This aspect of the video adds significantly to the viewer’s learning as does the final wrap-up Johnson does with Yalom on what happened in the session. She does voiceovers to explain what she is doing. ![]() The second disc in this set involves Johnson working directly as an EFT therapist with the couple she earlier consulted. Her points are clear, insightful and well taken. She has a collaborative and humorous yet serious style of consultation and like Virginia Satir is an excellent communicator. The final part of the first disc involves Johnson consulting with a family counselor dealing with a couple who are reactive, angry, anxious, controlling, withdrawn and estranged from each other. She stresses that there are “softer emotions” behind harsher feelings, such as anger (e.g., hurt) and couples need to access these softer feelings. Johnson emphasizes the collaborative nature of EFT and its three stages: 1) deescalation, 2) creation (of a positive cycle of emotional involvement), and 3) consolidation. A main focus of the therapist is to help couples understand their emotions and change them so they can ask for what they need and negative cycles of communication can be broken while positive ones are built. Johnson states that the EFT therapist must first look at the “dance” of couples stuck in non-productivity, and especially the emotional consequences of their actions. The result is not only a more secure relationship between individuals in a couple relationship, but greater independence of each individual. Such articulation is the opposite of shutting down or becoming angry and creates a strong bond between partners. ![]() Johnson emphasizes adult attachment theory and how EFT allows people to send clear emotional signals to their partners. ![]() The first disc of this two-part film features an interview with Johnson and the producer of the video, Victor Yalom. Yet, not only did Johnson formulate a theory that combined Carl Rogers and John Bowlby’s ideas along with systemic theory, she did extensive research on her model as well – Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Johnson’s concept was “radical” especially in the heyday of Salvador Minuchin and Jay Haley. Sue Johnson came onto the family therapy radar screen in the early 1980s when she, along with Les Greenberg, developed a short-term, structured therapeutic approach to working with couples which emphasized emotion as the key organizer of behavior patterns and thus intimacy.
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