Emotionally Focused Therapy for Trauma

Susan M. Johnson, T. Leanne Campbell

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Psychology
• eBook ISBN:
  9781462559312
• Subtopic: Psychiatry & Mental Health
• Index: Psychology

This innovative clinician’s guide shows how emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is ideally suited to target core elements of recovery from common impacts of chronic, cumulative, or acute trauma. EFT pioneer Susan M. Johnson and her collaborator and leading EFT trainer T. Leanne Campbell provide a clear intervention framework and numerous vivid clinical examples illustrating their attachment-informed, experiential approach. Using dance--in particular, the tango--as a metaphor for what happens in session, the book takes therapists move by move through the three stages of EFT with individuals or couples affected by the echoes of trauma. Chapters conclude with reflection questions, learning exercises, and recaps of key ideas, enhancing the volume’s practical utility.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Also from Susan M. Johnson and published by The Guilford Press
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Transforming Trauma Together with Emotionally Focused Therapy
• Chapter 2: Attachment Science as the Path to Healing
• Chapter 3: The Five EFT Macro Interventions
• Chapter 4: Key EFT Assumptions and Micro Interventions
• Chapter 5: Assessment as a Guide through the Three Stages of EFIT Intervention
• Chapter 6: Finding Focus and Maintaining Momentum in Stage 1
• Chapter 7: Harnessing Connection to Dissolve Shame in Stage 2
• Chapter 8: Consolidation in Stage 3
• Chapter 9: Addressing Other Types of Trauma with EFIT
• Appendix: Moving through the Three Stages of EFIT
• References
• Index
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