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Information
- Faculty:
- Susan Johnson
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 27 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Feb 27, 2014
Description
Join world-renowned expert Dr. Susan Johnson to learn about attachment bonds and the positive impact of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT). Learn about the corrective emotional experience of control when escalating negative interactions occur and why secure responsiveness and connection creates lasting shifts in relationship satisfaction. Watch this recording to learn how you can help clients shape new emotions and new interactions that change both partners and how they connect. We can, at last, shape the bonds of love. This workshop will focus on how the EFT therapist creates
- Safe haven sessions that foster exploration of emotion and interaction
- Shifts that de-escalate negative patterns and regulate attachment emotions
- The coherent integration of new, more primary emotions
- Interactions characterized by new ways of reaching for the partner
A.R.E. conversations, characterized by accessibility, responsiveness and flexible engagement are necessary and sufficient to reach EFT treatment goals. Case examples will be used throughout and simple exercises will be included.
Outline
- Attachment bonds & impact of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT)
- Regulation of attachment emotions & de-escalation of negative patterns
- Case examples and EFT exercises
Faculty
Dr. Sue Johnson, is an author, clinical psychologist, researcher, professor, popular presenter and speaker and a leading innovator in the field of couple therapy and adult attachment. Sue is the primary developer of Emotionally Focused Couples and Family Therapy (EFT), which has demonstrated its effectiveness in over 30 years of peer-reviewed clinical research.
Sue Johnson is founding Director of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) and Distinguished Research Professor at Alliant University in San Diego, California, and Professor, Clinical Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, Canada, as well as Professor Emeritus, Clinical Psychology, at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Dr. Johnson is the author of numerous books and articles including Attachment Theory in Practice: EFT with Individuals, Couples and Families (2019) The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection (3rd edition, 2019) and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Trauma Survivors (2002).
Sue trains behavioral health providers in EFT worldwide and consults to the over 75 international institutes and affiliated centers who practice EFT. She also consults to Veterans Affairs and the U.S. and Canadian militaries.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Susan Johnson receives compensation as a tenured professor for the University of Ottawa. She receives royalties as an author for Little Brown, ICEEFT, Brunner Routledge, and Guilford Press. Dr. Johnson receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Susan Johnson has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
