Clinical handbook of emotion-focused therapy.

"Through Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), clients learn to rule their emotions, instead of letting their emotions rule them. With guidance from a skilled EFT therapist to help them identify, experience, accept, and tolerate difficult emotions, people can learn to regulate, explore, make sense of, transform, and flexibly manage their emotions. As a result, they become more skilled in responding adaptively to situations as they arise. EFT therapists help individuals and couples engage in productive emotional processing. They also offer methods to help clients become aware of their emotional needs. In this book readers will learn to: conceptualize clients' core emotions in order to form a focus of therapy guide clients through the process of emotional change, and structure therapy in an ongoing fashion, recognize key emotional markers, and facilitate the tasks needed to move to the next phase. This handbook offers a comprehensive tour of EFT research and applications for all common mental health issues including depression, anxiety, interpersonal trauma, personality disorders, and eating disorders. "--Résumé de l'éditeur History and overview of emotion-focused therapy / Rhonda N. Goldman -- Theory of functioning in emotion-focused therapy / Leslie S. Greenberg -- Theory of practice of emotion-focused therapy / Leslie S. Greenberg & Rhonda N. Goldman -- Clinical implications of research on emotion-focused therapy / Ladislav Timulak Shigeru Iwakabe & Robert Elliott -- The role of the therapeutic relationship in emotion-focused therapy / Jeanne Watson -- Therapeutic presence : the foundation for effective emotion-focused therapy / Shari M. Geller -- How clients 'change emotion with emotion' : sequences in emotional processing and their clinical implications / Antonio Pascual-Leone & Ueli Kramer -- Relating process to outcome in emotion-focused therapy / Alberta E. Pos & Bryan H. Choi -- Facilitating optimal emotional processing / Imke Hermann & Lars Auszra -- Task analyses of emotional change / Jason M. Sharbanee, Rhonda Goldman, & Leslie Greenberg -- Narrative change processes and client treatment outcomes in emotion-focused therapy / Lynne Angus,Tali Boritz, Inês Mendes & Miguel M. Gonçalves -- Emotion coaching in action : experiential teaching, homework, and consolidating change / Serine H. Warwar & Jennifer A. Ellison -- Emotion-focused therapy for depression / João Salgado, Carla Cunha, & Marina Monteiro -- Emotion-focused therapy for generalized anxiety disorder / Jeanne Watson, Ladislav Timulak, & Leslie Greenberg -- Emotion-focused therapy for social anxiety / Robert Elliott & Ben Shahar -- Emotion-focused therapy for complex interpersonal trauma / Ula Khayyat-Abuaita & Sandra Paivio -- Emotion-focused therapy for personality disorders / Alberta E. Pos & Danielle A. Paolone -- Emotion-focused family therapy for eating disorders / Joanne Dolhanty & Adele Lafrance -- Integrating feminist-multicultural perspectives into emotion-focused therapy / Heidi M. Levitt, William J. Whelton, & Shigeru Iwakabe -- Emotion-focused therapy for couples / Catalina Woldarsky Meneses & Jacqueline M. McKinnon -- Integrating individual tasks into emotion-focused therapy for couples / Charles Edwards & Jamie Levin-Edwards -- Mastering the interventions of emotion-focused couple therapy / Brent Bradley -- Enduring themes and future developments in emotion-focused therapy / Rhonda Goldman & Leslie Greenberg. History and overview of emotion-focused therapy / Rhonda N. Goldman -- Theory of functioning in emotion-focused therapy / Leslie S. Greenberg -- Theory of practice of emotion-focused therapy / Leslie S. Greenberg & Rhonda N. Goldman -- Clinical implications of research on emotion-focused therapy / Ladislav Timulak Shigeru Iwakabe & Robert Elliott -- The role of the therapeutic relationship in emotion-focused therapy / Jeanne Watson -- Therapeutic presence : the foundation for effective emotion-focused therapy / Shari M. Geller -- How clients 'change emotion with emotion' : sequences in emotional processing and their clinical implications / Antonio Pascual-Leone & Ueli Kramer -- Relating process to outcome in emotion-focused therapy / Alberta E. Pos & Bryan H. Choi -- Facilitating optimal emotional processing / Imke Hermann & Lars Auszra -- Task analyses of emotional change / Jason M. Sharbanee, Rhonda Goldman, & Leslie Greenberg -- Narrative change processes and client treatment outcomes in emotion-focused therapy / Lynne Angus, Tali Boritz, Inês Mendes & Miguel M. Gonçalves -- Emotion coaching in action : experiential teaching, homework, and consolidating change / Serine H. Warwar & Jennifer A. Ellison -- Emotion-focused therapy for depression / João Salgado, Carla Cunha, & Marina Monteiro -- Emotion-focused therapy for generalized anxiety disorder / Jeanne Watson, Ladislav Timulak, & Leslie Greenberg -- Emotion-focused therapy for social anxiety / Robert Elliott & Ben Shahar -- Emotion-focused therapy for complex interpersonal trauma / Ula Khayyat-Abuaita & Sandra Paivio -- Emotion-focused therapy for personality disorders / Alberta