 | Austin Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy |
About EFT
Emotionally Focused Therapy is a therapy modality developed by Dr. Sue Johnson. Based on attachment theory, EFT helps couples understand how adult love and adult relationships function and flourish.EFT views distress in a relationship as the result of a threat or rupture of the emotional bond or “connection” between partners. When this occurs, couples are left with coping mechanisms that throw them into a negative cycle or “dance” that highjacks the relationship and results emotional distance between the couple.Negative cycles often result in expressions of frustration, resentment, criticism and anger. |
Strengths of EFT |
- EFT is based on a clear understanding of relational distress and adult love. It is supported by Attachment Theory and empirical research. - EFT is collaborative and respectful of clients. Alliance is key because it creates a safety that is healing in itself, is egalitarian, and non-pathologizing. - Change strategies and interventions are specific and address recurring patterns of negative interaction as well as the underlying emotions that drive these patterns. 20 |
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Goals in EFT |
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- To move from relational distress to a more secure bond between partners. - To expand and re-organize key emotional responses—the music of the attachment dance. -To facilitate a shift in partners’ interactional positions so that they can move toward increased accessibility, responsiveness, and safe engagement with each other. |
Visit the ICEEFT website for more information |
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