Arkansas Emotionally Focused Therapy Center
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What is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)?

EFT is a structured approach to couples therapy formulated in the 1980's and has developed alongside the science on adult attachment and bonding to expand our understanding about what is happening in couple relationships and to guide therapists. 

In the last fifteen years, Dr. Johnson and her colleagues have further developed and refined the model and completed numerous studies.  EFT is also used with families and individuals. A substantial body of research outlining the effectiveness of EFT now exists. Research studies find that 70-75% of couples move from distress to recovery and approximately 90% show significant improvements.

For more information on EFT research, please see http://www.iceeft.com/index.php/eft-research.

 
 
 
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Research studies find that 70-75% of couples move from distress to recovery and approximately 90% show significant improvements.

 
 

Strengths of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • EFT is based on clear, explicit research-based conceptualizations of individual growth, health and dysfunction and of relationship distress and adult love.

  • EFT is collaborative and respectful of clients, combining experiential Rogerian techniques with structural systemic interventions.

  • Change strategies and interventions are specified.

  • Key moves and moments in the change process have been mapped into three stages of therapy and key change events that predict success at the end of therapy.

  • EFT has been validated by over 30 years of empirical research. There is also research on the change processes and predictors of success.

  • EFT has been applied to many different kinds of problems and populations.

See: https://iceeft.com/what-is-eft/ for more information