Description
This book shows how forgiveness-oriented Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps individuals and couples process and transform distressing negative emotions by accessing internal resources of strength and self compassion.
Many individuals and couples come to therapy because of unresolved feelings of anger and hurt due to experiences of being wronged, betrayed, or violated. Over the past 20 years, Leslie Greenberg and his colleagues have undertaken clinical research to articulate a model of emotional injury resolution and map out a therapy-assisted path to forgiveness.
This book offers step-by-step guides for conducting EFT and EFT for couples, along with analyses of extensive clinical case material. It shows readers how to:
About the Author
Leslie Greenberg, PhD is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University in Toronto. He has authored key texts on emotion-focused psychotherapy, from its inception in the 1980s through today. He has received the Distinguished Research Career award of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research as well as the Carl Rogers and the Distinguished Professional Contribution to Applied Research of the American Psychology Association. He conducts a private practice for individuals and couples and trains people in emotion-focused approaches. Visit www.emotionfocusedclinic.org.
Catalina Woldarsky Meneses, PhD, is a psychotherapist who works with individuals and couples in private practice. She is also an adjunct professor at Webster University's Graduate Counselling Program, Geneva campus. She completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at York University, under the guidance and mentorship of Leslie S. Greenberg. She is involved in supervising and training therapists learning emotion-focused therapy in North America and Europe and is one of the founding members and current vice president of the Swiss Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy. Dr. Woldarsky Meneses was born in Chile, grew up and studied in Canada, and now lives in Switzerland with her family.
Reviews
A well-written examination of the benefits of and alternatives to forgiveness.... Recommended. * Choice *
Book Information
ISBN 9781433830570
Author Leslie S. Greenberg
Format Hardback
Page Count 215
Imprint American Psychological Association
Publisher American Psychological Association
Many individuals and couples come to therapy because of unresolved feelings of anger and hurt due to experiences of being wronged, betrayed, or violated. Over the past 20 years, Leslie Greenberg and his colleagues have undertaken clinical research to articulate a model of emotional injury resolution and map out a therapy-assisted path to forgiveness.
This book offers step-by-step guides for conducting EFT and EFT for couples, along with analyses of extensive clinical case material. It shows readers how to:
- promote clients' ownership of their emotional experience
- empower clients to appropriately assign responsibility for harm done
- help clients see themselves as having the personal resources and resilience to recover from the emotional injury
About the Author
Leslie Greenberg, PhD is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University in Toronto. He has authored key texts on emotion-focused psychotherapy, from its inception in the 1980s through today. He has received the Distinguished Research Career award of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research as well as the Carl Rogers and the Distinguished Professional Contribution to Applied Research of the American Psychology Association. He conducts a private practice for individuals and couples and trains people in emotion-focused approaches. Visit www.emotionfocusedclinic.org.
Catalina Woldarsky Meneses, PhD, is a psychotherapist who works with individuals and couples in private practice. She is also an adjunct professor at Webster University's Graduate Counselling Program, Geneva campus. She completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at York University, under the guidance and mentorship of Leslie S. Greenberg. She is involved in supervising and training therapists learning emotion-focused therapy in North America and Europe and is one of the founding members and current vice president of the Swiss Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy. Dr. Woldarsky Meneses was born in Chile, grew up and studied in Canada, and now lives in Switzerland with her family.
Reviews
A well-written examination of the benefits of and alternatives to forgiveness.... Recommended. * Choice *
Book Information
ISBN 9781433830570
Author Leslie S. Greenberg
Format Hardback
Page Count 215
Imprint American Psychological Association
Publisher American Psychological Association
