What is Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy?
Originally formulated in the 1980s, Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) represents a group of interrelated approaches to psychotherapy that are informed by humanistic thought, experiential therapy, and theories of adult attachment. EFT prioritizes the connection between our emotions and our needs, and draws on this connection to work through difficult emotional states, enhance emotion regulation, and heal attachment injuries within interpersonal relationships. EFT is widely regarded as the prevailing gold standard of therapy within the field of couples therapy.