What is Emotionally Focused Therapy, or EFT?
EFT is a structured approach to couples therapy formulated in the 1980’s. The model has developed alongside the science on adult attachment and bonding to expand our understanding of what is happening in couples’ relationships.
In the last fifteen years, Dr. Johnson and her colleagues have further developed and refined the model and completed numerous studies. EFT is also used with families and individuals. A substantial body of research outlining the effectiveness of EFT now exists. Research studies find that 70-75% of couples move from distress to recovery and approximately 90% show significant improvements.
EFT is being used with many different kinds of couples in private practice, university training centers and hospital clinics and many different cultural groups throughout the world. These distressed couples include partners suffering from disorders such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorders and chronic illness.
What is a Hold Me Tight® Workshop?
There’s a Hold Me Tight® book?
Praise for Dr. Susan Johnson's Hold Me Tight® Book:
“At last a road map through Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with its creator. Dr. Johnson’s superb science, humor, and clinical wisdom are finally accessible to all of us. I couldn’t pick a smarter, warmer and more real guide for this journey.”
– John Gottman, PhD, bestselling author of The Seven Principles for Making Relationships Work
“Finally we have a streamlined version of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), a leading empirically supported treatment for couples, written for laypeople with a matter-of-fact discussion of the research literature and couple therapy.”
– Family Psychologist Volume 25 No.1
Sue Johnson [is] the most original contributor to couples therapy to come along in the last 30 years. This book will touch your heart, stimulate your mind, and give you practical strategies for improving your marriage. It will be an instant classic.
―William J. Doherty, Ph.D., author of Take Back Your Marriage