Emotionally focused therapy, also called emotion-focused therapy (EFT), is a humanistic approach to psychotherapy that aims to resolve emotional and relationship difficulties for individuals, couples and families. It combines experiential techniques drawn from person-centered and Gestalt therapy with systemic therapy and attachment theory, on the premise that emotions influence cognition, motivate behavior and are closely tied to a person's needs. Treatment aims to transform maladaptive patterns such as emotional avoidance while building awareness, acceptance, expression and regulation of emotion and a clearer understanding of relationships, usually over a short-term course of treatment.
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Central QuestionSince emotions influence cognition, motivate behavior and are strongly linked to needs, how must maladaptive emotional patterns be transformed to resolve relationship and emotional issues? 1 Founded Year Sources
1. Wikipedia: Emotionally focused therapy
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The central premise is that emotions influence cognition, motivate behavior, and are strongly linked to needs.
History section, formulated and tested by Johnson and Greenberg
EFT was originally formulated and tested by Sue Johnson and Les Greenberg in 1985, and the first manual for emotionally focused couples therapy was published in 1988.
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