E. Pos & Danielle A. Paolone -- Emotion-focused family therapy for eating disorders / Joanne Dolhanty & Adele Lafrance -- Integrating feminist-multicultural perspectives into emotion-focused therapy / Heidi M. Levitt, William J. Whelton, & Shigeru Iwakabe -- Emotion-focused therapy for couples / Catalina Woldarsky Meneses & Jacqueline M. McKinnon -- Integrating individual tasks into emotion-focused therapy for couples / Charles Edwards & Jamie Levin-Edwards -- Mastering the interventions of emotion-focused couple therapy / Brent Bradley -- Enduring themes and future developments in emotion-focused therapy / Rhonda Goldman & Leslie Greenberg CONTENTS 6 contributors 10 Preface 12 I Introduction to Emotion-Focused Therapy 16 1 History and Overview of Emotion-Focused Therapy 18 2 Theory of Functioning in Emotion-Focused Therapy 52 3 Theory of Practice of Emotion-Foc used Therapy 76 II. Integrating Research and Practice in Emotion-Focused Therapy 106 4 Clinical Implications of Research on Emotion-Focused Therapy 108 5 Role of the Therapeutic Relationship in Emotion-Focused Therapy 126 6 Therapeutic Presence: The Foundat ion for Effective Emotion-Foc used Therapy 144 7 How Clients “Change Emotion With Emotion”: Sequences in Emotional Processing and Their Clinical Implicat ions 162 8 Relating Process to Outcome in Emotion-Focused Therapy 186 9 Facilitating Optimal Emotional Processing 208 10 Task Analyses of Emotional Change 232 11 Narrat ive Change Processes and Client Treatment Outcomes in Emotion-Focused Therapy 258 12 Emotion Coaching in Action: Experiential Teaching, Homework, and Consolidating Change 276 III. Clinical Practice of Emotion-Focused Therapy With Specific Client Populations 306 13 Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression 308 14 Emotion-Foc used Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder 330 15 Emotion-Focused Therapy for Social Anxiety 352 16 Emotion-Focused Therapy for Complex Interpersonal Trauma 376 17 Emotion-Focused Therapy for Personality Disorders 396 18 Emotion-Focused Family Therapy for Eat ing Disorders 418 19 Integrating Feminist-Multic ult ural Perspectives Into Emotion-Foc used Therapy 440 IV. Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples 460 20 Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples 462 21 Integrating Individual Tasks Into Emotion-Focuse d Therapy for Couples 486 22 Mastering the Interventions of Emotion-Focuse d Therapy for Couples 508 V. Conclusions 526 23 Enduring Themes and Future Developments in Emotion-Focused Therapy 528 Index 536 About the Editors 548 Clinical,Handbook,of,Emotion-Focused,Therapy "Through Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), clients learn to rule their emotions, instead of letting their emotions rule them. With guidance from a skilled EFT therapist, people can learn to regulate, explore, make sense of, transform, and flexibly manage their emotions. The book offers a comprehensive tour of EFT research and applications for all common mental health issues including depression, anxiety, interpersonal trauma, personality disorders, and eating disorders. It is organized into five parts comprising 23 chapters. Chapter one presents the history and overview of EFT. The next two chapters describe the theories of functioning and practice of EFT. Chapter four discusses the clinical implications of research on EFT. Chapter five explores the role of the therapeutic relationship in EFT. Chapter six and seven present the foundations for effective EFT and sequences in emotional processing and their clinical implications. Chapter eight relates process to outcome in EFT. Chapter nine discusses facilitating optimal emotional processing. Chapter ten describes task analyses of emotional change. Chapter eleven deals with narrative change processes and client treatment outcomes in EFT. Chapter twelve discusses experiential teaching, homework, and consolidating change. Chapters thirteen through eighteen presents EFT for: depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, complex interpersonal trauma, personality disorders, and eating disorders. Chapter nineteen discusses integration of feminist-multicultural perspectives into EFT. Chapters twenty through twenty-three present EFT for couples, integrating individual tasks into EFT for couples, and mastering the interventions of EFT for couples. The final chapter discusses enduring themes and future developments in EFT."--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved) Through Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), clients learn to rule theiremotions, instead of letting their emotions rule them. Withguidance from a skilled EFT therapist to help them identify,experience, accept, and tolerate difficult emotions, people canlearn to regulate, explore, make sense of, transform, and flexiblymanage their emotions. As a result, they become more skilled inresponding adaptively to situations as they arise. EFT therapistshelp individuals and couples engage in productive emotionalprocessing. They also offer methods to help clients become aware oftheir emotional needs. In this book readers will learn to:

