ABSTRACT
A revolution is occurring in the field of couple therapy (Johnson, 2003). Many different kinds of insights and formal research studies are converging and creating the momentum for this revolution. Recent research that describes marital distress and satisfaction is congruent with research that outlines the impact of negative and positive relationships on people’s health and functioning and with research on effective clinical interventions. All this research also ties in with studies on the nature of the bonds of adult love. At last, many different kinds and levels of thinking and investigation are all pointing in the same direction and forming a cohesive picture. Our understanding of the importance of close relationships and how they become distressed, our ability to specify effective interventions and outline the process of change, and our ability to explain the processes that define adult love have now reached a critical point where we can truly talk about couple therapy as an art and a science, based on description, prediction, and explanation. EFT has emerged from and contributed to this revolution, and, as a model, it continues to evolve and grow.
