USING EMOTIONS AS A PATHWAY TO CHANGE （使用情感作为路径改变）.pdfVIP

EMOTION-FOCUSED COUPLE THERAPY: USING EMOTIONS AS A PATHWAY TO CHANGE By Jamie Levin-Edwards, Psy.D. and Charles Edwards, Ph.D. Emotion-focused couple therapy (EFT-C) was introduced in the l980’s by Leslie Greenberg and Susan Johnson as an alternative to behavioral approaches which often viewed emotions, especially negative emotions, as part of the problem rather than as a powerful and necessary agent of change. The emphasis of EFT-C (Greenberg and Johnson, l988) was on creating a more secure attachment by helping the pa