• conceptualize clients' core emotions in order to form a focusof therapy
• guide clients through the process of emotional change, and
• structure therapy in an ongoing fashion, recognize keyemotional markers, and facilitate the tasks needed to move to thenext phase.

This handbook offers a comprehensive tour of EFT research andapplications for all common mental health issues includingdepression, anxiety, interpersonal trauma, personality disorders,and eating disorders. Through Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT),clients learn to rule their emotions, instead of letting theiremotions rule them. This book illustrates for therapists how tohelp clients engage their emotions productively. With guidance froma skilled EFT therapist to help them identify, experience, accept,and tolerate difficult emotions, people can learn to regulate,explore, make sense of, transform, and flexibly manage theiremotions. As a result, they become more skilled in respondingadaptively to situations as they arise Through Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), clients learn to rule their emotions, instead of letting their emotions rule them. With guidance from a skilled EFT therapist to help them identify, experience, accept, and tolerate difficult emotions, people can learn to regulate, explore, make sense of, transform, and flexibly manage their emotions. As a result, they become more skilled in responding adaptively to situations as they arise.
 
EFT therapists help individuals and couples engage in productive emotional processing. They also offer methods to help clients become aware of their emotional needs. In this book readers will learn to:

• conceptualize clients’ core emotions in order to form a focus of therapy
• guide clients through the process of emotional change, and
• structure therapy in an ongoing fashion, recognize key emotional markers, and facilitate the tasks needed to move to the next phase.

This handbook offers a comprehensive tour of EFT research and applications for all common mental health issues including depression, anxiety, interpersonal trauma, personality disorders, and eating disorders.
  This handbook offers a comprehensive tour of EFT research and applications for all common mental health issues including depression, anxiety, interpersonal trauma, personality disorders, and eating disorders. Through Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), clients learn to rule their emotions, instead of letting their emotions rule them. With guidance from a skilled EFT therapist to help them identify, experience, accept, and tolerate difficult emotions, people can learn to regulate, explore, make sense of, transform, and flexibly manage their emotions. As a result, they become more skilled in responding adaptively to situations as they arise. EFT therapists help individuals and couples engage in productive emotional processing. They also offer methods to help clients become aware of their emotional needs. In this book readers will learn to: conceptualize clients' core emotions in order to form a focus of therapy guide clients through the process of emotional change, and structure therapy in an ongoing fashion, recognize key emotional markers, and facilitate the tasks needed to move to the next phase.