Emotion-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Thousands of girls and boys are forced into human trafficking and the slavery market daily. However, it is not always forced labor, but voluntary. These underground activities affect families and puts them at potential danger of someone being trapped in human trafficking (Clause & Lawler, 2013). Many families are unaware of the dangers that exists today, even in America, and the different ways victims are trapped by and/or unable to escape human traffickers (McClain & Garrity, 2011). It is important to make families aware of these dangers since individuals who are caught in human trafficking have not provided consent nor agreed to this oppressive lifestyle. In 2012, there were 44 survivors of human trafficking cases reported in Kansas (Halley, 2012) while in 2013, Rapp (2014) reported that over 200 individuals were identified as victims of human trafficking throughout Kansas. There continues to be inadequate understanding of what human trafficking is and how to intervene. There are many families that are unaware to the extent of how youth and communities are impacted by this social issue (Macy & Graham, 2012).

Emotion focused therapy (EFT) uses multiple techniques to illicit emotional reconstruction. “By bringing awareness, regulation, reflection and transformation” (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014, p. 160) to the forefront, the client, has the ability to focus on those emotions and recognize the maladaptive strategies used to alleviate these responses. Within EFT validation is key in promoting congruence, positive regard and empathy. “Validation is the processes of letting the [client] know that the therapist views their needs and reactions as understandable, valid, and normal” (Denton, Johnson, & Burleson, 2009). By allowing the client to lead the session and reflecting the client’s emotions back to her you reinforced to the client that it was safe

It is normal, following a traumatic experience, for a person to feel disconnected, anxious, sad and frightened. However, if the distress does not fade and the individual feels stuck with a continuous sense of danger as well as hurting memories, then that person might in fact be suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PSTD could develop after a traumatic incident which threatens one’s safety or makes one to feel helpless (Dalgleish, 2010). Coping with traumatic events could be very difficult, but confronting one’s feelings and seeking professional assistance is usually the only way to properly treat PSTD. Many kids and adolescents worldwide experience events that are traumatizing. If exposure to trauma is not treated, it could lead to various mental health problems. Researchers have reported a connection between traumatization and increases in mood and anxiety disorders, but the most frequently reported symptoms of psychological distress are post-traumatic stress symptoms (Cohen, Mannarino & Iyengar, 2011).

In Affect - A basic Summary of approaches, Andrew Murphie puts forth thought on the concept of affect and how it directly correlates with the language. Affect is described as what occurs right before one becomes aware of how they are feeling, and thus turning that feeling into an emotion. That being true, affect is moment to moment and is constantly changing, for emotion is continually being altered in order for one to be fully present in every point in time. Affect comes and goes instantaneously, for at the instant when it comes, one makes an effort to put affect into words, turning the affect into a feeling or emotion and it is gone. Affect cannot be put into language, but it is always something that will be with one. That being said, one cannot describe one’s affect to another. Though, by trying to talk about one’s affect, one must speak about the instant that created said affect, and by expressing one’s thoughts about their moment to moment experience, one can try to evoke a similar experience in another’s mind.

Attempts to define “emotion” have proved to be rather difficult. Instead of searching for a comprehensive definition, Gross (2011) describes the three core features of emotions. First, emotions occur when an individual decides that a situation is relevant to his or her goals. Second, emotions are multi-faceted, and involve both subjective and physiological experiences, as well as behaviors. The third feature involves the authoritative nature of emotions. They have the powerful ability to interrupt ongoing processes, assert their priority over other activities, and force their way into awareness. For example, some traditions describe emotions as “disorganized interruptions of mental activity” (Salovey & Mayer, 1989). Emotions are such an

Process Experiential Emotion-Focused Therapy (PEEFT) is an approach used to improve the regulation, expression, acceptance, integration and transformation of emotional experiences. Emotions govern the way we interact with the world around us and serve as the primary driver of decision making, allowing us to identify potential risk and understanding personal needs and desires. The process of Emotion Focused therapy (EFT) is essentially to improve overall emotional intelligence by working with the clients current emotional experiences, understanding maladaptive emotional scheme that may be preventing the clients personal growth and impeding on their everyday life and experiencing. The EFT therapist guides the client through a process of awareness and expression of emotions that can then be understood, reflected upon, integrated and transformed to add meaning to their personal experiences.

