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The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection (Basic Principles Into Practice Series)
by Susan Johnson, Susan M. Johnson
from Routledge

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Well Structured and Useful Book For Couples Therapists
  Bringing insecure attachment dialogues to life is the most useful aspect of this book. The step by step approach to couples therapy is helplful especially for those therapists unfamiliar with how attachment issues play out in the therapeutic context.
  More information on screeening out couples who may not benefit from this approach would have been invaluable - rather than just referring to couples who are breaking up. Many couples have not learned the language of emotion. Some express it somatically or... more info

• Excellent overview of approach
  Ms. Johnson offer a clear and concise overview of this approach for couples. Well worth the reading.

• Easy to read and understand
  This is my first book by Johnson and I found it to be easy to read and understand. Johnson's approach is based on attachment theory which I have found to be a good anchor in working with couples that want to resolve conflict and/or strengthen their bond.

• A Seminal Work in Couples' Therapy
  Susan Johnson's work through Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a great asset to the world of relationship therapies. Her work is in the new direction in therapy - calculated integration versus muddle-headed eclecticism.
  Johnson's work carefully integrate structural family therapy (Minuchin) with attachment theory (Bowlby) and the experiential therapies. While mainly citing Rogers, this a misnomer. EFT is more Satir and Whitaker than Rogers as the therapist is active and directive as well as... more info

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