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Week 4 - Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) Flashcards

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foundations EFT developed on

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  • humanistic person-centered
  • experiential
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the therapeutic relationship as a key healing factor (person-centred conditions, Rogers)

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  • empathy and understanding
  • presence and genuineness
  • unconditional acceptance: a deep trust in the client’s process, valuing them without judgment
    this supportive relationship fosters the client’s natural tendency for self-actualization, growth, and self-healing
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experiential (Gendlin)

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EFT is a combination of:
- person-centered psychotherapy
- emotion therapy
- markers & tasks: gestalt-therapy techniques

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core characteristics of EFT

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  • neo-humanistic approach
  • emotion-focused
  • relational stance
  • empathic exploration
  • process differentiation
  • evidence-based
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neo-humanistic approach

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a modern reformulation of the humanistic and experiential therapy traditions

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emotion-focused

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emotional awareness and reprocessing are key to facilitating meaningful client change

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relational stance

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the therapist actively follows the client’s content while subtly guiding the therapeutic process

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empathic exploration

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the therapist’s response style emphasizes deep, empathic exploration of the client’s emotional experiences

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process differentiation

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provides detailed descriptions of various client and therapist processes, particularly those involving emotions

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evidence-based

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supported empirically validating its effectiveness

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EFT combines two components:

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  • following
  • guiding/leading
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following

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  • presence and empathic attunement: the therapist remains fully present and attuned to the client’s emotional state
  • communication of relational attitudes: the therapist conveys supportive, empathic attitudes through their responses and interactions
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guiding/leading

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facilitation of emotion processing: the therapist helps the client process emotions in specific ways at appropriate times during the session

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emotions as fundementally adaptive

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  • emotions play a central role in how we construct and interpret reality
  • they signal what is personally relevant to us
  • help survive by offering automatic responses
  • integrate responses and give them meaning
  • serve as a compass, reflecting our wishes and needs
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emotion theory

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why are emotions important

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  • emotions help identify what matters to us
  • they reveal our needs and wants, guiding actions
  • they provide a sense of consistency and wholness
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ignoring key aspects

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we may get stuck in an emotion if we overlook an important part of it

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covering adaptive emotions with others

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sometimes, the most important emotion is hidden beneath more obvious ones

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emotions becoming unbalanced

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emotions can be disproportionate, either too intense or too weak, making it hard to process them effectively

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universal human emotions

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key emotion concepts

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  • emotion schemes
  • emotion response type
  • emotions regulation
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emotion scheme

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consists of several elements that organize an emotional experience, which may or may not be immediately conscious. it is often fully recognized after reflecting on all parts of the scheme

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perceptual/situational elements

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awareness of the current situation and memories of relevant past events

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bodily/expressive elements

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physcial sensations and non-verbal expressions of emotion, such as nervous laughter or a fearful facial expression

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symbolic/conceptual elements

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verbal and visual representations, including statements, metaphors, and identities

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motivational/behavioral elements

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desires, needs, wishes, and intentions or action tendencies

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problems with incomplete processing of emotion scheme

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when only one or two elements of the emotion scheme are attended to, it leads to incomplete emotional processing, resulting in various issues

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externalizing (perceptual/situational)

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focusing on other people or external events, neglecting full emotional experience

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somatizing (bodily/expressive)

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focusing on physical symptoms or chronic pain, ignoring the emotional aspects

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flooded (implicit/experienced emotion)

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becoming overwhelmed by intense emotion without understanding its cause or context

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rationalizing (symbolic/conceptual)

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using abstract or linguistic explanations without connecting to actual emotional experiences

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impulsive/acting out (motivational/behavioral)

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acting on desires or impulses without reflection, driven by emotion without considering the broader emotional context

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emotion response types

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  • primary adaptive emotion responses
  • maladaptive emotion responses
  • secondary reactive emotion responses
  • instrumental emotion responses
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adaptive emotions characteristics

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in the moment, in response to changing circumstances

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primary maladaptive emotion characteristics

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  • feelings of being overwhelmed or bad
  • stuck in the emotion without relief
  • families, recuring bad feelings that feel like an emergency or call for help
  • each time, the emotions feel as intense as the last experience
  • cues: deep distress, such as sobbing or intense emotional reactions
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emotion regulation

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the process of managing and controlling your emotions, especially in difficult situations, to respond in a balanced and healthy way

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secondary emotion characteristics

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  • obscure: the emotion is unclear or hard to identify
  • reactive: the emotion is a response to another emotion
  • diffuse: the emotion is spread out and not focused
  • cues: feelings of being upset, hopeless, confused, or inhibited
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principles of emotional change

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  • accessing and expressing
  • modulating and understanding
  • transforming and moving forward
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emotional productivity

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and emotional expression is therapeutically productive if a client experiences a primary emotion in a way that
- emotion utilization
- emotional transformation

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emotion utilization

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the client is able to use the valuable information from an adaptive emotion

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emotional transformation

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a maladaptive emotion can be transformed into a more helpful, adaptive emotional experience

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case formulation in EFT

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it is the ongoing interaction between the client and therapist, where they gradually build a narrative of the client’s emotional process

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markers & tasks

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  • empathy
  • focusing
  • systematic evoactive unfolding
  • 2-chair work
  • empty chair work
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empathic expression

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is the toolbox of the experiential therapist
- empathic reflection and affirmation
- empathic exploration

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focusing (Gendlin)

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involves turning attention inward to what feels vague or implicit, connecting with a unique form of bodily awareness known as the “wisdom of the body”

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2-chair work

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experiential technique where the client moves between two chairs, each representing different parts of themselves or opposing perspectives. this allows the client to engage in dialogue between these parts, helping to resolve inner conflicts and gain clarity

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marker empty chair

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this technique is used to address chronic, unresolved bad feelings towards a significant person from the past or present. the empty chair represents the person with whom the client needs to process these emotions

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6 stages of unfinished business

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  • marker
  • create contact
  • express and differentiate
  • unmet need
  • explore perspective
  • other accountable
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marker

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identify the unfinished business or unresolved feelings

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create contact

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establish a connection with the representatives of “the other” person involved

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express and differentiate

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move from maladaptive emotions to adaptive ones

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unmet need

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recognize the unmet primary needs as valid and adaptive

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explore perspective

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understands the perspectives of “the other” person

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other accountable

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acknowledge the other’s responsibility and allow for grieving and leeting go of the unmet need

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