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Part 2: Emotionally focused Therapy

Session #: 710-505
Presenter(s): Susan Johnson
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Any experienced couples therapist knows there are no one-session cures. This workshop will explore how Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) approaches the inevitable impasses and dead-ends therapists face when dealing with distressed couples, especially those who struggle with depression or the ongoing effects of trauma. We'll explore three kinds of difficulties: the couple gets stuck (e.g. a blaming partner remains critical even when the other partner responds in new ways); there's a block to secure attachment and positive interactions (e.g. shame fuels withdrawal); and therapist issues, such as discomfort with intense emotion, hamper progress. You'll learn how to make therapeutic use of high emotion, deal with the traumatic history of one or both partners, time your interventions appropriately, understand the couple's natural engagement rhythms, and create an atmosphere of trust, safety, and security in sessions with distraught partners. (This session will continue with Workshop 505.)

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