ABSTRACT
The purpose of this book is to expand our understanding of emotion in intimate relationships and begin to delineate different perspectives taken by theorists and clinicians concerning this aspect of experience, which Sartre described as constituting a transformation of the world, particularly as it pertains to our ability to relate to others. The goal of this introduction is then to lay out our perspective on emotion in intimate relationships (the perspective that underlies the theory and practice of emotionally focused therapy [EFT], Greenberg & Johnson, 1988; Johnson & Greenberg, 1994) and to set the scene for the chapters that follow, which present the theoretical perspectives and clinical strategies of leading clinician/scientists in the field of marriage and marital therapy.
