Emotion-Focused Therapy, Second Edition: Coaching Clients to Work Through Their Feelings, Second Edition

In This Seminal Volume, Master Clinician And Founder Of Emotion-focused Therapy (eft) Leslie Greenberg Presents A Comprehensive Overview Of Eft A Treatment That Helps Clients Identify, Experience, Accept, Explore, Interpret, Transform, And Flexibly Manage Their Emotions. Essentially, The Approach Helps Clients Increase Their Emotional Intelligence And Achieve Greater Well-being. Eft S Influence Has Grown In The Decade Since The First Edition Of This Book Was Published. There Have Been Significant Theoretical And Empirical Advances, And The Approach Has Been Applied Successfully To New Clinical Populations. This Second Edition Incorporates The Latest Theory And Research On Eft. It Also Includes A New Chapter On Specific Marker-guided Interventions And Case Formulation, As Well As Chapters On Forgiveness And Working With Emotion In Organizational Leadership. This Essential Guide To Eft Is Required Reading For All Therapists Who Believe That Accessing Emotions Can Be A Source Of Healing And Wisdom. -- From The Publisher. I. Foundations -- Emotional Intelligence And The Purpose Of Emotion -- The Nature Of Emotions -- Distinguishing Among Varieties Of Emotional Expression -- The Therapeutic Relationship, Steps Of Emotion Coaching, And Coach's Own Emotional Awareness -- Case Formulation And Marker-guided Interventions -- Ii. The Arriving And Leaving Phases -- Arriving At A Primary Emotion -- Evaluating Whether A Painful Primary Emotion Is Healthy -- Working With Primary Emotions -- Accessing New Healing Emotions And Creating New Narratives -- Iii. Working With Specific Emotions -- Lessons About Anger And Sadness From Emotion Coaching -- Transforming Fear And Shame In Emotion Coaching -- Working With Emotional Injuries, Letting Go And Forgiveness -- Iv. Emotional Intelligence In Specific Contexts -- Coaching For Emotional Intelligence In Couples -- Coaching For Emotional Intelligence In Parenting -- Coaching For Emotional Intelligence In Leadership. Leslie S. Greenberg. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 5 Introduction 9 Part I Foundations 17 Chapter 1 Emotional Intelligence and the Purpose of Emotion 19 Chapter 2 The Nature of Emotions 43 Chapter 3 Distinguishing Among Varieties of Emotional Expression 75 Chapter 4 The Therapeutic Relationship, Steps of Emotion Coaching, and Coach’s Own Emotional Awareness 99 Chapter 5 Case Formulation and Marker-Guided Interventions 125 Part II The Arriving and Leaving Phases 147 Chapter 6 Arriving at a Primary Emotion 149 Chapter 7 Evaluating Whether a Painful Primary Emotion Is Healthy 177 Chapter 8 Working With Primary Emotions 199 Chapter 9 Accessing New Healing Emotions and Creating New Narratives 213 Part III Working With Specific Emotions 235 Chapter 10 Lessons About Anger and Sadness From Emotion Coaching 237 Chapter 11 Transforming Fear and Shame in Emotion Coaching 251 Chapter 12 Working With Emotional Injuries: Letting Go and Forgiveness 265 Part IV Emotional Intelligence in Specific Contexts 287 Chapter 13 Coaching for Emotional Intelligence in Couples 289 Chapter 14 Coaching for Emotional Intelligence in Parenting 313 Chapter 15 Coaching for Emotional Intelligence in Leadership 335 Epilogue 355 Appendix: Practice Exercises 361 References 389 Index 403 About the Author 417 In this seminal volume, master clinician and founder of emotion-focused therapy (EFT) Leslie Greenberg presents a comprehensive overview of EFT -- a treatment that helps clients identify, experience, accept, explore, interpret, transform, and flexibly manage their emotions. Essentially, the approach helps clients increase their emotional intelligence and achieve greater well-being. EFT's influence has grown in the decade since the first edition of this book was published. There have been significant theoretical and empirical advances, and the approach has been applied successfully to new clinical populations. This second edition incorporates the latest theory and research on EFT. It also includes a new chapter on specific marker-guided interventions and case formulation, as well as chapters on forgiveness and working with emotion in organizational leadership. This essential guide to EFT is required reading for all therapists who believe that accessing emotions can be a source of healing and wisdom. Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD, is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Publisher's note "In Emotion-Focused Therapy: Coaching Clients to Work Through Their Feelings, Leslie S. Greenberg offers therapists an exciting new approach to helping clients live in harmony with head and heart. While most current books on coping emphasize mind over mood, and biological psychiatry offers psychotropic medication to regulate emotion, Greenberg proposes that, rather than controlling or avoiding emotions, clients can learn from their own bodily reactions and begin to act sensibly on them. Expressing emotion in ways that are appropriate to context is a highly complex skill, and one that is rarely taught. Rich in clinical wisdom, practical guidance, and case illustration, this book provides an empirically supported model of training clients to attain emotional wisdom"--Publicity materials. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved) Newly published in paperback, this title presents a comprehensive overview of emotion-focused therapy (EFT)—a treatment that helps clients identify, experience, accept, explore, interpret, transform, and flexibly manage their emotions. This second edition incorporates the latest theory and research on EFT. Do psychologists and other mental health professionals know enough about emotion to teach people how to live an emotionally satisfying, healthy life?