Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection (Basic Principles Into Practice Series) by Susan M. Johnson

Author:Susan M. Johnson [Johnson, Susan M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Behavioral Sciences
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2012-02-23T23:00:00+00:00

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The therapist intervenes when:

1. A partner reiterates or further expands the emotional experience encountered in Step 5, but does not symbolize the needs and wants implicit in this experience. The task for the therapist is to help this partner formulate the needs and wants arising out of this experience, and to encourage the expression of these formulations to the other partner.

2. A partner spontaneously begins to state needs and wants to the therapist, but does not address these to the other partner, or exits from this process of sharing into a less pertinent or unfocused dialogue. The task for the therapist is to redirect the process of sharing toward the other partner, or back to a more pertinent focus, and support this person in sharing his or her desires with the other spouse.

3. The other partner either responds openly to the new behavior of the experiencing partner, or begins to discount this new behavior. In both cases, the therapist invites the experiencing spouse to continue to respond in an emotionally engaged manner, and state his or her own needs and preferences. The therapist may also need to reflect and validate the difficulties the other observing spouse is having in responding to the changes in his or her partner and in the interaction. On the other hand, if the other partner responds positively, the therapist acknowledges, heightens, and fosters this response.

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