Our emotions in many cases affect our perception of events as well as the actions that we take ourselves by permeating our way of thinking, and therefore affecting each thing that we do in that moment. In particular, emotions about the perception of ourselves have been shown to have both the ability to positively and negatively affect our actions and performances in life. This is what can be

Emotions are used in everyday life, whether it be just a simple smile that makes happiness disperse in your brain, or a death of a loved one that causes sadness. The basic emotions are joy, interest, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, shame, and guilt. The way we see emotion in ourselves and others can be very complex because we sometimes assume they feel a certain way just based on their actions or even facial expressions. When emotion is discussed in psychological terms, it is not based on one thing, instead it’s a mix of bodily arousal, expressive behaviors, conscious experience. Many theories try to explain how emotion works.

“The most basic definition of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric sequel to a stressful event or situation of an exceptionally threatening or catastrophic in nature.” (Kassam-Adams, & Winston, 2004, p.409). In the event that a client suffers from PTSD an evidenced based therapeutic concept should be used, this concept is generally called Trauma-Focused Cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT). TF-CBT has been used in the management of PTSD in both children and adolescents for many years as it has been proven over and over again to be the most effective in treating clients with PTSD with an emphasis on children. (Cohen, Mannarino, & Deblinger, 2012, p.3). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can and usually is an extremely

. • Effective expression and modulation are taught to help children and parents identify and cope with a range of emotions

Depression is said to be a leading cause of medical disability in ages 14 to 44 (Stewart, Ricci, Chee, Hahn, & Morganstein, 2003). Recent debates have argued whether Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is an effective treatment for depression. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is defined as a short-term psychotherapy focused on emotional, behavioural and psychiatric issues. (Beck, 1995). This treatment helps individuals reconstruct and maintain new and improved thoughts and actions. This essay will be focusing on determining whether CBT has an effective outcome towards those who suffer from depression.

Emotion focused family therapy by Leslie Greenberg and Susan Johnson address an attachment based theoretical orientation. Emotion focused therapy focuses on emotion as communication and focuses on one person in the couple utilizing defenses as a response to their partner when their attachment needs are not being met (Tobin, 2016). Emotion focused therapy also addresses interventions, which focus on elements related to the relationship and marital satisfaction (Tobin, 2016). Treatment in emotion-focused therapy also seeks to help couples understand their feelings of isolation deprivation, and loneliness (Tobin, 2016). The focus is also on the interactions between the couple that could be causing distress in the relationship.

Fayard, J. V., Roberts, B. W., Robins, R. W., & Watson, D. (2012). Uncovering the Affective

Emotion-focused Therapy (EFT) is an integrative psychotherapy approach that views emotions as a primary form of intelligence that determines the experience of self, others, and the environment. During the therapy, EFT helps clients to accept, identify, explore, regulate, make sense of their emotions, and subsequently transform and manage them.

Emotion focused therapy is a great option for this family and the main person of this counseling, Tina. As a teenager, appearance is a definite issue within a teenager’s life. “Emotion focused therapy (EFT) emerged as a person-centered approach informed by understanding the role of emotion in human functioning and psychotherapeutic change” (Greensberg, 2014,p.15) With Emotion focused therapy the focus on the person’s emotions are what we look to in helping in their therapy. What are their emotions saying? “EFT strategies focus on two major tasks: (1) help clients with too little emotion access then emotions, and (2) help clients who experience too much emotion contain their emotions (Greenberg, 2014)”1 I believe that the importance of the counseling sessions with not only with the client Tina but it is with the family of Tina’s. We know she is a teenager and that means she is going through a ton of different changes within her life and this may mean that people within her family do not know how to handle these changes or how not to set off triggers with her life. Within “EFT emphasizes the importance of awareness, acceptance, and understanding the visceral experience of emotions.”1 Family is the key in the support of helping Tina. With EFT the support for the person getting counseling is within the help from the family.