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
Abstract Solution-focused therapy has been criticized for abandoning the expressive progressions of clients, yet, an analysis of works challenges this argument and shows that the use of positive self-talk within the changing process of Solution-focused therapy has been existing since its beginning expansion. This paper will explore the historical context of Solution Focused Therapy and how the theory has evolved. The author will also examine the underlying assumptions of the theory and causes,
state, activation level, and interpersonal/intrapersonal focus, emphasizing the link between emotions, cognitions and behaviors. Positive emotions are described as having five broad categories, including (1) happy-joyful, (2) close-warm, (3) energy-vigor, and (4) relaxed-calm, with the first two being related to emotional state and the latter two being related to activation level. Additional positive emotions, such as ambitious and inspired fall into an “other” category. Negative affect is described
Their case is complicated and needs a long-term therapy. It is better to use Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT-C) which “treated differentially depending on which emotion is expressed and how it functions for both the individual and the couple.” Firstly interviewing both of them separately to get more information about what happened in the past thirty years, and then according to the information they provided to design relative interventions for both of them together. For Owen, the individual
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
“Emotions! Emotions! They’re our devotion!” would be the chant uttered by therapists who align themselves with emotion-focused therapy. Derived from both the humanistic and experiential traditions and relying upon the client-centered approach, emotion-focused therapy is a time-limited, “process experiential psychotherapy” that regards emotions as the primary vehicle of change (Watson, Goldman, & Greenberg, 2011, p. 269). The effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy has been demonstrated through
As the treating clinician for Alice and Michael using the theoretical orientation of emotion focused couple therapy I would attempt to treat the couple as a system. I would address the couple as a unit and allow Alice as well as Michael to express their interpretations of the distress they feel in their relationship. Emotion focused therapy emphasizes the therapeutic alliance as an integral healing part of therapy (Tobin, 2016). As a therapist I would strive to address the underlying issues related
I will be using Emotion Focused Therapy, and in particular will concentrate on Attachment Theory within EFT to conceptualize Ally’s presenting difficulties that she came to therapy for. A key premise of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) is that emotion is foundational in the construction of the self and is a key element of self organization (Greenberg, 2004). Emotions are seen as an adaptive form of information-processing and action readiness that orients people to their environment, and promotes their
which therapy approach would you use to treat her and why? Jane is a 27-year-old woman who is currently undergoing a divorce from an emotionally abusive husband. If Jane was my client, I would choose to use Emotion-Focused therapy to treat her. The most important reason being that it is essential that the client receives responsible care and obtains reliable results. Emotion-Focused therapy is an empirically supported treatment (Greenberg, 2010). More specifically, Emotion-Focused therapy has been
invisible to the eyes. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943) 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. This paper aims to analyze Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) in relation to psychological trauma. After an