ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the clinical issues and questions that arise during the emotionally focused therapy (EFT) training process. The kinds of issues addressed are prognostic indicators for EFT, the EFT approach to diversity issues, dealing with impasses in therapy, integrating EFT with other approaches, and the process of becoming an EFT therapist. EFT works best for couples who have some emotional investment in their relationship, and some willingness to learn about how they may have each contributed to the problems in the relationship. The level of traditionality in a couple’s marriage does not seem to affect outcome in EFT. EFT has been used to address a wider spectrum of problems than couple distress, which is sometimes only part of a broader clinical picture. EFT has always been used extensively in clinical practice with trauma survivors and their partners.
