Techniques, procedures and concepts used in psychological therapies Flashcards

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What is Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)?

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Argues that many existing psychotherapies are ‘emotion suppressing therapies’. EFT seeks to resolve unpleasant emotions by working WITH them.

Emotion is fundamentally adaptive. Principles of EFT include:

  1. The way we construct reality
  2. Emotion tells us what is personally important
  3. Emotion helps us survive by providing an efficient, automatic way of responding rapidly to important situations
  4. Emotion prepares us for action.
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