calming couples down, interrupting their destructive interactional cycles, helping them reengage, and showing them how to integrate their therapeutic breakthroughs into their daily lives. You'll witness firsthand how to stay with the couple's moment-to-moment emotional experience and facilitate the bonding events that can transform their relationship. (This session will continue with Workshop 501.)