Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy by Leslie S Greenberg
In Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love, and Power, authors Leslie S. Greenberg and Rhonda N. Goldman explore the foundations of emotionally focused therapy for couples. They expand its framework to focus more intently on the development of the self and the relationship system through the promotion of self-soothing and other-soothing; to deal with unmet needs both from the client's adulthood and childhood; and to work more explicitly with emotions, specifically fear, anxiety, shame, power, joy, and love. The authors discuss the affect regulation involved in three major motivational systems central to couples therapy - attachment, identity, and attraction and clarify emotions and motivations in the dominance dimension of couples' interactions.Written with practitioners and graduate students in mind, the authors use a rich variety of case material to demonstrate how working with emotions can facilitate change in couples and, by extension, in all situations where people may be in emotional conflict with others. Greenberg and Goldman provide the tools needed to identify specific emotions and show the reader how to work with them to resolve conflict and promote bonding in couples therapy.
Rhonda N. Goldman, PhD, is a professor of clinical psychology at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Schaumburg, and a therapist affiliate of the Family Institute at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she conducts psychotherapy with couples and individuals. Dr. Goldman has published three books on emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for individuals and couples and numerous chapters and articles establishing and reviewing empirical support for EFT. She practices, teaches, and conducts research on emotional processes and outcomes in EFT and has also written on empathy, vulnerability, depression, couples process, and case formulation. Dr. Goldman is the current president of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration and has received the Carmi Harari Early Career Award from APA Division 32 (Society for Humanistic Psychology). She is also on the editorial review boards of Psychotherapy Research and Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies. Dr. Goldman has more than 20 years of experience practicing EFT and training clinicians in practicing EFT. Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD, is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University in Toronto and director of the Emotion-Focused Therapy Clinic. Dr. Greenberg has written the major texts in the field on emotion-focused approaches to treatment, and has received the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contribution to Applied Research, the Distinguished Research Career Award from the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, and the Carl Rogers Award from APA Division 32 (Society for Humanistic Psychology). He conducts a private practice for individuals and couples and offers training in emotion-focused approaches.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781433803161 |
| ISBN 10 | 143380316X |
| Title | Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy |
| Author | Leslie S Greenberg |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (Apa) |
| Year published | 2008-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 405 |
| Prizes | Independent Publisher Book Awards |
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