Main description:

* Provides a vital, hands-on resource that enables couples to readily explore and apply the principles of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to their relationship.
* Contains three chapters on emotion, which is a key component to EFT, and is a difficult concept for both therapists and clients to understand.
* Each chapter includes several relationship strengthening exercises that build on each other incrementally in small manageable steps.
* Offers illustrative case examples, which are both instructive and normalizing to couples.
* Includes recent research on attachment and the EFT model, building upon Sue Johnson's latest work, 'Attachment Theory in Practice'.
* Offers therapists a new section on how to use this workbook as an adjunct to therapy.
* There is a greater focus on diversity, including culture, sexual identity, and gender fluidity, with updated language and a look at how cultural issues play out in couple dynamics.
* Authors are certified EFT therapists and trainers who hail from Canada and Australia.
* Demand for training in EFT is continuing to expand across Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Who is This Book For? 2. Attachment Bonds: The Best Chance of Survival 3. My Partner and Me: What Influenced Who We Are and How We Are in Close Relationships? 4. What Happened to Us? Three Cycles of Relationship Distress 5. Emotions: How to Make Sense of Them 6. More About Emotions: What Are We Both Feeling? 7. The Road to Security Is Paved with Good Intentions 8. Socially Useful Emotions: Hurt, Shame, Guilt and Jealousy 9. Rebuilding Our Bond 10. Relationship Injury: How Can We Repair the Damage? 11. Stories of Change 12. Maintaining Intimacy and Revitalizing Our Sex Life 13. Looking Ahead: Anticipating Life Transitions