(P/B) THE PRACTICE OF EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLE THERAPY
CREATING CONNECTION - M. SUSAN JOHNSON

This second edition of the standard therapeutic manual for emotionally focused couple and family therapy represents a substantial revision and expansion of the enormously influential first edition. Sue Johnson brings up to date the EFT clinical road map that she provided in the highly regarded 1996 edition, incorporating the latest clinical research results, new case studies, a discussion of the growth of couple therapy as a field, and coverage of such new topics as EFT and post-traumatic stress disorder, EFT and forgiveness and reconciliation, and EFT and feminism. The new edition also includes greatly expanded coverage on adult attachment and its relevance to the couple and family therapist, and a section on culture and cultural competence for the EFT therapist. One of the best documented, most substantive, and well-researched approaches to couple therapy, EFT offers a broad, profound, and clinically relevant relational theory. Suitable for use by graduate students and practicing mental health professionals alike, "The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy" offers therapists a coherent set of interventions and a road map to the process of change in couple therapy. (From the publisher) «[This] is a truly remarkable book. In it, Johnson pulls off the extremely rare combination of speaking in a voice that is accessible and clinically meaningful to couple therapists while remaining solidly anchored in research evidence. This is the definitive text describing Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, one of the few approaches to marital therapy that has been proven to be effective. Poignant and well written, it is certain to be a classic in the field of marital therapy» (Jay Lebow, Ph.D., ABPP, President, Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association; Senior Therapist, the Family Institute at Northwestern; Clinical Associate Professor, Northwestern University) «The leading couple therapist of our day has done it again! This brilliantly revised and expanded work will make learning and doing this highly effective, empirically validated form of therapy much easier. This book will find a prominent place in the minds, hearts, and libraries of all serious couple therapists, and countless couples and families will benefit as a result. Bravo, Sue Johnson!» (Scott R. Woolley, Ph.D., Director, MFT Graduate Programs, CSPP, Alliant International University)