Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

Catalog description

This Master’s level course will familiarize students with the theory, concepts, and application of emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT). Theoretical and conceptual emphasis will be placed on the role that attachment and attachment injuries play in couple interaction and how interactional cycles of the relationship are impacted by individual fears, unmet needs, and trauma. The application will focus on the steps of emotionally focused therapy and the interventions that a therapist uses in the process. Students will also review how EFT prompts clinicians to address the questions related to the diversity and ethical dilemmas potentially encountered in clinical practice.