Couple Therapy
What is EFT?
Emotional Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) is a highly effective short-term therapy, based on the theory of attachment by J. Bowlby , and by Canadian psychologist Dr. Sue Johnson and South African-born psychotherapist Leslie Greenberg.
In the process, the attachment relationship is strengthened and the experience of closeness and security is promoted. Negative interaction patterns of allegations, demands and blame, justifications and withdrawal are interrupted and dissolved.
Thus, encounters are possible in which even difficult feelings and underlying needs can be shared and new loving relationships can grow.According to recent studies, 90 percent of couples experience sustained improvements within eight to 20 sessions, and 70 percent even find basic healings.
Experience with EFT
- 10 percent of couples need only 1 or 2 long sessions at EFT to initiate a positive change.
- 50 percent need 7 long sessions or less.
- 10 percent of our couples will be with us until all relationship issues have been fully resolved. In such cases, a couple therapy involves about 20 long sessions.
- Ten percent of couples need up to 30 long sessions before the relationship improves significantly. This is usually the case when there are major relationship injuries or the partners have a traumatic history.
- 20 percent decide to break up in friendship, usually within the first five sessions.
Emotion-focused couple therapy in the video
(German language only)
Evelin Peach, Member of EFT Community
Instinctively, we feel
that no other experience will
ever more affect our lives - or our happiness, our well-being -
than to love and be loved again successfully.
Sue Johnson